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Student-led protesters calling for snap elections continues to block roads in various towns and cities as they maintained their campaign against a government they accuse of corruption and brutality.
Over 70 people were arrested after protesters clashed with police in the wake of a student-led demonstration for snap elections that brought tens of thousands onto the streets of Belgrade.
Former Prime Minister Kiril Petkov is stepping away from his We Continue the Change party amid a brewing corruption scandal.
Catch up on the weekend’s most important developments with Balkan Insight’s digest of news from countries across the region.
The Western military alliance’s new national spending benchmark on defence and security may cause problems for smaller and poorer NATO member states in the Balkans who cannot afford 5 per cent ...
Bosnia's state court has confirmed the verdict sentencing Mirza Kapic to four-and-a-half years in prison for planning a terrorist attack on a mosque in the city of Zenica in 2023.
From politics to the media business, high expectations often go hand-in-hand with disappointments big and small, as our selection of Balkan Insight Premium stories this week shows.
In October 2024, a shipment of containers with suspected hazardous waste was returned to Albania. But prosecutors haven't yet managed to analyse their contents because they say they're unable to ...
With major ethical, sustainability and health issues, questions have been raised about the hidden costs of cheap imported goods from China.
Turkey condemns Israeli attacks, while other countries in Southeast Europe voice concern about likely political, security and economic implications.
TV Republika broadcast recordings of conversations between Roman Giertych, a lawyer and governing party MP, with key politicians including the PM, some of which are believed to be the product of ...
Montenegro’s parliament on Thursday approved a request to send a non-combat military contingent in support of Ukraine as part of an EU mission.