The state court accepted a plea from Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, who was sentenced to a year in prison and given a six-year ban on holding political office, to convert his jail term to a fine ...

After a Turkish court ordered YouTube to shut down jailed journalist Fatih Altayli’s hugely popular channel, Altayli vowed to continue his broadcasts by whatever means he can.

Recent cases of Czech female journalists facing aggressive defamation campaigns for doing their job highlight persistent problems in a milieu still steeped in daily misogyny and sexualisation.

Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama has proposed using artificial intelligence in public procurement processes to tackle corruption – but experts argue that the root causes should be dealt with ...

Twenty-five years since the war ended, relations between most Kosovo Albanians and Serbs remain deeply troubled – but at workplaces and markets, some have discovered common ground.

Migrant workers from Africa have told BIRN about having to surrender their passports on arrival in Albania, working unpaid overtime and facing deportation once they are no longer required. Many ...

Court hands deputy head of the Serbian government’s office for Kosovo a six-month jail term and a two-year ban on entering Kosovo for speech 'inciting ethnic hatred'.

Bulgaria’s government is working with the Orthodox Church on a plan to teach Orthodox Christianity in schools to make children "good people" - but critics say the education system has far more ...

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Igor Popovic pleads guilty to charges of inciting ethnic hatred by calling the Kosovo Liberation Army a 'terrorist organisation' in a speech to Kosovo Serbs.

More than three decades since communism fell in Albania, only six per cent of former political prisoners or their family members have received the full compensation they are entitled to.

Romania’s first post-communist president, Ion Iliescu, was buried with full state honours on Thursday – but not all Romanians mourn his passing.