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Fed by demand for new guns and leftovers from depots looted in the 1990s, Albania has become a key hub for small-arms trafficking.

The two countries’ failure to maintain liaisons to the EU’s criminal justice agency – partly for political reasons – is a setback to vital cooperation against cross-border organised crime groups.

The race has been a showdown between an experienced but visibly aged and increasingly authoritarian Orban, and a rock star-like newcomer Magyar with a rare talent for social media and endless energy to tour the country and reach out to the remotest parts of Hungary.

The Greek government will ban children under 15 years old from using TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, saying the goal is 'to push the EU in this direction as well'.

Court documents and interviews have revealed more about recruits from Moldova who were trained by Russian instructors at camps in Bosnia and Serbia to foment unrest, scout embassies and use military-grade drones.

‘Reporting War’, organised by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN, in Sarajevo, examines journalists’ role in the Yugoslav wars – and how some nationalist media helped to fuel them.

Kosovo will face a much more hostile international environment if far-right parties gain more power in core EU states like France and Germany, while the US under Trump remains indifferent to the Balkans.

Court documents and interviews have revealed more about recruits from Moldova who were trained by Russian instructors at camps in Bosnia and Serbia to foment unrest, scout embassies and use military-grade drones.

Rumen Radev says his party's likely success in April 19 elections could trigger a rerun of events last year in Romania – where a far-right candidate's presidential win was annulled by courts citing 'foreign interference'.

US vice president heaps praise on Hungary’s right-wing leader in a late attempt to swing the weekend election Viktor Orban’s way.

A surge in deepfake pornography is causing alarm across Europe, and the law is struggling to keep up.

Rumen Radev says his party's likely success in April 19 elections could trigger a rerun of events last year in Romania – where a far-right candidate's presidential win was annulled by courts citing 'foreign interference'.

Orban’s motive for clashing with the EU and Ukraine over the halt in oil through the Druzhba pipeline is clear. Less understandable is why Fico is following him into a confrontation where the long-term stakes are alarmingly high.

Looking back, the 2006 package of proposed constitutional reforms was a missed chance to improve on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s dysfunctional post-war system – and one that may not reoccur.

Serbia plans to produce drones with the Israeli arms giant Elbit Systems, BIRN/Haaretz can reveal, despite the firm’s high-profile involvement in Israeli military operations in Gaza.

Donald Trump Jr’s visit to Banja Luka for a business panel, held under heavy security, is seen as part of Republika Srpska’s efforts to cultivate ties with Washington.

Viktor Orban toured military units near the Serbian border the day after the Belgrade authorities said they found explosives near a gas pipeline to Hungary – and denied the incident was staged to influence the upcoming Hungarian elections.

Hungary’s election will be monitored by observers from several international organisations, but the credentials of some have been challenged. Simultaneously, a new documentary is raising fresh concerns about the integrity of the country’s electoral system.

Aleksandar “Aco” Djukanovic, brother of former Montenegrin leader Milo Djukanovic, has been charged with the illegal possession of weapons and explosive materials.

Instead of being an arena for resolving political disputes, elections across the region increasingly seem to be producing more problems than they resolve, as our selection of Premium stories this week testifies.

Minister says Turkey and social media companies have agreed that Turkish citizens will soon have to verify their identities to use social media accounts - a move to end anonymity that could affect dissenting voices online.

A probe by European prosecutors into an alleged organised fraud scheme involving EU agricultural funds, which is claimed to have included former and current Greek ministers and MPs, has prompted the resignation of three senior officials.

Elsewhere, Hungarian foreign minister tells Lavrov he is ‘always at his disposal’; 14,000 protest Slovak culture minister’s attack on arts; and Czechia and Slovakia resume high-level intergovernmental discussions 3 years after last such meeting.

Former CIA officer's lawyer claims Montenegrin prosecutors threatened to prosecute Joseph Assad if he refused to testify in the now-dismissed 2016 'coup plot' case.

Lence Ristoska quits after being removed from two politically sensitive cases concerning alleged corruption within the ruling party – calling it the last straw in a series of moves aimed at preventing her from doing her job.