By Valerie Hopkins in Pristina

Bosnian politician and media mogul Fahrudin Radoncic allegedly claimed to have the final word on any assassinations or other illicit activity conducted by alleged drug dealer Naser Kelmendi, a court heard.

Bosnian police have arrested five suspects who allegedly built an explosive device for export to Sweden to be used in a terrorist attack.

Today a court in Bosnian Court approved the pre-trial detention of four of the five suspects, who were arrested Friday.

Romanian finance minister Darius Valcov has resigned over allegations he took a huge bribe when serving in a previous mayoral post.

A court in Baku has dismissed an appeal by investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova against her imprisonment and struck one of her lawyers from the case.

Contracts valued at 63 million AMD (US$ 130,773) were given to a company owned by the son of a former health minister, according to a journalistic investigation that has sparked a row over nepotism.

A journalist from the Crimean Center for Investigative Reporting was reportedly detained by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) in Simferopol, Crimea, this morning.

Montenegro's leading anti-corruption group, MANS, has demanded that tax authorities investigate the finances of the former president of Serbia and Montenegro and his wife.

Thousands of opposition activists took to the streets in Tirana on Thursday, as Albania’s government sank further into a row over accusations that the speaker of Parliament ordered hits on two MPs.

Raids ordered by Romanian prosecutors resulted in a court hearing Wednesday for 46 people suspected of drug trafficking.

Khadija Ismayilova, the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and OCCRP investigative journalist detained in Azerbaijan, has written a letter sharply criticizing the government of Azerbaijan and the West’s inaction in the face of human rights abuses.