After Albania’s government appointed an AI-generated digital assistant as a ‘minister’, a group of information technology experts have proposed an AI ‘candidate’ for the upcoming Tirana mayoral ...

Deportations of unsheltered EU migrants, mainly from Poland and Romania, are on the rise in the Netherlands. Some experts and NGOs regard the policy as barely legal; others argue it gives the ...

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The shocking killing of judge Astrit Kalaja on Monday inside a Tirana court has led to serious questions over levels of security in the country’s institutions. Photo illustration: EPA-EFE/MALTON DIBRA ...

Three years after hackers targeted Bosnia and Herzegovina’s state parliament, it remains the only country in Europe without a Computer Emergency Response Team because of administrative obstacles and ...

North Macedonia’s highest judicial body has dismissed a Skopje Appeals Court Judge, Enver Bexheti, who the US blacklisted last year for alleged involvement in corruption. Judge Enver Behxheti. Photo: ...

Nearly 13 years since construction began, the public can now see the finished Church of St. Constantine and Helena in central Skopje. But to some, it will always remain a monument to fugitive ex-Prime ...

A decision to not grant accreditation to multiple Serbian-language media outlets wishing to cover Sunday’s local elections in Kosovo has sparked strong condemnations from NGOs and international ...

State prosecutors have accused former minister Predrag Boskovic of being part of a criminal organisation that targeted political opponents using the media and social networks. Predrag Boskovic. Photo: ...

The EU issued a warning to Romania to stop using a pesticide containing neonicotinoids, which are toxic to pollinating insects, after Bucharest sought to aid its cereal crop and sunflower farmers by ...

From the BIRN archives: When the European Union gave what is now North Macedonia candidate status in 2005, people celebrated. But Ana Petruseva argued that, from that point on, it was up to the ...