NGOs working with survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in Ukraine say they have benefitted from lessons learned in Bosnia and Herzegovina, reflected in the introduction of reparations even as ...

Powered by Microsoft’s language models and scripted by Albania’s National Agency for Information Society, AKSHI, the AI minister is now expected to handle public contracts worth millions, perform ...

It’s not logistical barriers, rather a lack of political will, an addiction to Russian money and pro-Kremlin sympathies that are behind Hungary and Slovakia’s refusal to reduce oil and gas imports ...

Pro-Russian parties dismiss reported dismantling of network allegedly trained in Serbia to subvert Sunday's election as a well-timed stunt. Moldovan police during the raid. Screen grab from a video ...

A Dutch photographer looks past the stereotypes to portray life in Transnistria as hard – but also full of human warmth. In 2018, Paul Van der Stap started to visit Transnistria, a narrow strip of ...

Politicians have joined figures from the arts and acting world in paying tribute to Enver Petrovci, who has passed away at the age of 71. Enver Petrovci in 2021. Photo: BIRN Enver Petrovci, one of ...

Decision to merely fine three members of the Telegram group Albkings for the repeated harassment of a BIRN journalist condemned as 'an extraordinarily lenient sentence that fails to meet legal or ...

Albania’s government has bestowed ‘strategic investor’ status to an Italian hotelier who wants to build a tourist resort in a nature reserve in southern Albania, on land rich in cultural heritage and ...

The Interior Ministry is seeking to prosecute Mabel Matiz over his latest song, which it says is obscene and undermines public morality.

The incursion of drones into Poland and Romania’s airspace appeared to mark a shift in Russia’s campaign - and posed urgent questions about how EU and NATO members states should respond. Between 2023 ...

In singling out judges and prosecutors for stinging personal criticism, Albania’s Edi Rama risks further eroding the democratic separation of powers, experts say. Earlier this week, Albanian Prime ...

As attacks on humans become increasingly commonplace, officials argue about how to manage the rising bear population – and conversationists question whether shooting more bears will solve the problem.