Joint letter signed by 40 organisations calls attention to troubling trend in Turkey of using judicial control measures, such as house arrests and travel bans, to silence independent voices in ...

This year's trends report highlights five likely trends which will be driven or impacted by Donald Trump's return to the White House.

BIRN looks at the contenders for prime minister in Kosovo’s February 9 election: Albin Kurti, Bedri Hamza, Lumir Abdixhiku and Ramush Haradinaj.

Women from impoverished parts of Albania are being lured into work as day labourers on illegal cannabis plantations; if caught, they face paying a high price for what their lawyers say is effectively ...

Kindergartens across the country are full and oversubscribed, leaving many children on long waiting lists – and plans to ...

Kosovo's Specialist Chambers sentenced three former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters to prison terms after prosecutors reached a 'historic' plea deal with them, in which they admitted witness ...

MICT rejects former Drina Corps commander's request for early release, saying his expressions of remorse for the 1995 ...

Prosecution office re-opens four cases from the wars of the 1990s that previously were legally concluded – but can be ...

New US administration’s freeze on foreign aid and crackdown on immigration has left Afghan refugees in Albania in a state of ...

Bulgaria’s blockade of North Macedonia’s EU path is likely to stay in place despite both countries having recently elected ...

Locals and holidaymakers alike are evacuating the popular tourist hub of Santorini as unusually powerful seismic activity ...

A BIRN investigation finds evidence that systemic flaws in Romanian military procurement mean many local units are awarding big contracts to questionable companies, potentially compromising national ...