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A seven-year vetting process in Albania has been hailed as setting new standards in the fight against judicial graft. Can the country maintain them? In mid-December, Albania’s Independent Qualifying ...

The Western Balkan countries remain important corridors in Europe for drug and human trafficking and migrant smuggling, says the 2025 Organised Crime Index, produced by an anti-graft NGO. Montenegrin ...

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 ...

Country's top court rules in favour of ousted Tirana mayor Erion Veliaj regarding his dismissal – also cancelling fresh elections for a replacement for Veliaj, who is facing corruption charges. Tirana ...

President and prime minister voice indignation over far-right attack on Serbian folk dance and choir in the city of Split – as opposition insists the government bears responsibility for growing ...

The parliamentary probe based on conspiracy theories about the philanthropist’s alleged meddling is backed by Bulgaria's main pro-Russian and nationalist parties as well as by tycoon Delyan Peevski’s ...

Some Croatian defence industry manufacturers are leaders in their field, and business is booming. Assault rifles, pistols, demining hardware and helmets – these are the backbone of Croatia’s growing ...

In finding Greece responsible for a “systematic practice of pushbacks”, the European Court of Human Rights has offered a glimmer of hope for asylum seekers summarily sent back to Turkey - but few ...

German defence giant is to build a new ammunition and propellant factory in central Romania, as Europe ramps up arms production amid the war in Ukraine. Germany’s Rheinmetall AG CEO Armin Papperger (L ...

Acting PM's latest plan – to form a Vetevendosje government without him as premier – has drawn a cool response from his rivals, who have repeated their calls for early elections. Vetevendosje leader ...

They are Muslims like the majority of Kosovo Albanians, and speak a similar language to Serbs, but Kosovo’s minority Bosniaks have encountered discrimination, violence and poverty as they endeavoured ...