The UN court in The Hague again rejected a plea for early release from prison from Goran Jelisic, a detention camp guard during the Bosnian war who once described himself as a ‘Serb Adolf Hitler’.

They are Muslims like the majority of Kosovo Albanians, and speak a similar language to Serbs, but Kosovo’s minority Bosniaks have encountered discrimination, violence and poverty as they ...

Former communist countries in Southeast Europe face catastrophic depopulation, with far-reaching social and political consequences.

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 ...

Across the region, our selection of this week's Balkan Insight Premium stories suggests that alarm bells are going off in many countries - and not only because of the wildfires.

After a Turkish court ordered YouTube to shut down jailed journalist Fatih Altayli’s hugely popular channel, Altayli vowed to continue his broadcasts by whatever means he can.

Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama has proposed using artificial intelligence in public procurement processes to tackle corruption – but experts argue that the root causes should be dealt with ...

As the 30th anniversary of the start of the siege of Sarajevo is commemorated, a new book showcases posters from the 1992-95 Bosnian war, explaining how graphic design was used for resistance ...

Recent cases of Czech female journalists facing aggressive defamation campaigns for doing their job highlight persistent problems in a milieu still steeped in daily misogyny and sexualisation.

The state court accepted a plea from Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, who was sentenced to a year in prison and given a six-year ban on holding political office, to convert his jail term to a fine ...

France’s top constitutional court has blocked the reintroduction of a toxic pesticide. Should it be banned in Europe?

The use of parental control apps is not widespread in Kosovo, meaning children risk being exposed to harmful content on social media, a BIRN survey found.