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Edi Rama slated the court decision suspending Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku while she faces a graft probe – and threatened to take the matter to the Constitutional Court. Albanian PM Edi Rama ...

Serb journalists in Kosovo face death threats, abuse and harassment online if they are perceived to veer too far from official Serbian policy.

Hearings start for one of the most notorious cases in the country’s history, seeking responsibility for the devastating March 16 fire that killed 63 mostly young people. Defendants together with the ...

Authorities in Istanbul seize crypto asset company in Turkey - home to one of the largest cryptocurrency markets - as well as 15 other companies suspected of laundering the assets of criminals. Photo ...

A Greek-Swiss initiative seeks to reopen the historic Peloponnese Railway to boost tourism and generate income for locals – but is the project really practical? “The train passed through my village. I ...

The Serbian National Council said right-wingers who used a discussion in parliament to reject facts about crimes committed at the World War II-era Jasenovac camp violated the Croatian criminal code, ...

The Albanian Volleyball Federation has been accused of discrimination and prejudice over its decision to suspend a Brazilian women’s volleyball player based on unsupported allegations about her gender ...

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Greek police busted a Pakistani human trafficking group exploiting Nepalese agricultural migrant workers who were allegedly forced into debt, given exhausting tasks, threatened and sometimes ...

Judge Astrit Kalaja was shot and killed during a hearing at the Court of Appeal in Tirana, drawing shocked reactions from political leaders. Judge Astrit Kalaja. Photo: BIRN. Judge Astrit Kalaja has ...

Deportations of unsheltered EU migrants, mainly from Poland and Romania, are on the rise in the Netherlands. Some experts and NGOs regard the policy as barely legal; others argue it gives the ...