Bosnia enters 2023 with a new state government and the fillip of EU candidate status. But will anything really change? To the untrained eye, 2023 might look like a year filled with long-awaited change for Bosnia and Herzegovina as a newly-minted candidate for European Union membership. In truth, say experts, …

Courts across the country have issued at least 172 warrants for the arrests of war crimes suspects, indictees and convicts who can’t be brought to justice because they are no longer in Bosnia and Herzegovina, BIRN has learned. When Sakib Mahmuljin, the former commander of the Bosnian Army’s Third Corps, …

Moldova’s pro-European leaders may have the will to reform the justice system in the race for EU accession talks, but capacity is another matter. Moldova will get first feedback from the European Commission concerning its progress as a membership candidate in mid-2023, and a fuller picture in the autumn. If …