The countries of the Balkans are coming to understand just how much Donald Trump enjoys transactional displays of admiration.

As the country's political crisis continues, the three largest opposition parties in Kosovo skipped a meeting with the acting president, claiming she no longer holds the post legitimately. Kosovo’s ...

Opposition LDK party says it is withdrawing its demand to name the next head of state out of concern that Kosovo's current crisis "does not seem to have an end – and is getting worse". LDK leader ...

Court orders 30 days of detention for Fehim Sali, who has reportedly admitted working for Serbia’s intelligence agency, the BIA, which allegedly paid him to identify other potential recruits. Fehim ...

Up for release from prison in September, Ilias Kasidiaris of the now defunct Golden Dawn party has been trying to cast himself as a political martyr, with an eye on elections early next year.

Romania’s main political parties set aside their differences temporarily to pass legislation needed to unlock 770 million euros of much-needed EU funds.

Activists in Kosovo are installing countdown timers counting off the days until the September 16 verdict in the crimes against humanity trial of former president Hashim Thaci at The Hague. Catch up on ...

Ukraine is about to try Davor Savicic in absentia – the first Bosnian national to be charged with war crimes allegedly committed while fighting with Russian forces in 2022. In an interview with BIRN, ...

Firefighters worked through the night as the blaze took hold in the hills around the Dalmatian seaside resort of Omis, destroying houses and cars. A Serbian national allegedly linked to Serbian ...

Far-right views, rather than extreme-right groups themselves, have been gaining ground in North Macedonia in recent years, feeding on resentment at the country’s reluctant change of name to please ...

Paramilitaries led by notorious Serbian warlord Zeljko Raznatovic, alias Arkan, fought their way through Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo - so why were none of them jailed for his unit's crimes? This post ...

Ruling Socialist Party uses its majority in parliament to vote down a prosecution request to lift former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku's immunity, allowing for her arrest. Belinda Balluku, ...