A day after a huge commemorative rally in Novi Sad, clashes between ruling party supporters and protesters erupted in front of parliament, resulting in 37 arrests. Riot police separate pro-government ...

An initiative meant to modernise youth health education has turned into an ideological flashpoint. Was it always doomed to fail in Polish culture and amid the current polarisation?

BIRN’s analysis of the situation in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia shows how mainstream politicians and other prominent public figures have used ...

Milorad Dodik may have formally stepped down as Republika Srpska's president after being legally barred from office – but he still hopes to carry on pulling the strings. The decision by the National ...

Bulgarian leaders and German company hail deal to build plant manufacturing gunpowder and artillery shells for NATO and EU countries. A worker in the state-owned armament enterprise VMZ-Sopot in ...

Three decades later, and with war raging in neighbouring Ukraine, it’s worth remembering the sparks that ignited the conflict over Transnistria. Thirty years ago, in March 1992, people on both sides ...

Washington has ended sanctions imposed on the former Republika Srpska president Milorad Dodik, his associates, family members and companies connected to them. Milorad Dodik wearing a Donald Trump ...

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The 2015 Paris Agreement and Europe's Green Deal were aimed at taking serious action to mitigate climate change. As the COP30 summit in Brazil approaches, doubts have been raised about EU countries' ...

Decision to lift sanctions on Bosnian Serb leader sparks mixed reactions – from celebrations among his allies, to accusations of murky political bargaining among others. The first person to react to ...

BIRN's monitoring of digital rights violations in August and September highlighted a threatening Hungarian ‘dark web’ site that contained illegally obtained images of women, plus a series of arrests ...

Dozens of people from Bosnia and Herzegovina have responded to a rare invitation from Podgorica to testify about crimes committed by suspects who have found refuge from prosecution in Montenegro. Will ...