At a meeting at UN headquarters with chair of Bosnia and Herzegovina's presidency, secretary-general Antonio Guterres says glorification of war criminals is a threat to regional reconciliation and ...

Ahead of Croatia's annual Day Against Violence Against Women, protests staged in 17 towns and cities called for a stronger institutional response and a specific law against gender-based violence.

Far-right firebrand Calin Georgescu faces fresh legal troubles as police investigate organised criminal group that allegedly defrauded a businessman of a million euros.

Catch up on the weekend’s most important developments with Balkan Insight’s digest of news from countries across the region.

As Moldova consolidates its municipalities on its path to EU membership, the minority-populated, Russian-speaking regions in the south present challenges as questions of administrative efficiency, ...

Climate change has contributed to a surge in cases of West Nile virus in North Macedonia, prompting calls for better monitoring and more targeted mitigation measures.

The EU said Ursula von der Leyen's Balkan visit will miss Serbia and Bosnia – citing elections – but Serbia's president dismissed this as ‘elegant’ excuse for a no-show after controversy over Ratko ...

With elections approaching in Bosnia and Serbia, rhetoric is heating up, while in Turkey and Albania, campaigners are feeling the pressure, as our round-up of Balkan Insight Premium stories shows.

Protesters filled the main square in Pristina as demonstrations continued against this week's verdict in The Hague convicting four Kosovo Liberation Army leaders of war crimes.

Record-breaking penalties imposed by Bosnia’s Central Election Commission for campaign violations will not change the main parties’ ways, fair-elections campaigner warns.

American-born wife of former Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou who played pivotal role in supporting women's rights in her adopted country, dies just before turning 103.

Authorities arrest fund managers suspected of manipulating markets and liquidate 130 troubled investment funds as turmoil roils country's financial industry. A Turkish trader at the Borsa Istanbul ...