Decision to lift sanctions on Bosnian Serb leader sparks mixed reactions – from celebrations among his allies, to accusations of murky political bargaining among others. The first person to react to ...

The Albanian Volleyball Federation has been accused of discrimination and prejudice over its decision to suspend a Brazilian women’s volleyball player based on unsupported allegations about her gender ...

An anti-Turkish demonstration in the capital Podgorica has unsettled members of the country’s Turkish community – and has caused concern in Ankara. The anti-Turkish rally in Podgorica on October 28.

Bulgarian leaders and German company hail deal to build plant manufacturing gunpowder and artillery shells for NATO and EU countries. A worker in the state-owned armament enterprise VMZ-Sopot in ...

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The European People’s Party has already begun scrutinising the membership of Vucic’s SNS party in the EPP family following the worsening situation in Serbia, but there is still no timeline for the ...

Milorad Dodik may have formally stepped down as Republika Srpska's president after being legally barred from office – but he still hopes to carry on pulling the strings. The decision by the National ...

Mining giant Rio Tinto hired an Israeli campaign strategist in 2021 to promote its unpopular plan for a lithium mine in Serbia, despite due diligence identifying him as a ‘potential government ...

A year later, the attack is still under investigation. Five persons suspected of helping and radicalising the minor are still banned from leaving the municipality where they live, and must report to ...

BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina presented a database of children who disappeared during the 1992-95 war as well as a documentary about the parents and relatives who are still looking for them. This post ...

Italian anthropologist Giuseppe Tateo speaks to BIRN about the symbolism and ongoing controversies surrounding the imposing National Cathedral about to be consecrated in Bucharest. Yielding slightly ...