Whether by attending Christmas masses, visiting Christmas markets or singing carols, people from the Balkans have found ways ...

Twenty-five years after the war ended, Kosovo has adopted a transitional justice strategy aimed at promoting truth and ...

Legendary Kultur Shock frontman tells BIRN why he never really left Bosnia, why he wasn’t sure he deserved a film about his ...

A nursery in Greece has flourished by meeting growing demand in the Balkans and beyond for poinsettias – a floral symbol of ...

The entry into government of the far-right Homeland Movement has undermined the position of Croatia’s Serbian minority – and ...

US, UK and OSCE all voice concern over decision not to allow the Belgrade-backed Srpska Lista party to compete in February's ...

In villages near Gjakova/Dakovica in Kosovo, young volunteers each year turn local places of worship into festive ...

At least four Slovak nationals have turned up in Bosnia and Herzegovina, fleeing the law in their homeland. BIRN tracked down ...

The final instalment in BIRN's series examining the legacy of independent Croatia’s first president, 25 years after his death ...

Marcel Ciolacu will head a new government after centrist and centre-left parties agreed a coalition to keep the far right out ...

The launch into orbit of the first-ever Croatian satellite, called CroCube, is 'just the beginning', the mission's manager ...

Authorities are ramping up arrests of journalists in order to silence any voices that question its actions in Syria, an ...