The Bosnian court upheld the verdict sentencing seven wartime fighters and military policemen to a total of 30 years in prison for the unlawful detention, torture and murder of Serb civilian ...

Serbia has done little to implement European standards in handling cases of sexual violence against women, meaning survivors who report their abusers face a long and often humiliating path to ...

The Turkish state must make serious changes if ‘peace’ is to mean anything more than a cessation of the 40-year armed struggle by Kurdish PKK fighters.

We Continue the Change is facing unprecedented challenges as key figures are targeted by institutions – potentially leaving pro-Russian nationalists as the only ‘opposition’ left in Bulgaria.

As heatwaves intensify across the Balkans, the 2025 wildfire season is not merely testing the region’s emergency responses but long-term planning, coordination and political will.

Millions of euros in EU subsidies were paid out to Greeks who fraudulently declared pastureland, but while state complicity is clear, the government looks unlikely to fall.

After the PKK began to disarm this month, Turkey said a ‘critical threshold’ had been crossed following decades of conflict. Those most affected by the fighting are still to be convinced, amid ...

Catch up on the weekend’s most important developments with Balkan Insight’s digest of news from countries across the region.

As it takes up the EU’s rolling presidency from July, Denmark is determined to ramp up the draconian Article 7 sanctioning procedure against Hungary. Yet, with a crucial general election set for ...

The removal of the terms ‘Macedonian identity’ and ‘Macedonian language’ from the European Parliament’s progress report on North Macedonia has reheated a conflict the EU tried to cool down.

At least ten countries will officially commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide this year following the adoption of a UN General Assembly resolution to launch an international ...

Participants cross the Elizabeth Bridge during the Budapest Pride march in Budapest, Hungary, 28 June 2025. Photo: Bela Varadi Democracy Digest: Hungarian PM May Find Pride Comes Before a Fall ...