BIRN talks to Lucie Hrda, a Czech lawyer who became known for championing the rights of victims of sexual and domestic abuse, but has faced a backlash recently for representing – as a defence attorney ...

As the new US president freezes international aid, Republika Srpska leader Milorad Dodik is making use of the opportunity to intimidate his domestic critics with a revived law targeting NGOs that ...

Kindergartens across the country are full and oversubscribed, leaving many children on long waiting lists – and plans to ...

The election is seen as a crucial test for current Prime Minister Albin Kurti, whose four-year mandate has been marred by ...

When police attacked the first demonstrations against Albania’s repressive communist regime in April 1991, four students were ...

The three-month pause in foreign aid imposed by the new US administration has left the future of numerous civil society, ...

Prosecution office re-opens four cases from the wars of the 1990s that previously were legally concluded – but can be ...

A report by a government agency says that two years after twin earthquakes devastated Turkey, nearly 650,000 people still ...

Without concerted action, pollution threatens to leave the Drin River and its main tributaries “lifeless”, environmentalists ...

Skopje court orders detention of former head of Service for General and Common Affairs under last government, as prosecutors ...

Women from impoverished parts of Albania are being lured into work as day labourers on illegal cannabis plantations; if ...

As the Belgrade authorities seek to counter ongoing protests, a government department has been pushing banks to hand over ...