Our selection of Balkan Insight Premium stories this week brings some surprises – some good, some less so – while continuing to look back on 20 years of BIRN.

Despite being the most environmentally friendly option, travelling by train still isn’t as popular as driving or flying in Europe.

Follow this page for the latest coverage as thousands gather at Srebrenica to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II and mourners pay their respects ...

The high-profile trial of Juraj Cintula, accused of attempting to assassinate Slovak PM Robert Fico, began this week in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia. Cintula, 72, entered court in shackles ...

In naming their children after the loved ones they lost in the 1995 genocide, the people of Srebrenica are keeping alive the memory of the victims and making sure their stories are told.

The Albanian parliament has adopted a national strategy to combat foreign interference and disinformation – but the opposition claims it could be used against domestic media that expose ...

More than 6,000 people joined this year’s Peace March, retracing the escape route taken by thousands of Bosniak men and boys fleeing the Srebrenica genocide 30 years ago and determined to honour ...

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.

With a large ex-Yugoslav diaspora in Austria, the announcement of a planned monument to the victims of Srebrenica has attracted praise – but also raised questions about what it could achieve.

The main opposition CHP remains defiant as its mayors are detained for alleged corruption and party leader Ozgur Ozel faces legal challenges over his tough stance against Turkish president Recep ...

Greece wants to challenge China's near-dominance over the production of gallium and supply EU countries with the critical mineral used in the electronics industry.

Every year, hundreds of bikers from Bosnia and Herzegovina and other countries join a marathon motorcycle ride to Srebrenica to pay tribute to those killed in the genocide in July 1995.