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Viennese researchers upset traditionally minded Albanians by pouring cold water on the theory that the Albanian language has its roots in Ancient Illyria.

In the arid north-east, the towns monopolise the running water while the villagers dig ever-deeper wells, in a race to the bottom that portends Europe’s hotter, drier future.

The article explores how the 'Kosovo Precedent' influenced Vladimir Putin's strategy and justification for invading Ukraine.

As Albanian websites spread falsehoods to discredit women in the media, a culture of silence and weak legal protections leave women journalists increasingly vulnerable.

Already repurposed due to legal challenges, Italy’s asylum centres in Albania cost more than originally planned and much more than similar facilities in Italy itself, offering a potential lesson ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s top international official, High Representative Valentin Inzko, used his power to impose amendments to the country’s criminal code to ban the denial of genocide and ...

A declaration that Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian are all variations of the same language has annoyed conservatives, but received a warmer welcome from the people who speak it.

As well as the large-scale installation of surveillance systems with facial recognition technology in urban areas, the authorities have sought to monitor opponents, activists and journalists, says ...

In the run-up to the current referendum, which was launched on March 15, Orban gave interviews on state-controlled media saying that there is nothing more important than preventing Ukraine’s EU ...

Thirty years after NATO intervention helped end the Bosnian war, it’s time for a ‘Trump Plan’ to tackle the unworkable agreement that has left Bosnia and Herzegovina paralyzed.

Nationalists in Serbia and Montenegro have manipulated memories of the Jasenovac concentration camp and the genocidal crimes committed by the World War II fascist Ustasa movement to stimulate ...