Evidence of Russian interference in Hungary’s election is growing. Things are not looking good for Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party less than four weeks out from the Hungarian general election. Given the ...

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Survey of women who gave birth recently reveals a "pervasive yet often hidden crisis of obstetric violence" and a widespread dissatisfaction with medical care. Photo illustration: EPA/Steve Parsons. A ...

Ruling Socialist Party uses its majority in parliament to vote down a prosecution request to lift former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku's immunity, allowing for her arrest. Belinda Balluku, ...

Nawrocki’s veto has left the financing of one of Europe’s most ambitious military build-ups tied to the next move in Poland’s institutional standoff. Address by Polish President Karol Nawrocki on 12 ...

Actors, musicians, celebrities and members of the public said farewell to Kiril Pop Hristov, a Macedonian actor known as 'Kili', following his sudden death at his home in Ecuador. Kiril Pop Hristov, ...

The ruling Fidesz and challenger Tisza parties both held gatherings in Budapest on Sunday to mark Hungary’s national day. The two events constituted an important trial of strength ahead of next ...

Campaigners have welcomed a Supreme Court judgment declaring that an order obliging certain types of pensioners to prove they are not dead in order to access their pensions is illegal. Zymer Potoku, ...

Legislation enforcing a system of residence permits and vehicle licences has caused alarm among Serbs who have no Kosovo identity documents, as well as Albanians from southern Serbia who spend long ...

In the last of BIRN’s series about war-displaced families' enduring connections to their home countries, Emira Havdic Cof explains how a one-off campaign to help a needy family grew into a serious ...

Clash over Adriatic pipeline pits Budapest’s continuing commitment to close links with Moscow against Zagreb’s goal of becoming the ideal oil supplier for Central Europe. Hungary is demanding ...

Antic is one of six Serbian students from the northern city of Novi Sad who have been in exile since March 13, 2025. On that day, Antic and her colleagues – Anja Pitulic, Branislav Djordjevic, Dejan ...