At the opening of the Berlin Process summit in Montenegro on Thursday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that Montenegro could join the EU by 2028, and he urged regional cooperation.

Romania's state arms industry is supposed to help defend NATO's eastern flank. Instead, politically connected and corrupt managers, wasted funds, and poor security have left several of its factories ...

While a court in Bosnia and Herzegovina has sentenced 13 people to a combined total of more than 180 years in prison for the killing of Bosniak civilians in two villages during the 1992-95 war, the ...

Four days before parliamentary elections, Serbian police arrested at least seven individuals suspected of planning violent actions on election day and plotting to ‘overthrow the state’.

A wave of student protests have swept Albania over the last week and escalated into clashes with police. BIRN spoke with some of the protesters to hear what brought them into the streets.

Russia remains ready to aid its Balkan allies in their electoral endeavours and sabotage EU and NATO membership prospects, as Vladimir Putin’s recent efforts to boost Milorad Dodik and Aleksandar ...

The prime minister says he doesn’t believe in Nato solidarity, even as Slovakia relies on its partners for military protection and continues its alliance commitments. So why is he using such damaging ...

BIRN has confirmed that at least three associates of US President Donald Trump attended a campaign rally for Milorad Dodik’s Serb nationalist SNSD party, raising questions of possible violations of ...

The far-right Homeland Movement party accused media of conducting a “witch-hunt” against a Hajduk Split football fan group that targeted journalists who reported on its members’ pro-Nazi and ...

Romanian lawmakers have voted in favour of a new government led by the politically independent Luca Niculescu, ending five months of political crisis.

With the adoption of constitutional changes to enhance integrity checks on high-level government officials, Montenegro comes a step closer to fulfilling EU accession requirements.

Edi Rama described some of the student protesters involved in unrest in Tirana as extremists who have been manipulated by foreign powers, causing critics to warn that such harsh rhetoric may further ...