The disruption of the opposition student movement’s election campaign trip to Republika Srpska doesn’t mean that everyone in the entity backs Serbian leader Aleksandar Vucic.

A string of long-awaited elections, as well as changing international dynamics, are reshaping the region, as our selection of Balkan Insight Premium stories this week highlights.

Police arrest Russian military blogger Mikhail Zvinchuk and four associates from pro-Russian Rybar channel suspected of trying to exert malicious influence on Montenegrin politics.

Moldova aims to strengthen energy security by constructing a new power line to Romania named ‘Trump Liberty Line’ in recognition of US support for the project.

Amid a major turnout fall, Milorad Dodik’s Serb nationalist party secured its dominant role in Republika Srpska while Croat candidate Darijana Filipovic looks set to become the new member of Bosnia ...

Controversial reform of local government dissolving smaller municipalities into larger units passes after stormy debate, with protesters demonstrating outside parliament.

A last-minute deal between two biggest Kosovo parties saw Justina Shiroka Pula become Kosovo’s President, averting the spectre of yet another election.

MPs dramatically avoid another snap parliamentary election by adopting changes to law on Kosovo Specialist Chambers and electing new President – minutes before deadline expired.

Eleven men in Serbia speak of their experiences of sexual violence and harassment - and explain their reasons for not reporting it.

The fate of Budapest’s House of Terror, a controversial museum which focuses on life under totalitarianism in the 20th century, could spark another round of the ‘culture war’.

A wave of new housing is transforming Prague’s outskirts, but disputes over developers, schools, municipal oversight have prompted a group of locals to take an unusual step: entering politics to fight ...

Elsewhere, Russia retaliates by expelling Hungarian diplomats; Poland changes rules of engagement for shooting down airborne threats; Slovak PM Fico juggles jobs and coalition; and Czech coalition ...