New law, which has yet to be adopted by the other house in the entity parliament, gives police much greater powers to intervene in cases of domestic violence, detain suspects – and monitor offenders ...

Joint letter signed by 40 organisations calls attention to troubling trend in Turkey of using judicial control measures, such as house arrests and travel bans, to silence independent voices in ...

This year's trends report highlights five likely trends which will be driven or impacted by Donald Trump's return to the White House.

BIRN looks at the contenders for prime minister in Kosovo’s February 9 election: Albin Kurti, Bedri Hamza, Lumir Abdixhiku and Ramush Haradinaj.

Women from impoverished parts of Albania are being lured into work as day labourers on illegal cannabis plantations; if caught, they face paying a high price for what their lawyers say is effectively ...

Kindergartens across the country are full and oversubscribed, leaving many children on long waiting lists – and plans to ...