The Albanian Volleyball Federation has been accused of discrimination and prejudice over its decision to suspend a Brazilian women’s volleyball player based on unsupported allegations about her gender ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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The European People’s Party has already begun scrutinising the membership of Vucic’s SNS party in the EPP family following the worsening situation in Serbia, but there is still no timeline for the ...

As cyberattacks in the region become ever more sophisticated and daring, Western Balkan governments need to improve their cybersecurity frameworks and cooperate, a new BIRN report warns. The ...

President Vucic condemned the attack on the pro-government tent camp near parliament in central Belgrade as 'terrible terrorist act' and claimed it was linked to the ongoing protests against his ...

The party led by the oligarch Delyan Peevski has assured Boyko Borissov's shaky GERB-led coalition government of its continued backing, raising more questions about his increasing influence. GERB ...

BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina presented a database of children who disappeared during the 1992-95 war as well as a documentary about the parents and relatives who are still looking for them. This post ...

Rights groups condemned decision to bury former General Nebojsa Pavkovic, who was convicted of war crimes against Kosovo Albanians, in an area reserved for 'meritorious citizens' – and with military ...