As the country’s biggest ethnic Albanian party, long used to power, was relegated to opposition benches, fears grew that it ...

Russian shops, cafes and businesses have sprung up across the Serbian capital, creating a ‘home from home’ for Russians who ...

Zoran Milanovic is the frontrunner in Sunday’s presidential election in Croatia, bidding for a second term in office after a ...

Twenty-five years since the war ended, relations between most Kosovo Albanians and Serbs remain deeply troubled – but at ...

In the first ever war crime trial in absence, Pristina Basic Court sentenced former Serbian fighter Cedomir Aksic to 15 years ...

Amendments to the criminal code finally led to new investigations into war crimes committed in the 1990s – but there is a ...

Twenty-five years after the war ended, Kosovo has adopted a transitional justice strategy aimed at promoting truth and ...

Legendary Kultur Shock frontman tells BIRN why he never really left Bosnia, why he wasn’t sure he deserved a film about his ...

Whether by attending Christmas masses, visiting Christmas markets or singing carols, people from the Balkans have found ways ...

The entry into government of the far-right Homeland Movement has undermined the position of Croatia’s Serbian minority – and ...

In villages near Gjakova/Dakovica in Kosovo, young volunteers each year turn local places of worship into festive ...

A nursery in Greece has flourished by meeting growing demand in the Balkans and beyond for poinsettias – a floral symbol of ...