BIRN's monitoring of digital rights violations in August and September highlighted a threatening Hungarian ‘dark web’ site that contained illegally obtained images of women, plus a series of arrests ...

In 2017 the opposition VMRO DPMNE party accused the then ruling Social Democrats of secret plans to take in Middle Eastern migrants. These turned out to be unfounded. Now the VMRO DPMNE is in power, ...

Three years after the Belgrade Court of Appeal acquitted four Serbian security operatives of the murder in 1999 of opposition journalist Slavko Curuvija, the Supreme Court said that the verdict ...

Auditors have flagged “anomalies” worth almost 14 million euros in deals between a Serbian arms factory and a Belgian machinery manufacturer, BIRN can report. This post is also available in this ...

Decades ago, Ada Bojana was thronging with nudists. Now it’s under threat from the sea and state neglect. Stepping between abandoned bungalows, tourist guide Ismet Karamanaga recalls the naked heyday ...

Foreign workers are increasingly vital to Croatia’s economy, but the public mood is souring – and some political parties are deepening divisions. It’s a stark figure. Only three per cent of Croatian ...

Battlefield scenarios from the wars in the former Yugoslavia in the 20th Century are used in various board games and video games, but while some of them offer the opportunity to play with history, ...

After rejecting the government’s offered support measures, farmers on tractors are blocking Greece’s main roads and customs points. Greek farmers decided on Thursday to block the country's main roads, ...

Court snubs a compensation request from veteran former Montenegrin leader Milo Djukanovic as he disputes an anti-corruption agency decision related to a credit card while he was in office. The ...

State court confirms war-crimes indictment of Radislav Krstic, a former Bosnian Serb army commander – who is already serving a 35-year jail sentence for his role in the Srebrenica genocide. The ...

Bulgaria has just joined the Eurozone, but amidst a deep political crisis and substantial domestic opposition to the European single currency, not everyone was celebrating.

Bulgarians are gradually getting used to the currency change, but while some welcome a ‘sign that we belong’, pro-Russian elements remain bitterly discontented.