Serbia has done little to implement European standards in handling cases of sexual violence against women, meaning survivors who report their abusers face a long and often humiliating path to ...

The Bosnian court upheld the verdict sentencing seven wartime fighters and military policemen to a total of 30 years in prison for the unlawful detention, torture and murder of Serb civilian ...

The Turkish state must make serious changes if ‘peace’ is to mean anything more than a cessation of the 40-year armed struggle by Kurdish PKK fighters.

As Albanian websites spread falsehoods to discredit women in the media, a culture of silence and weak legal protections leave women journalists increasingly vulnerable.

The article explores how the 'Kosovo Precedent' influenced Vladimir Putin's strategy and justification for invading Ukraine.

Viennese researchers upset traditionally minded Albanians by pouring cold water on the theory that the Albanian language has its roots in Ancient Illyria.

In the arid north-east, the towns monopolise the running water while the villagers dig ever-deeper wells, in a race to the bottom that portends Europe’s hotter, drier future.

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s top international official, High Representative Valentin Inzko, used his power to impose amendments to the country’s criminal code to ban the denial of genocide and ...

A declaration that Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian are all variations of the same language has annoyed conservatives, but received a warmer welcome from the people who speak it.

Already repurposed due to legal challenges, Italy’s asylum centres in Albania cost more than originally planned and much more than similar facilities in Italy itself, offering a potential lesson ...

As well as the large-scale installation of surveillance systems with facial recognition technology in urban areas, the authorities have sought to monitor opponents, activists and journalists, says ...

In the run-up to the current referendum, which was launched on March 15, Orban gave interviews on state-controlled media saying that there is nothing more important than preventing Ukraine’s EU ...