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 ...

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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 ...

Pupils at some Serbian high schools left classes to show support for the mother of one of the victims of the Novi Sad railway station tragedy, Diana Hrka, whose hunger strike is in its fifth day.

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 ...

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 ...

Intimidation of journalists working for independent media in Albania is getting worse, as state-level and local officials attempt to silence critical voices, both online and face-to-face. When ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Milorad Dodik may have formally stepped down as Republika Srpska's president after being legally barred from office – but he still hopes to carry on pulling the strings. The decision by the National ...