Balkan News

Moldova’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld an earlier ruling invalidating the mayoral election in the capital, as protesters rallied in Chisinau city centre for the sixth day.

The announcement by the Croat member of Bosnia's tripartite Presidency about opening a joint representative office of Bosnia’s Croatian-majority cantons in Brussels has drawn a hostile reaction from some quarters in Bosnia.

When two Swiss footballers whose parents fled Kosovo flashed Albanian ‘eagle’ signs after scoring against Serbia, it caused an outburst of rage from Serbian nationalists who cannot understand that their own government’s repression was to blame.

As Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims victory in Sunday's Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections, the first results have revealed a deep split among voters in the Balkans.

A Serbian NGO warned Serb war veterans to choose their summer holiday destinations carefully after a Serbian citizen was reportedly arrested on war crimes charges at the border while heading for Croatia.

Opponents of Romania’s ruling Social Democratic Party are preparing for more street protests after its leader received a second corruption sentence last week.

On the sidelines of a rancorous EU meeting in Brussels on the migration crisis, politicians’ talk of opening processing centres in Albania continues to fuel political tensions there.

Former Bosnian Serb Army serviceman Radomir Susnjar, accused of involvement in forcibly detaining and burning alive 57 Bosniaks in Visegrad in 1992, was extradited to Sarajevo to stand trial.

From city-centre beaches with all the facilities to secret hideaways, hidden behind cliffs, Croatia's long, long Adriatic coast has it all.

If Serbia’s path towards the EU hits a blockage and the country shifts toward Russia and China, former president Tomislav Nikolic could conceivably stage a political resurrection.

In an interview with BIRN, Peter Szijjarto defends Hungary’s moves to target NGOs helping refugees and migrants, praises Serbia’s treatment of minorities – and says he does not understand why the EU is dragging its feet over Montenegro’s membership.

Accepted by his family but rejected by the state, a transgender man in Kosovo is going public about his struggle to officially change his first name in his ID documents from female to male.

Early presidential and parliamentary elections will give Turkey’s next leader new, reinforced executive powers over a politically-divided country that is facing economic and social crisis.

LGBT Pride parades in the Croatian city of Split and the Serbian capital of Belgrade on Saturday drew hundreds to march in defence of their rights.

Marking two decades since the abduction of nine Kosovo Serb miners, the victims’ families and activists called on the authorities to find the perpetrators.

The decision to annul the mayoral election results in the capital has sparked angry protests, caused concern in Brussels – and raised fresh questions about the independence of Moldova’s justice system.

The European Council has told BIRN it has no plans to set up so-called disembarkation platforms for rescued refugees in Albania – as an often xenophobic discussion of the subject continues in the country.

From tolerance during Ottoman times to criminalisation, throughout the 20th century, homosexuality has remained a highly sensitive issue in this Balkan society, a leading activist explains.

Croatian fans in Croatia, Bosnia and Russia partied late into the night, lighting flares and singing songs to celebrate the national team’s 3-0 triumph over football giants Argentina at the World Cup.

Switzerland's Football Federation has denied that Russia asked it to ban fans from flying Greater Albanian or Kosovo flags during Friday's match with Serbia in Kaliningrad, as some Serbian media reported.