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New legal amendments allowing ‘strategic investors’ to develop port facilities at tourist resorts without competitive tenders represent the latest custom-written legislation brought in by Edi Rama’s government to benefit big business, critics claim.

European public service broadcasters are under growing political and financial pressure, while also having to contend with fake news and propaganda.

A momentous election spells change not just for Hungary but also for much of the Western Balkans, as our selection of Balkan Insight Premium stories this week highlights.

The Progressive Bulgaria party of former Bulgarian President Rumen Radev is poised to win big in the EU member state’s eighth general election since 2021, stirring fears of a tilt towards Russia in the style of Viktor Orban.

Elsewhere, the political shift in Hungary ripples across region; defence industrialist Strnad eyes Slovak TV station Markiza; Czech government unveils controversial public media reforms.

Pristina Basic Court hands down a detention order for Kosovo Serb Dejan Pelevic, suspected of war crimes in Skenderaj/Srbica that left 15 dead and 16 missing in 1999.

Hungary’s Viktor Orban sat at the centre of a network of illiberal states. With his loss in weekend elections, liberal opposition parties in Turkey are reflecting on political parallels and hope.

Evidence presented at multiple war crimes trials point to the deep involvement of two Bosnian Serb men in the persecution and murder of Bosniaks in the Kalinovik region of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992. Neither has ever been charged and Serbia, where they live, has refused to pu…

EU politicians celebrate spring in Hungary and prospects for Ukraine improve, but Serbia’s Aleksandar Vucic contemplates a lonelier future without Budapest’s architect of ‘illiberal democracy’ at his side.

In appearing to call time on Nikola Gruevski’s refuge in Hungary, election-winner Peter Magyar has put North Macedonia’s government in a tight spot.

Turkey experiences a second school shooting in two days after a teenage student’s attack leaves 20 wounded and two students and a teacher dead, as well as the shooter himself.

Serbian Minister of Culture Nikola Selakovic said in court that he did nothing illegal, claiming that his trial over the removal of cultural heritage protection from the bombed-out Yugoslav Army HQ is politically motivated.

After the US extended a waiver allowing Russian firm Lukoil to operate assets outside of Russia until late October, Romania and Bulgaria are hurrying to take advantage.

Western Balkan leaders are taking diplomatic sides in the US-Israeli war on Iran and the region faces escalating energy prices – with the economic impact likely to be more serious than any potential security risks.

Under Viktor Orban, Hungary became an important financial and political backer of Milorad Dodik’s administration in Republika Srpska – and his electoral defeat could have serious consequences for the Bosnian Serb leader.

Police raids targeted call centre fraud operations across Tirana, with 10 suspects arrested and almost a million euros in cash seized.

Two officials from Vetevendosje, Kosovo’s ruling party, were sentenced on Tuesday for inciting hate towards a judge and prosecutor who released a Kosovo Serb suspected of an attack on election offices in North Mitrovica.

President Vucic confirms BIRN/Haaretz investigation about joint Serb-Israeli drone production plans and says he hopes to significantly increase arms sales and defence cooperation with Israel.

Yet because the election system is designed to favour strong parties, a two-thirds parliamentary majority seems to have become the norm in Hungary, which contains its own dangers.

A year since the election of political novice Karol Nawrocki, his presidency has unfolded against the backdrop of a shakeup of Poland’s political landscape, signalling a generational change and a shift to the far right.

The arrest of opposition politician Umit Erkol on corruption allegations has intensified claims that President Erdogan’s government is using the judiciary to target political rivals in a sweeping crackdown.

A perfect storm of a child abuse scandal, the poor state of the economy and services, and a charismatic former insider with a well-organised party and a huge, diverse voter base were the necessary ingredients to oust Hungary’s strongman.

According to the polls, Hungary’s Prime Minister could lose his majority on Sunday after 16 years in office.

Elsewhere, report puts number on what Poland has gained from EU membership; still unclear who or how many people will represent Czechia at upcoming NATO summit; and a legal adviser to Slovak PM acquitted of judicial interference and indirect corruption.

President Erdogan’s ruling party has taken control of the important municipality of Bursa following the arrest of its opposition mayor on April 4, along with 30 others.