Kosovo’s biggest religious communities stand accused of meddling in the work of parliament to block passage of legislative changes that would expose them to new financial scrutiny and provide legal recognition for an array of other faith groups.

How ruthless or pragmatic will Hungary’s incoming prime minister be? We may get more of an idea this week when he meets with the pro-Orban leader of Romania’s ethnic Hungarian political party.

Moscow has lost its main ally inside the EU with the defeat of Hungary’s Viktor Orban. Can the victory of Bulgaria’s Rumen Radev provide the Kremlin with a new disruptor for the European bloc?

For years, Romania’s political elite has mounted a rearguard action to protect its weakest link – the academic plagiarism that was used on an alarming scale to secure career advancement.

Kosovo’s Albin Kurti and Albania’s Edi Rama have distinct and divergent approaches to governing, each with its own set of risks and rewards.

In her latest despatch from the US, Jovana Djurovic considers how far Trump has turned things upside down – and how Balkan states are scrambling to appease him.

Despite living in a hyperconnected world, Gen Z is stuck in a loneliness crisis. What is to blame - and what can be done about it?

Instead of smuggling drugs, the cartels send ‘cooks’ to produce them in laboratories hidden in villages in the Polish regions of Pomerania or Podlaskie.

If the European Commission decides to follow the parliament’s recommendation, it could start a process that both Hungary and Poland went through when they were governed by anti-EU, populist governments.

The former head of the Serbian State Security Service, Jovica Stanisic, sentenced to 15 years in prison for wartime violations in Bosnia and Croatia, has apologised for his crimes and requested early release.

The latest World Press Freedom Index highlights Serbia and Turkey as countries where journalists are particularly at risk of physical attack, or subject to political pressure.

As Bulgaria's new parliament opens, the pro-EU opposition has split into two separate groups, weakening its ability to counter election winner Progressive Bulgaria's dominance.