Over a quarter of a million people have been affected by Bulgaria's latest water supply problem, sparking accusations of fraud and negligence - and promises of government action.

EU funds have allegedly been spent on yachts in Poland and racing cars in Lithuania. How can Brussels crack down on fraud? Poland’s government is struggling to explain why EU money from the ...

Polish police secure the area of a cornfield where an drone fell in Osiny, eastern Poland, 20 August 2025. EPA/Wojtek Jargilo Democracy Digest: Russia Accused of Provocation After Drone Explodes ...

Kosovo’s Central Election Commission rejected the Srpska Lista party’s application to compete in the October 12 local elections, sparking expressions of concern from Western diplomats.

Created in 2015, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers war crimes court was supposed to help foster post-war reconciliation between ethnic Albanians and Serbs. It never stood a chance.

Bosnian state-level court rejected a request by the state prosecutor to restrict the movements of investigative reporter Natasa Miljanovic Zubac following her arrest.

Despite a Constitutional Court ruling, and after months of deadlock, Kosovo MPs failed to elect a speaker and constitute a new parliament again, as two candidates from the biggest party did not ...

As fires rage at overflowing and often illegal landfills in Albania, companies with criminal connections keep securing waste management contracts with the state.

A BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina documentary about the experiences of a wartime detention camp inmate whose family was killed while he was imprisoned was premiered in Sarajevo.

Serbia’s Aleksandar Vucic has unleashed the full and frightening force of a state security apparatus moulded to answer only to him.