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The 45th anniversary of a famous rebellion that shook Albania’s dictatorial regime was commemorated last week at Spac, a former Communist prison in the north of the country. On May 21, 1973, a group of political...

Montenegro’s ruling Democratic Party of Socialists won in most municipalities in local elections on Sunday, amid numerous irregularities and reports of violent incidents. The ruling Democratic Party of Socialists, DPS, party won most votes in ten...

Macedonia and Greece have agreed a ‘framework’ for a compromise solution to their bilateral name dispute – but it needs more work, Macedonia’s Foreign Minister said on a visit to Brussels. Macedonian Foreign Minister, Nikola Dimitrov,...

A decision to halt construction work of a road from Kosovo to Montenegro, following protests by a Serbian Orthodox monastery, has sparked conflicting responses in Kosovo. The decision to halt construction of the road connecting Decan/Decani...

Colombians have failed to elect a president outright, setting the stage for a bitter runoff between two frontrunners from opposite ends of the political spectrum, while a peace process with leftist rebels hangs in the balance....

The New Zealand government’s relationship with China has come under the spotlight after a former CIA analyst in the US said the nation’s participation in the Five Eyes intelligence alliance needs to be reconsidered. Giving testimony to the...

Italy’s president has formally asked Carlo Cottarelli to try to form a government after quashing the hopes of the Five Star Movement and Lega to form western Europe’s first populist government. Sergio Mattarella turned to the former...

A new economy minister, Darko Horvat, has been appointed in Croatia to deal with the country’s crisis-hit retail giant Agrokor. Croatia’s parliament on Friday confirmed the appointments of a new Vice-Prime Minister and Economy Minister –...

When a shell exploded in Kapija square in central Tuzla, Sandro Kalesic’s parents were marking their wedding anniversary, and the little boy’s father had taken the day off work to celebrate the occasion. Two-and-a-half-year-old Sandro was...

Montenegrin rights groups urged the authorities to punish the perpetrators of the forced deportations of Bosniak refugees 26 years ago and build a memorial to the victims. Activists from three Montenegrin human rights groups laid wreaths on Friday...