The Palace of Justice in Belgrade, where some of the SLAPP cases have been heard. Photo: BIRN. Sued and Sued Again: Film Shows How Lawsuits Target Dissent in Serbia Veran Matic Belgrade BIRN June ...

North Macedonia’s Foreign Ministry issued a travel warning and advised its citizens in Israel and Iran to follow national emergency portals there and follow the instructions of these countries ...

From politics to the media business, high expectations often go hand-in-hand with disappointments big and small, as our selection of Balkan Insight Premium stories this week shows.

Our selection of Premium stories this week takes a look at the region’s slow-burning political crises, smuggling networks, digital surveillance and a whole lot more.

In a statement responding to this recording, Giertych speculated there might be another reason why the right-wing media published the material now. “As for the timing of publication, I think it ...

Remains believed to belong to three members of a Bosniak family killed in 1992 after they fled to Montenegro to escape the war in Bosnia have been exhumed in the city of Niksic.

Hungary’s parliament passed a law on Wednesday that will enable the suspension of the citizenship of those whose “conduct constitutes a threat to public order, public security or national ...

Police have arrested 18 people following an attack on a prominent pro-government student in Belgrade who was pelted with water bottles at a university campus – which President Vucic called a ...

A move to turn the site of the former Spac labour camp in northern Albania into a film set has revived calls for better protection of what’s left of Albania’s dark communist past.

Croatia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Ivan Anusic, presented the new Law on Service in the Armed Forces, restoring obligatory military service, to the public on Wednesday.

Forest fire on Chios island, Greece, 22 June 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE/KOSTAS KOURGIAS. Greek Holiday Islands Caught in Wildfires Eleni Stamatoukou Athens BIRN June 23, 202512:03 Eleni Stamatoukou ...

Our selection of Premium stories looks at the political challenges, deadlocks and cliff-hanger elections that the region has seen this week. Romanian President Nicusor Dan addresses media in ...