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NATO accession was framed in Montenegro and North Macedonia in terms of economic benefit, not just security – but the benefit has yet to be felt. With more than 4.2 million euros-worth of NATO ...

Ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, also known as Victory Day, were held across the Balkans on Friday. With wreath-laying ceremonies and tributes to the fallen ...

Police arrested 25 alleged members of a nationalist, far-right youth group in Thessaloniki in northern Greece for robbery and violent crimes.

BIRN unravels how a 2022 arbitration ruling against Bosnia and Herzegovina's Republika Srpska entity almost cost the country control of its airspace. In March this year, the air traffic control ...

Lida Hujic, a popular youth presenter during the golden era of Radio Television Sarajevo in the late 1980s, recalls the rebellious past of a public broadcaster which today, as BHRT, faces an ...

Illustration: BIRN/Igor Vujcic. Biometric surveillance and facial recognition technologies are expanding rapidly across the Balkans, raising serious privacy and ethical concerns, particularly in ...

As Donald Trump Jr tours South-East and Central Europe to promote his business – and partnerships with US companies – some Balkan politicians are using his visit to score points of their own.

The High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt. Photo: N1. Using his extensive powers, Bosnia’s international overseer, the High Representative, Christian Schmidt, on ...