Churches in southeast Europe are under growing pressure to address the theological and practical issues raised by the use of artificial intelligence in religion. When the 14th century Tuman Orthodox ...

Veterans of the Dutch UN peacekeeping battalion deployed in Srebrenica remember how they were left powerless to prevent the genocide of Bosniaks by Bosnian Serb forces in July 1995 - and how the ...

In Kosovo, image-based sexual abuse, sometimes known as ‘revenge porn’, feeds on stigma and an intense fear of exposure, meaning victims suffer largely alone. Five years ago, Albana, then in her early ...

New rules making it easier to shoot bears roaming in towns and villages follow rise in reports of bear attacks on humans and populated areas. A male brown bear at the courtyard of the Octavian Goga ...

With one of the highest rates of overweight or obese people in Europe, Czechia has a long way to go in promoting a healthier lifestyle and a better awareness about the dangers of those extra few or ...

France has joined the list of EU countries that consider sex without explicit consent to be rape. France’s high-profile Pelicot rape trial thrust the question of consent into the spotlight, pushing ...

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The murder 20 years ago of notorious paramilitary chief Zeljko Raznatovic, alias Arkan, meant he never stood trial for war crimes - and two decades later, only one member of his much-feared Tigers ...

China’s Huawei has come to dominate the 5G rollout in Cyprus, with risks for data security and independent policymaking that go far beyond the island’s shores, experts warn. This post is also ...

Evidence in terrorism cases is proving difficult to find, while experts warn that the reintegration and rehabilitation of foreign fighters is an even greater challenge. Since the mid-1990s, more than ...

A wild river given protection as a ‘national park’ in 2023 still faces serious threats to its biodiversity from pollution – and Albania’s government is doing little to stop it. Only a few metres ...

Despite huge pressure to rein in its budget deficit, Romania is determined to spend more on defence in an increasingly unstable world. The announcement on Sunday that NATO member states had agreed to ...