Pristina Basic Court on Friday ordered 30 days of detention for a police officer who was arrested the day before on espionage allegations. Bojan Jevtic, an ethnic Serb from the eastern town of ...

Turkish government hails new measures – which will apply only to people who previously obtained Schengen visas – and have not violated any visa rules.

Highly professional outlet’s disappearance will lower the quality and standards of media throughout the region – but could stimulate a push for reform and change.

Former Prime Minister Agim Ceku and nine others were found guilty of falsifying war veterans’ lists to enable people to claim welfare benefits, and sentenced to a year in prison each.

Catch up on the weekend’s most important developments with Balkan Insight’s digest of news from countries across the region.

After the PKK began to disarm this month, Turkey said a ‘critical threshold’ had been crossed following decades of conflict. Those most affected by the fighting are still to be convinced, amid ...

The 7.5-million-euro stadium in the village of Vardarac, eastern Croatia. Photo: Facebook/NK Vardarac FC. The construction of a 7.5-million-euro stadium in the small Croatian village of Vardarac ...

Bulgaria will replace the lev, established in 1878, with the euro from January 1, 2026, after the EU confirmed Bulgaria's membership of the single currency area.

Student-led protesters calling for snap elections continues to block roads in various towns and cities as they maintained their campaign against a government they accuse of corruption and brutality.

Film screened at BIRN’s Reporting House in Pristina features harrowing testimonies of survivors of the Dubrava prison massacre, in which nearly 120 inmates were shot dead in May 1999.

Participants cross the Elizabeth Bridge during the Budapest Pride march in Budapest, Hungary, 28 June 2025. Photo: Bela Varadi Democracy Digest: Hungarian PM May Find Pride Comes Before a Fall ...

As BIRN marks its 20th anniversary, here’s a diverse selection of investigations picked from two decades of in-depth reporting on one of Europe’s most complex and challenging regions.