Police arrested 25 alleged members of a nationalist, far-right youth group in Thessaloniki in northern Greece for robbery and violent crimes.

Lida Hujic, a popular youth presenter during the golden era of Radio Television Sarajevo in the late 1980s, recalls the rebellious past of a public broadcaster which today, as BHRT, faces an ...

The High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt. Photo: N1. Using his extensive powers, Bosnia’s international overseer, the High Representative, Christian Schmidt, on ...

Press freedom has continued a downward slide in most Balkan countries according to the latest report by Reporters Without Borders – although Albania, Montenegro and Serbia have bucked the trend.

As Donald Trump Jr tours South-East and Central Europe to promote his business – and partnerships with US companies – some Balkan politicians are using his visit to score points of their own.

The 55-year-old mayor of Bucharest is running on a platform of honesty, integrity and pro-Western stability as Romanians prepare for the second round of potentially the most consequential presidential ...

Illustration: BIRN/Igor Vujcic. Biometric surveillance and facial recognition technologies are expanding rapidly across the Balkans, raising serious privacy and ethical concerns, particularly in ...

In Croatia, Catholic bishops struggled with many of the late Pope’s ideas, especially on migration, the country’s controversial World War II history, and the alleged miraculous visions at ...

Fishermen on Dojran Lake during sunrise in Nikolic, North Macedonia, February 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE/GEORGI LICOVSKI. As local authorities in Greece declare all-out war on illegal fishing in Lake ...