Prime Minister Albin Kurti's Vetevendosje party came first in Sunday's parliamentary elections, but it will need to forge a coalition with one of the opposition parties in order to form a new ...

BIRN talks to Lucie Hrda, a Czech lawyer who became known for championing the rights of victims of sexual and domestic abuse, but has faced a backlash recently for representing – as a defence attorney ...

As the new US president freezes international aid, Republika Srpska leader Milorad Dodik is making use of the opportunity to intimidate his domestic critics with a revived law targeting NGOs that ...

Routine use of illegal ‘lures’ by visiting European hunters who love to shoot migrating birds in the Balkans is pushing some species to the brink – while weak policing allows the crime to continue ...