Arrest of several members of elite Belgrade police unit suspected of trying to cover up restaurant shooting last year adds to woes of Serbian capital's police force – whose chief was arrested in May.

The government is stonewalling over revealing the funding details for ‘spectacular’ independence anniversary events planned for this summer in a typically ‘brazen’ way, claims watchdog head German Filmov.

Angered by the treatment of a protester at the site of a planned resort linked to Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Albanians are taking to the streets, fuelled by long-standing grievances over the way their country has been run.

The national football team’s participation in the World Cup has the potential to generate shared public emotion in a country best known for intractable divisions.

A new Franco-German proposal is heralding a possible new approach to the European bloc’s enlargement process – and leaving the door open for Kosovo. But it was Serbia’s president who grabbed the headlines at the latest EU-Balkans summit.

Prosecution has dropped claim that former Belgrade police chief Veselin Milic aided a murderer after a killing – but not the allegation that he failed to report the crime, despite being told it had occurred.

Albin Kurti’s election gamble paid off – but he must take note of the signal the country sent in a lower turnout and a drop in his party’s votes, experts told BIRN.

Construction workers from across the Balkans have flooded a small corner of northern Greece to help ready an expanded gold and copper mine for production; local resistance, driven by a fear for the environment, has given way to economic dependence.

A new State Department report, walking away from international oversight, risks placing Bosnia’s democratic order in the hands of whoever is strongest.

Cases of non-consensual intimate image sharing in Greece are on the rise, but the perpetrators too often escape punishment amid widespread victim-blaming and social stigma.

The human rights lawyer has spent her career documenting Russian war crimes. Now she’s trying to ensure they are punished – whether Russia wins or loses on the battlefield.

Dario Ristic escaped charges of fighting illegally abroad by obtaining a Russian passport; some now urge Bosnia to change its laws.

Catch up on the weekend’s most important developments with Balkan Insight’s digest of news from countries across the region.

Vetevendosje hails another election victory - but its reduced vote points to likely need to cooperate with other parties to form government.

Incumbent Prime Minister tipped to win Sunday's snap polls although his Vetevendosje party saw its level of support shrink compared to last December's elections.

Hundreds of citizens, activists and diplomats marched through Kosovo’s capital on Friday celebrating the city’s 10th Pride Parade under the slogan ‘Equality or Revolt’.

While Kosovo is tying itself up in political knots, Serbia is eying a possible pivot to the (far) East. BIRN’s selection of Premium stories tackles these issues and more.

Report by activist group No Name Kitchen accuses European countries of systemically denying healthcare to migrants to deter them from reaching the EU.

Black market Botox clinics and DIY injections are putting people’s health at risk.

US warns it might have to 'reconsider' its role in Bosnia after talks to appoint successor to Christian Schmidt as High Representative failed.

Critics fear Janez Jansa’s new government will be ideologically driven, copy-pasting policies from Trump’s America and Orban’s Hungary.

As EU moves to prioritise geopolitical needs over old merit-based approaches, the concern is that rushed membership for Ukraine and Albania could come at a cost.

Yugoslav authorities marginalised and airbrushed the Albanian experience of World War Two in Kosovo; today, new forms of historical revisionism overlook the cooperation of Albanian Partisans with the Yugoslav Partisans and the complexity of the conflict.

Elsewhere, Czech police charge four in OnlyFans human-trafficking case; Hungarian PM raises pressure on president to quit; fresh dispute over wartime history frays Polish-Ukrainian ties; Slovak government defends overdue package of measures to support growth.

Despite alleged security threats and a ban on 87 Serbs entering Montenegro, Vucic travels to EU–Western Balkans Summit, saying it is 'important to represent Serbia there'.

Deal between Ukraine and Hungary’s new government over minority rights clears way for Kyiv to start EU accession talks.

PM-Designate Eugen Tomac has only ten days to try to form a government and present it to parliament for approval, which may prove difficult.

Watchdog's new report says routine use of 'unlawful force' during demonstrations combined with high level of impunity has 'chilling effect on right to protest'.

Donald Trump’s son-in-law is headlining a planned luxury development in Albania’s protected Narta Lagoon, but behind him lies a web of colourful business interests knee-deep in controversy.

As Kosovo heads toward its third election in 16 months – with few signs that it will resolve the political deadlock – acting PM Kurti faces accusations of using public money to swing voters.