On the ninth anniversary of the 2016 failed coup attempt, which the government says supporters of cleric Fethullah Gulen orchestrated, another 306 people were detained across the country.

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

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 ...

Many Roma families who live in informal settlements in Kosovo lack official documents showing they have a right to live in their homes, causing them to worry constantly that they might be moved on.

The archaeological site of Skupi, the ancient predecessor of today’s capital Skopje, has been spared inept restoration – only to fall into neglect and oblivion.

Bulgaria will replace the lev, established in 1878, with the euro from January 1, 2026, after the EU confirmed Bulgaria's membership of the single currency area.

Croatia's Ombudsperson, former officials and rights activists have deplored the use of fascist symbols and chants at Saturday's mega-concert by controversial singer Marko Perkovic, alias Thompson.

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.

Film screened at BIRN’s Reporting House in Pristina features harrowing testimonies of survivors of the Dubrava prison massacre, in which nearly 120 inmates were shot dead in May 1999.

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.