Controversial US rapper also known as Ye – who has been banned from the UK and Australia – will hold a concert in Tirana on July 11, Prime Minister Edi Rama announced on Facebook. Kanye West at the ...

A secret spy exchange between Russia, Moldova, Poland, Romania and the US shows Moldova has finally joined the ‘select club’ of European intelligence services. A quiet but important event last week ...

As Bulgaria's new parliament opens, the pro-EU opposition has split into two separate groups, weakening its ability to counter election winner Progressive Bulgaria's dominance. We Continue the Change ...

For the first time in years, the governing Socialist Party is being savaged from within as Elisa Spiropali – a once close ally of Prime Minister Edi Rama – attacks his ‘heartless machine’. Elisa ...

A young Albanian woman’s return from a camp for Islamic State supporters has delighted her family – but officials warn that the repatriation process for others won’t be easy, particularly if they hold ...

Giant data centre and innovation campus, codenamed Pantheon – to be built at Topusko, south of Zagreb – is expected to turn Croatia into a regional hub for digital infrastructure. An illustration of ...

In a world that increasingly finds itself turned upside down, our selection of Balkan Insight Premium stories this week tries to make sense of the past, present and future. Rumen Radev speaks during ...

Catch up on the weekend’s most important developments with Balkan Insight’s digest of news from countries across the region. Our Premium Service gives you full access to all content published on ...

The former head of the Serbian State Security Service, Jovica Stanisic, sentenced to 15 years in prison for wartime violations in Bosnia and Croatia, has apologised for his crimes and requested early ...

Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe bestows its top 'award' on Croatian judge Ivan Markovic for issuing over 20 lawsuits against journalists – the third 'winner' from Croatia in five years. Hrvoje ...

The vote removing Diana Sosoaca’s parliamentary immunity clears the way for her criminal prosecution in Romania for allegedly detaining a journalist and promoting anti-Semitism. Diana Sosoaca waves ...