In an interview with BIRN, Mary Lawlor said human rights defenders and critics of the government in Bosnia’s Republika Srpska are being targeted and stigmatised.

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Romania’s President Nicusor Dan (L) and designated Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan (C) shake hands at the end of a joint media statement at Cotroceni Presidential Palace in Bucharest, Romania, 20 ...

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The city of Niksic. Photo: Wikipedia/Janusz Recław. The suspected remains of three members of the Klapuh family – killed in 1992 after fleeing the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina – were exhumed ...

Zenel Drangu, Chairman of the Association of Former Political Prisoners in Shkodra, who was jailed in Spac from 1973 to 1989, also believes the current works fail to respect the historical truth.

Iranian women take part during a protest against Israeli airstrikes in Tehran, Iran, 13 June 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH. Balkan countries voiced dismay over the implications of ...

Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki reacts during the presidential election night in Warsaw, Poland, 01 June 2025. EPA-EFE/Marcin Obara ...

Montenegro’s government is promising a national AI strategy within the year, but experts fear it will not be enough to address the dangers and harness the potential of artificial intelligence.

Bosnia’s Roma population was not spared the brutality of the 1992-95 war, but due to social prejudice, their suffering has rarely been discussed, let alone documented and investigated.

Ratko Mladic in court in The Hague in June 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE/Jerry Lampen/Pool. Ratko Mladic’s lawyers have made an urgent request to the UN’s International Residual Mechanism for Criminal ...