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The disruption of a Serbian Orthodox religious service at the site of a 1,000-year-old church in Montenegro by ethnic Albanian villagers has sparked ethnic tensions. The Serbian Orthodox Church said on Monday that its top bishop...

Football governing body FIFA fined a member of the Croatian national team’s coaching staff for participating in an allegedly political video of support for conflict-hit Ukraine after Croatia defeated Russia at the World Cup. FIFA on...

The Romanian Ministry of Justice said it was seeking a replacement for chief anti-graft prosecutor Laura Coduta Kovesi – who was fired on Monday – amid strong fears on political interference. President Klaus Iohannis’ move raised concern...

Government consultations between Germany and China in Berlin on Monday aim to send a signal of closer bilateral cooperation in light of a worsened trade spat with the US. But some hurdles have yet to be...

The whole world appears to be following the rescue of 12 boys from a cave in Thailand. This says a lot about the human condition at a time when we risk sinking into cynicism, writes DW...

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has appointed a Eurosceptic junior housing minister, Dominic Raab, as Britain’s new Brexit Secretary. The 44-year old Raab was a prominent Leave campaigner ahead of the Brexit vote. Britain’s ex-housing minister...

Authorities in Thailand have resumed a rescue mission to extract nine members of a boys’ football team trapped inside a flooded cave. The mission commander said he expects “good news in a few hours.” The second...

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Monday bowed to government pressure to dismiss the chief anti-corruption prosecutor, Laura Codruta Kovesi, whose fight against high-level graft had angered the ruling party. Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis bowed to government...

Western Balkan and European Union leaders meet in London this week for a summit that could be a chance to revive stalled reforms and focus attention on critical issues. Unfortunately, there is every chance it will...

The past 12 months have seen another landmark verdict convicting a senior Bosnian Serb figure of involvement in the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II – Ratko Mladic, the former commander of the Bosnian...