Michael Durkee, former adviser to NATO commander Wesley Clark, tells court that Hashim Thaci did not have the authority within the Kosovo Liberation Army to rein in post-war acts of revenge by some ...

Bruno Stojic, former defence minister of the unrecognised Croat-led Herzeg-Bosnia wartime statelet, was granted early release by the Hague war crimes tribunal after admitting his guilt and showing ...

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A seven-year vetting process in Albania has been hailed as setting new standards in the fight against judicial graft. Can the country maintain them? In mid-December, Albania’s Independent Qualifying ...

With one of the highest rates of overweight or obese people in Europe, Czechia has a long way to go in promoting a healthier lifestyle and a better awareness about the dangers of those extra few or ...

Some Croatian defence industry manufacturers are leaders in their field, and business is booming. Assault rifles, pistols, demining hardware and helmets – these are the backbone of Croatia’s growing ...

As the country’s biggest ethnic Albanian party, long used to power, was relegated to opposition benches, fears grew that it was stirring up ethnic tension in a bid to regain its lost status. This post ...

Thousands joined the parade commemorating the outlawed Day of Republika Srpska, uniting bikers, veterans, civil servants and armed police in collective defiance of Bosnia’s state. Delegations from ...

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

Mayor Erion Veliaj looks on course to continue governing the city from his jail cell – after the Constitutional Court annulled his dismissal and PM Edi Rama said he will not call early elections in ...

The Western Balkan countries remain important corridors in Europe for drug and human trafficking and migrant smuggling, says the 2025 Organised Crime Index, produced by an anti-graft NGO. The ruling ...

The Western Balkan countries remain important corridors in Europe for drug and human trafficking and migrant smuggling, says the 2025 Organised Crime Index, produced by an anti-graft NGO. Tough ...