Ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, also known as Victory Day, were held across the Balkans on Friday. With wreath-laying ceremonies and tributes to the fallen ...

Postal votes and a smattering of new parties are threatening a shift in the Albanian political landscape in an election on May 11. The ruling Socialist Party and the opposition Democrats are ...

Victory for George Simion in Romania’s May 18 presidential run-off vote would raise urgent questions about democracy at home and alliances abroad. So often in Romania, changes in power are ...

The 55-year-old mayor of Bucharest is running on a platform of honesty, integrity and pro-Western stability as Romanians prepare for the second round of potentially the most consequential presidential ...

Tourism is one of Croatia’s main economic drivers. It’s also causing environmental damage and transforming towns and cities ...

Istanbul mayor and opposition’s presidential candidate Ekrem Imamoglu’s X account was blocked by a Turkish court and will be shut until he is released from prison. People hold Turkish flags ...

Anonymous profiles, a lack of financial transparency, and the unethical use of AI threaten to undermine the integrity of ...

Police arrested 25 alleged members of a nationalist, far-right youth group in Thessaloniki in northern Greece for robbery and ...

BIRN unravels how a 2022 arbitration ruling against Bosnia and Herzegovina's Republika Srpska entity almost cost the country control of its airspace.