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Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn at PMQs and David Davis, the Brexit secretary, giving evidence to the Commons Brexit committee. Corbyn says Labour would not...

Residents will have to queue at standpipes for daily rations unless they drastically reduce consumption. Cape Town residents may lose piped water to their homes within two months if they do not act to counter the...

Several young politicians, entrepreneurs and activists from the Balkans have made it to Forbes’ latest ’30 under 30′ list – which contains 600 stars in 20 industries. Every year, Forbes identifies 30 of the brightest and...

Prosecutors in Serbia and Kosovo have agreed to share information on the investigation into the killing of the prominent Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic, who was shot dead last week. Serbia’s organised crime prosecutor’s office on...

A worrying new survey shows that almost 70 per cent of professors and assistants at Macedonia’s universities are contemplating leaving the country. Some 69 per cent of professors and assistants in higher education in Macedonia would...

Moldova will host a gathering of conservative and anti-gay Christian groups called the World Congress of Families in September under the auspices of pro-Russian President Igor Dodon. President Igor Dodon announced on Monday evening that Moldova...

Austrian construction company Strabag AG filed a complaint against a bid made by the Chinese Road and Bridge Corporation to construct Croatia’s strategically important Peljesac Bridge. Austrian construction company Strabag AG filed a complaint on Monday...

After becoming the first Albanian woman to reach the top of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, Kosovo’s Uta Ibrahimi is planning to climb all 14 peaks in the Himalayas. After scaling the two...

Media have been speculating about a series of alternatives for a new name for Macedonia suggested by the UN negotiator leading talks aimed at resolving the country’s longstanding dispute with Greece. Amid silence from officials in...

Germany’s government has faced a slew of criticism over German-made tanks that Turkey deployed in its push into Syria. Some politicians have called for an immediate halt to arms exports to Turkey and nixing a key...