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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.

Follow BIRN’s reporters for the latest developments as the wartime Bosnian Serb military chief, who died while serving a life sentence for genocide and crimes against humanity, is buried in the Serbian capital Belgrade.

Seeking to prove to the EU its commitment to root out organised crime, Montenegro has adopted a new law on asset confiscation, but implementation will be key.

Forensic investigations have uncovered Serbia’s largest documented wave of spyware targeting, with student activists and opposition figures among the victims ahead of a high-stakes election - the latest example of the authorities’ hostile use of surveillance technology.

As anti-government demonstrations in Tirana reach the 100-day mark, four experts discuss how significant the impact on Albanian politics and society will be.

Serbia’s justice minister and the president of Bosnia’s Republika Srpska joined hundreds of people paying tribute to the deceased genocide and war crimes convict Ratko Mladic at the state-owned Army House in Belgrade.

After the EU enlargement commissioner cancels a visit to Belgrade in protest against 'glorification' of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic after his death, President Vucic dismisses her criticism as 'stupid, as usual'.

High-profile former Serbian security figures including Jovica Stanisic and Milorad ‘Legija’ Ulemek are indicted for mass killings in then Kosovo Liberation Army commander's Adem Jashari family compound in 1998.

The death of the convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic is stirring old ghosts across the Balkans. Our selection of Balkan Insight’s Premium stories examines how the legacies of the past and choices of the present are shaping politics, security and society across the region.

Icelanders have voted against resuming talks on EU membership. What does this means for the bloc's enlargement perspectives?

Elsewhere, Hungary indicates it might not be the kind of pliant partner the EU had hoped for; draft of Czechia’s 2027 budget met with criticism from all quarters; Slovakia defies Kremlin warning over signing Ukraine compensation convention.

Countries across the Balkan region have increasingly been doing arms deals with Israel and purchasing its military technology – while strengthening political ties too.

The convicted war criminal’s death is set to overshadow the start of the election campaign - which appears likely to be dominated by familiar themes of nationalism, patronage and recycled promises.

The body of deceased genocide convict Ratko Mladic was flown on a Serbian government plane to Belgrade, where it was met by the Minister of Justice and an honour guard.

Serbia's intelligence agency and President Aleksandar Vucic dismiss claims that student activists and government critics have been targeted with spyware attacks, calling the allegation 'trivial sensationalism'.