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General's decorations revoked again, after a Croatian court upheld his conviction for war crimes against Serb civilians in 1991.

Amid continuing street protests, Albania is coming under increasing pressure to reverse its weakening of environmental protections in the interests of ‘luxury tourism’, or risk a setback in its pursuit of EU accession.

Fourteen NGOs call on state to ask the United Nations to set up a fact-finding mission into whether a 'sonic weapon' was used in an attempt to disperse a protest in Belgrade last year.

Prime Minister-designate Adrian Vestea failed to secure MPs’ confidence in a vote, extending the country’s political deadlock into sixth week.

After getting frostbite while trying to hike across a mountain from Bosnia into the EU, three migrants from Sudan had their legs amputated – all seemingly failed by Bosnia’s healthcare system.

The war in Ukraine may be going badly – but in Bulgaria and Bosnia, Russia is making headway without having to take any action. Whether this will result in genuine gains is another question.

Former New Democracy MEP Anna Michelle Asimakopoulou convicted of violating official secrecy and personal data by emailing expatriates in the run-up to the 2024 European elections.

Just as Montenegro strives to prove its democratic credentials to the European Union, the head of its National Security Agency has filed a criminal complaint accusing two reporters of disclosing classified information in an investigative report.

Human rights NGO's report says routine denial of war crimes and glorification of convicted war criminals form part of deliberate strategy to sow division and undermine democratic values.

A crisis in maternity care, revealed through the eyes of the women that experienced it.

Pressure is growing for Bosnia and Herzegovina to harmonise its visa policy with the EU and to eliminate visa-free travel for citizens of Turkey, Russia, China and Saudi Arabia.

Political struggles and economic disputes are raging across the region, but compromise seems to be in short supply, as our selection of Balkan Insight Premium stories this week highlights.

A new handbook published on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict seeks to spur recognition of the children born of conflict-related sexual violence during the wars in the former Yugoslavia, and to secure their rights.

Elsewhere, Robert Fico is the great political survivor as he celebrates 20 years since winning his first election; strike by Czech public media staff called after government unveils reforms to funding model; and Hungarian PMs current and former in Brussels.

Former justice minister, Vesna Skare Ozbolt says the right-wing Homeland Movement’s attempt to meddle in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s politics is an inept attempt to enhance its patriotic credentials.

Five years after the US declared him persona non grata, Donald Trump has given Sali Berisha a ‘waiver’. But how much does it really change for the opposition party Berisha leads?

Krunoslav Fehir was still in his teens when he witnessed the torture and murder of Serb civilians by a Croatian unit he was recruited into by his father in 1991. His decision to testify in 2005 would mark the start of a long and torturous road to the conviction of Osijek warlord …

The NATO peacekeeping mission will reduce troop numbers as a result of improved security conditions in Kosovo’s north - after sending more soldiers in 2023 amid repeated unrest in Serb-majority areas.

The legislation, which includes the setting up of deportation centres located outside the EU, is designed to increase the low removal number of failed asylum seekers from the current 28 per cent.

The Court of Appeals in Belgrade confirmed the verdict clearing Milenko Zivanovic, the former commander of the Bosnian Serb Army's Drina Corps, of war crimes against civilians in 1992 and 1995 in the Srebrenica area.

Following a controversial court ruling that replaced the leadership of Turkey’s main opposition party, a power struggle over who runs the party has slowed the opposition’s recent momentum against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Albania’s Special Prosecution has issued 20 arrest warrants and seized over 100 million euros in assets as it maps out alleged drug money flowing into major construction projects across Albania, including a resort promoted by relatives of Donald Trump.

As President Nicusor Dan's second prime ministerial nominee in 40 days takes steps toward forming a government, Romania's political crisis reveals how democratic tools can be weaponised to make governance itself impossible.

Bulgaria’s president condemned the burning of two Bulgarian diplomatic vehicles in Skopje, calling the incident an “attack” on her country and demanding that the authorities in North Macedonia fully clarify the case.

Three elections in 16 months have ended up with the same outcome and the same deadlock. But new elections are not the solution – political compromise is.