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A series of sabotage attacks in the EU all point back to Russia. Now the EU has to decide how to respond.

Government belatedly admits price tag for 35th independence anniversary festivities headlined by star DJ David Guetta – one day after BIRN revealed state-owned lottery's key role in managing events.

Historical narratives, political systems, institutions and economies across the region are being put to the test as old problems collide with new pressures, our selection of Balkan Insight’s Premium stories this week shows.

The student-led opposition began its campaign to unseat President Alexander Vucic’s government in October’s parliamentary polls with a rally in Novi Sad, where a fatal disaster in 2024 triggered the protest movement.

Elsewhere, EU suspends subsidy payments to Czech PM’s business; Slovak PM pressures prosecutor general to resign; and Tusk ally elected to Poland’s constitutional court.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has presented a multi-year package of economic measures promising “progress and prosperity”. Critics argue the measures fail to address the root causes of Greece’s economic challenges.

A court in The Hague will soon issue its verdict in the war crimes trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three co-accused amid prosecution claims of an “historic” climate of witness intimidation.

Prosecution in closing statements demands six years' prison for Thaci, claiming he told his co-defendants to instruct witnesses what to say while testifying in his war crimes case.

Mico Stanisic, the wartime Bosnian Serb interior minister – sentenced to 22 years in prison by the Hague Tribunal – has again requested early release, after being rejected in 2024.

Energy Minister Dorin Junghietu tells BIRN that Moldova has contracted most of the gas it needs, is preparing to consolidate Moldovagaz’s 12 distribution companies, and is telling breakaway Transnistria to build its own reserves.

A new proposed privately-operated security system raises important questions about who should be keeping Serbia’s capital safe.

After more than five years in detention at The Hague on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three other wartime guerrilla leaders will soon hear their verdict.

As Serbia mourns Ratko Mladic, how far will Brussels go in defending its principles on the glorification of war criminals?

President sets October 25 election date, saying Serbia needs an end to a year-and-a-half of 'turbulence' - referring to student-led protests that have rocked the country.

Opposition pushes for removal of Andrija Mandic as speaker of parliament after he expressed public condolences following death of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic.

While all eyes are on the damage caused by tourism construction on Albania’s coast, the government has passed a law designed to boost investment in the mountains too, much to the concern of environmentalists.

Serbia and Montenegro are hosting crucial nodes in the complex infrastructure of Russian cybercrime and disinformation operations in Europe, according to the findings of a BIRN investigation.

Serbian Orthodox Bishop who hailed convicted war criminal's 'wonderful and holy qualities' faces charges of inciting national, racial and religious hatred.

President Erdogan's ruling party takes back control of Istanbul’s Uskudar municipality – a key district that it lost to the opposition in the 2024 local elections.

There is very little certainty about what will happen when Kosovo’s parliament resumes its inaugural session on Wednesday.

European Commission and European Council presidents voice dismay over convicted war criminal's glorification at his funeral, as US lawmakers and Turkish officials also said scenes undermined regional peace and reconciliation.

Official boasts about the number of projects completed under the EU’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan conceal a more complicated picture.

At a time of growing threats from Russia, any hasty expansion of the EU’s border-free zone would not only be politically unfeasible and technically impracticable but also dangerous.

The funeral of Ratko Mladic was held in Belgrade with thousands of mourners including senior officials from Serbia and Bosnia’s Republika Srpska – defying EU warnings about glorifying the Bosnian Serb war criminal.

The former head of the Pristina-based Institute for Advancing Interethnic Relations, Fatmir Sheholli, pleaded not guilty to spying for Serbia's intelligence agency, the BIA.