Three former Serb fighters have again been convicted over the abduction of 20 passengers from a train at Strpci station in Bosnia in 1993 – who were later killed. The Belgrade Higher Court on Tuesday ...

A wild river given protection as a ‘national park’ in 2023 still faces serious threats to its biodiversity from pollution – and Albania’s government is doing little to stop it. Only a few metres ...

After Albania’s government appointed an AI-generated digital assistant as a ‘minister’, a group of information technology experts have proposed an AI ‘candidate’ for the upcoming Tirana mayoral ...

Deportations of unsheltered EU migrants, mainly from Poland and Romania, are on the rise in the Netherlands. Some experts and NGOs regard the policy as barely legal; others argue it gives the ...

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The shocking killing of judge Astrit Kalaja on Monday inside a Tirana court has led to serious questions over levels of security in the country’s institutions. Photo illustration: EPA-EFE/MALTON DIBRA ...

Slavko Simic of the Belgrade-backed Srpska Lista party pleaded not guilty to involvement in violent attacks with stun grenades and bricks on journalists covering protests by Serbs in north Kosovo in ...

Winner of the Czech election Andrej Babis has revealed the outlines of a new government, but he probably won’t be appointed as prime minister before next month. Leader of the ANO movement Andrej Babis ...

State prosecutors have accused former minister Predrag Boskovic of being part of a criminal organisation that targeted political opponents using the media and social networks. Predrag Boskovic. Photo: ...

Three years after hackers targeted Bosnia and Herzegovina’s state parliament, it remains the only country in Europe without a Computer Emergency Response Team because of administrative obstacles and ...

Robert Fico’s coalition fell short on paper – until opposition lawmakers crossed the aisle, reshaping both Slovakia’s constitution from November 1 as well as the political map.

“A few weeks before the 2024 election campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina started, my phone rang – it was a top-ranking person in the city administration and the ruling party. This person had never ...