Economy Minister welcomes ruling dismissing Hungarian oil company's claims against Croatia over alleged breaches of Gas Business Agreement.

Ukrainian Security Service says it suspects Davor Savicic, alleged commander of the Wolves combat unit, tortured and mistreated civilian captives while fighting for Russia in Ukraine in 2022.

Central Bank data shows direct investments from Russia have fallen by 73 per cent since EU sanctions were imposed in 2022 over the war against Ukraine.

In her latest despatch from Washington, Jovana Djurovic dissects official State Department policy on the Balkans.

Unpicking the origins of two luxury SUVs used in a fatal 2023 attack by Serb gunmen in Kosovo, BIRN uncovers a web of companies cornering the Serbian market in energy infrastructure and transport with the help of millions of euros in public funds.

Drawing on his father’s World War II experiences, Marko Vukosavovic’s new book about Montenegro's anti-fascist resistance adds a personal touch to the history of the Yugoslav Partisan struggle.

One of the leading opposition voices in former Yugoslavia and Serbia – who 'never gave up the fight for a democratic Serbia' – has died aged 95.

Decision to hire US lobbying firm to boost ties to Trump’s administration prompts questions about the high cost – and whether it is even needed.

‘The Train – On the Border Between Terror and Freedom’ sheds light on mass expulsions during the 1999 war, bringing together testimonies of displacement and survival from survivors.

Police on Tuesday say they have dismantled the crime gang that defrauded the Greek state and Brussels by falsely claiming EU agricultural subsidies.

Less than half of the child sexual abuse cases reported to police in Kosovo in the past 10 years ever resulted in charges. Gaps in institutional coordination, staffing, training and Kosovo’s legal framework mean many survivors never see justice.

Veteran sports journalist Alp Ulagay says Turkey’s triumphs in both sports was the result of careful planning – and an infusion of talent from the Balkans.

Czechia’s new gun-ownership law, which treads a fine line between greater transparency and constitutionally protected rights, is unlikely to bring the kind of change many had hoped for in the aftermath of the country’s worst mass shooting.

Supporters of late President Josip Broz Tito marked May 25, the date that was celebrated as his official birthday and as Youth Day in socialist Yugoslavia, by making the trip to his mausoleum in Belgrade.

Probe into how photographs of Serbian activist taken at airport came to be published reveals that various state agencies had unregulated access to its video surveillance.

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

Turkish riot police entered the headquarters of the main opposition CHP in Ankara on Sunday, to enforce a controversial court ruling that removed party leader Ozgur Ozel and reinstated former chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

Election season is coming early to Greece with the unveiling of two new parties, but can anyone end the dominance of the conservative New Democracy party come 2027?

Albania wants to develop a new commercial port in Durres, but the public tender for its construction has fallen apart in acrimony and accusation.

The new edition of BIRN’s Western Balkans Stability Monitor looks at election fever in the region. Some countries are heading towards elections; in others, parties are using possible polls as a PR tool.

Veteran right-winger takes up PM's post for fourth time, promising a focus on development, security and completing what he called a 'half-finished' transition to democracy.

Prosecutors said that a body found on Thursday is likely that of a man whose disappearance after a restaurant shooting incident prompted the arrest of Belgrade's police chief.

Organisers of LGBTQ+ Pride parades in Tirana and Sarajevo are calling on people to stand together in a time of growing far-right extremism and prejudice.

Political pressure and dwindling public funding mean that Europe’s museums are struggling to stay afloat - and fundraising via corporate sponsorship has brought its own issues.

The opposition CHP leadership is contesting a ruling removing its leadership - a blatant attempt by the court to influence the outcome of future elections, one Turkish political expert argues.

A country adrift, critics supressed and an investment project with an explosive side are just some of the highlights of our selection of Premium stories this week.

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s planned Southern Interconnection gas pipeline to Croatia has become a focal point for domestic political wrangling and competing EU-US approaches to energy infrastructure.

Two asylum seekers tell of their 100-day ordeal helping Greek border guards push refugees and migrants back over the Evros river into Turkey, in return for their own free passage.

Elsewhere, Hungary’s new government seeks to limit PM’s mandate to a maximum of two terms; EU Parliament steps up pressure on Slovakia by urging freezing of EU funds; Czechia’s three-party coalition starts to show signs of division.

Serbia, the Kremlin’s closest Balkan friend, is warming its ties with another would-be EU member, Ukraine – despite the two states’ very different relations with Moscow.