Sinisa Spasic was given a 30-day detention by Pristina Basic Court after he was arrested on suspicion of raping and killing civilians during the Kosovo war.

Despite a Constitutional Court ruling, and after months of deadlock, Kosovo MPs failed to elect a speaker and constitute a new parliament again, as two candidates from the biggest party did not ...

Former communist countries in Southeast Europe face catastrophic depopulation, with far-reaching social and political consequences.

The UN court in The Hague again rejected a plea for early release from prison from Goran Jelisic, a detention camp guard during the Bosnian war who once described himself as a ‘Serb Adolf Hitler’.

After a career littered with firsts, retired Kosovo prosecutor Drita Hajdari says the pursuit of justice for the crimes committed during the collapse of Yugoslavia is far from over.

They are Muslims like the majority of Kosovo Albanians, and speak a similar language to Serbs, but Kosovo’s minority Bosniaks have encountered discrimination, violence and poverty as they ...

Battlefield scenarios from the wars in the former Yugoslavia in the 20th Century are used in various board games and video games, but while some of them offer the opportunity to play with history ...

The state court accepted a plea from Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, who was sentenced to a year in prison and given a six-year ban on holding political office, to convert his jail term to a fine ...

As the 30th anniversary of the start of the siege of Sarajevo is commemorated, a new book showcases posters from the 1992-95 Bosnian war, explaining how graphic design was used for resistance ...

Migrant workers from Africa have told BIRN about having to surrender their passports on arrival in Albania, working unpaid overtime and facing deportation once they are no longer required. Many ...

Svetlana Broz, who died on March 22, watched her grandfather’s legacy crumble but did everything she could to mitigate the consequences.

A US-Kosovo security agreement would represent a win-win for both states - and would suit Donald Trump’s transactional approach to foreign policy.