When BIRN was founded two decades ago, media freedom in the Balkans faced serious challenges, but there was hope; now, the prospects are even bleaker.

Student-led protesters calling for snap elections continues to block roads in various towns and cities as they maintained their campaign against a government they accuse of corruption and brutality.

Presidential pardon exempts four ruling party supporters accused of attacking student protesters in Novi Sad in January from criminal prosecution.

Big political parties fear independents because “we are not theirs”, says independent councillor and head of Bitola’s municipal council, Gabriela Ilievska, amid a fresh push to squeeze them ...

The reconstructed government may have a bigger majority in parliament but its component parts are at odds with one another on key policies, expert tells BIRN.

Investigative journalists, rights campaigners, political analysts, justice experts and representatives of international NGOs explain why the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network plays such an ...

In Serbia and Bosnia, sports wagers and slot machines have ensnared thousands of people in a dangerous cycle of gambling addiction – destroying lives and families.

Across south-east Europe last month, BIRN’s digital rights monitors documented how AI is being used for protest surveillance, election manipulation, enabling digital sexual abuse and committing ...

Investigative journalists, rights campaigners, political analysts, justice experts and representatives of international NGOs explain why the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network plays such an ...

In Serbia and Bosnia, sports wagers and slot machines have ensnared thousands of people in a dangerous cycle of gambling addiction – destroying lives and families.

From documentaries exposing war criminals to TV shows setting national political agendas, BIRN has produced hundreds of hours of television programmes and documentaries guided by the same ...