Staff at Croatia's public broadcaster protested on Friday against a government 'consolidation plan', which includes cutting 700 to 800 employees – about a third of the total staff. Croatian ...

Our selection of Balkan Insight Premium stories this week zooms in on countries where the future of democracy seems to be hanging in the balance, or where crucial elections are approaching.

A new BIRN documentary shows how money laundering has been increasing poverty, prices and income inequality in Albania, ...

A BIRN investigation into the country’s institutions for people with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities uncovered widespread exploitation, violence and sexual abuse carried out by staff ...

Across Europe, criminal gangs are becoming more powerful and their recruits are getting younger. The authorities are struggling to respond. In Sweden, gang warfare has been raging for years ...

For the first time, Albanians abroad will be able to vote by post in the country’s May parliamentary election; some hope the change will help end the domination of the two big parties, but ...

Ahead of Bulgaria’s long-awaited adoption of the single currency, nationalist and pro-Russian parties are aggressively suggesting that it will lead to poverty and a loss of control. Amid the ...