Thirty years after they were first aired, claims that hundreds of foreigners paid Bosnian Serb forces for the chance to shoot at besieged Sarajevans have resurfaced. But the evidence remains thin and ...

Former AC Milan and Croatia defender is suspected of illegally obtaining permits to operate a campsite business with the aid of a former head of a county tourism department. Dario Simic at a press ...

The 2026 report found that 47 per cent of its recommendations made in last year's report have been followed up, either fully or partially. Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President of the European ...

Thousands have joined the annual Peace March to the Srebrenica Memorial Centre, marking the 31st anniversary of the 1995 genocide of Bosniaks by Bosnian Serb forces. This post is also available in ...

Enlargement Commissioner urged Skopje to make constitutional changes to remove Bulgaria's EU membership blockade - and highlighted the progress made by current Balkan frontrunner Montenegro. EU ...

A notorious waste dump outside Mostar has been on fire for days – as locals pay the price for years of inaction by the authorities in the politically-troubled city. Summer mornings in Mostar have been ...

Well-known LGBTQ+ activist and visual artist who gave a voice and visibility to trans people in a time of repression has died of cancer in Athens. Paola Revenioti. Photo: Paola Revenioti/Facebook.

Ten more victims of the 1995 genocide were buried on Saturday at the Srebrenica Memorial Centre, with survivors calling on the perpetrators to acknowledge the truth and ask for forgiveness. This post ...

Media organisations urged the Serbian authorities to lift the entry restrictions imposed on BIRN Montenegro's Vuk Maras and TV journalist Petar Komnenic in retaliation for Montenegro barring a Serbian ...

Retrial upholds Ekrem Bajrovic's 12-year prison sentence for war crimes against ethnic Albanian civilians In the Istog/Istok area, including beatings, torture and killings. This post is also available ...

Late last year, responding to US and EU pressure, the Montenegrin government said it would require telecoms providers to phase out Chinese equipment. It has yet to do so, BIRN can reveal. Montenegro ...