In an interview with BIRN, Mary Lawlor said human rights defenders and critics of the government in Bosnia’s Republika Srpska are being targeted and stigmatised.

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Romania’s President Nicusor Dan (L) and designated Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan (C) shake hands at the end of a joint media statement at Cotroceni Presidential Palace in Bucharest, Romania, 20 ...

On March 12, employees of Ukrainian House (Ukrainski Dom), the main NGO representing Ukrainians in Poland, received a bizarre email. The municipality of Bydgoszcz, in northern Poland, was writing ...

The city of Niksic. Photo: Wikipedia/Janusz Recław. The suspected remains of three members of the Klapuh family – killed in 1992 after fleeing the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina – were exhumed ...

As Donald Trump Jr tours South-East and Central Europe to promote his business – and partnerships with US companies – some Balkan politicians are using his visit to score points of their own.

Twenty years ago, a union launched an uphill battle to take over their failing machine-tool factory and return it to the workers. Today, they savour the fruits of that victory.

In western Kosovo, local authorities are refusing to re-route a road to avoid land handed back by court order to a 14th century Serbian Orthodox monastery. Six years after construction began, the ...

Iranian women take part during a protest against Israeli airstrikes in Tehran, Iran, 13 June 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH. Balkan countries voiced dismay over the implications of ...