After the PKK began to disarm this month, Turkey said a ‘critical threshold’ had been crossed following decades of conflict. Those most affected by the fighting are still to be convinced, amid ...

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

On the ninth anniversary of the 2016 failed coup attempt, which the government says supporters of cleric Fethullah Gulen orchestrated, another 306 people were detained across the country.

Bulgaria will replace the lev, established in 1878, with the euro from January 1, 2026, after the EU confirmed Bulgaria's membership of the single currency area.

Many Roma families who live in informal settlements in Kosovo lack official documents showing they have a right to live in their homes, causing them to worry constantly that they might be moved on.

Croatia's Ombudsperson, former officials and rights activists have deplored the use of fascist symbols and chants at Saturday's mega-concert by controversial singer Marko Perkovic, alias Thompson.

When BIRN was founded two decades ago, media freedom in the Balkans faced serious challenges, but there was hope; now, the prospects are even bleaker.

Film screened at BIRN’s Reporting House in Pristina features harrowing testimonies of survivors of the Dubrava prison massacre, in which nearly 120 inmates were shot dead in May 1999.

The archaeological site of Skupi, the ancient predecessor of today’s capital Skopje, has been spared inept restoration – only to fall into neglect and oblivion.

The deadlock over parliament’s inauguration, now in its third month, reflects its political leaders’ irresponsible unwillingness to compromise – and their indifference to the wider damage ...