Politics

Prosecutors in Serbia and Kosovo have agreed to share information on the investigation into the killing of the prominent Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic, who was shot dead last week. Serbia’s organised crime prosecutor’s office on...

Austrian construction company Strabag AG filed a complaint against a bid made by the Chinese Road and Bridge Corporation to construct Croatia’s strategically important Peljesac Bridge. Austrian construction company Strabag AG filed a complaint on Monday...

Media have been speculating about a series of alternatives for a new name for Macedonia suggested by the UN negotiator leading talks aimed at resolving the country’s longstanding dispute with Greece. Amid silence from officials in...

Germany’s government has faced a slew of criticism over German-made tanks that Turkey deployed in its push into Syria. Some politicians have called for an immediate halt to arms exports to Turkey and nixing a key...

Turkey’s offensive against US-allied militias in the Afrin region of northern Syria is putting NATO in a difficult position. As tensions between the NATO allies escalate, analysts wonder how far Ankara is prepared to go. NATO...

Two reporters for the Turkish branch of German newspaper Tageszeitung were detained and had their homes searched in Ankara. The arrests were part of a wider clampdown on critics of Turkey’s military operation in Syria The...

French prison officers have blockaded dozens of prisons after new attacks by inmates increased fears for wardens’ safety. The justice minister, Nicole Belloubet, was holding a crisis meeting with union leaders on Monday afternoon as industrial...

Liberians celebrate country’s first peaceful, democratic transition of power in 47 years It was not the first time George Weah had packed out a football stadium, but perhaps it was the most significant. Liberians queued for...

Albania’s ruling Socialist Party is being criticised for its attempts to make issuing arrest warrants for MPs facing criminal charges much harder. Albania’s ruling Socialist Party has been criticised over a proposal that would oblige the...

The European Greens co-president Ska Keller tells BIRN of her grave concerns for the future of the UNESCO-protected Pirin National Park, after Bulgaria’s government approved plans to expand the ski resort there. The Green/EFA party, the...