From Budapest to Ankara, online freedoms are being compromised by government legislation, emerging technologies and tech ...

Thirty-five years after entering politics, Croatian Serb leader Milorad Pupovac tells BIRN the wartime ‘myths’ of the 1990s ...

National laws may be compliant with international standards but weak oversight, corruption and cash economies hamper an ...

Montenegro's representative to Eurovision stepped aside after a video appeared of the band allegedly performing part of its winning song in 2023 – breaking rules that confine the contest to new songs.

Strasbourg court says Romania's justice system did not protect the rights of a woman whose ex-boyfriend posted intimate ...

Weekend warriors’ were volunteer fighters who popped in and out of war zones in the 1990s. Many came from Montenegro, but few ...

Authorities in Romania are probing the role of TikTok in far-right candidate Calin Georgescu’s shock first-round win in the ...

Draft amendments to Serbia’s criminal code have been slammed by legal experts as badly written, rushed and a potential threat ...

As Kosovo investigates the suspected terrorist attack on a water canal, which caused significant damage to essential ...

Romania’s centre-left Social Democratic Party came out ahead in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, but gains by right-wing ...

Czechia is on track to ban the sale of energy drinks for children and young teenagers, for whom the beverage has acquired a ...

The remains of two soldiers and five civilians from the Vukovar area killed in 1991 – including a father and two sons found ...