The state court accepted a plea from Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, who was sentenced to a year in prison and given a six-year ban on holding political office, to convert his jail term to a fine ...

After a Turkish court ordered YouTube to shut down jailed journalist Fatih Altayli’s hugely popular channel, Altayli vowed to continue his broadcasts by whatever means he can.

Recent cases of Czech female journalists facing aggressive defamation campaigns for doing their job highlight persistent problems in a milieu still steeped in daily misogyny and sexualisation.

Catch up on the weekend’s most important developments with Balkan Insight’s digest of news from countries across the region.

Most cybercrimes in Albania are directly related to the misuse of citizens’ personal data, primarily on social media, the head of the police’s Cybercrime Investigations Directorate, Ervina ...

Serbia has done little to implement European standards in handling cases of sexual violence against women, meaning survivors who report their abusers face a long and often humiliating path to ...

The Turkish state must make serious changes if ‘peace’ is to mean anything more than a cessation of the 40-year armed struggle by Kurdish PKK fighters.

Catch up on the weekend’s most important developments with Balkan Insight’s digest of news from countries across the region.

At least ten countries will officially commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide this year following the adoption of a UN General Assembly resolution to launch an international ...

Participants cross the Elizabeth Bridge during the Budapest Pride march in Budapest, Hungary, 28 June 2025. Photo: Bela Varadi Democracy Digest: Hungarian PM May Find Pride Comes Before a Fall ...

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 ...

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.