Veterans of the Dutch UN peacekeeping battalion deployed in Srebrenica remember how they were left powerless to prevent the genocide of Bosniaks by Bosnian Serb forces in July 1995 - and how the ...

Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama has proposed using artificial intelligence in public procurement processes to tackle corruption – but experts argue that the root causes should be dealt with first.

Vladimir Putin has consistently used Kosovo’s Western-backed unilateral declaration of independence as legal justification for his military incursions into other former Soviet republics to support ...

The respected author tells BIRN that his latest book – on World War II in Croatia – rejects the thesis that communism and fascism deserve equal condemnation. Ivo Goldstein, one of Croatia’s most ...

An investigation uncovers a web of influence in the powerful coalition aligned behind the European Commission’s proposal to scan for child sexual abuse material online, a proposal leading experts say ...

Paramilitaries led by notorious Serbian warlord Zeljko Raznatovic, alias Arkan, fought their way through Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo - so why were none of them jailed for his unit's crimes? This post ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s top international official, High Representative Valentin Inzko, used his power to impose amendments to the country’s criminal code to ban the denial of genocide and the ...

When air-raid sirens sounded across Belgrade at 7.45pm on March 24, 1999, people grabbed the bags they had already packed and headed down to their basements with their families and neighbours, ready ...

Men who were raped or sexually assaulted during the 1992-95 Bosnian war have long been reluctant to speak out for fear of stigmatisation, but now attempts are being made to ensure they get the same ...

In the world of garbage treatment in Albania, one man’s name keeps cropping up. His connections cross the country’s bitter political divide. On a rainy afternoon in July 2017, Albania’s then finance ...

The government has granted Strategic Investor Status to a proposal by Jared Kushner, son-in-law of Donald Trump, to build a luxury resort on the uninhabited island of Sazan. Sazan island. Photo: ...

China’s Huawei has come to dominate the 5G rollout in Cyprus, with risks for data security and independent policymaking that go far beyond the island’s shores, experts warn. This post is also ...