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US praises Albania’s decision to expel the Iranian ambassador and another diplomat over an alleged ‘terrorist plot’ that is likely linked to the presence of Iranian dissidents on Albania’s territory. Albania on Wednesday expelled the Iranian...

Russia is aggrieved by the West’s growing influence in the Balkans, and Kosovo in particular. Despite historic ties between Russia and Serbia, and a shared Slavic and Orthodox Christian heritage, Russia was too weak economically and...

A popular YouTube presenter is facing charges in Thailand after she criticised a Miss Universe dress that was designed by the daughter of the king. Wanchaleom Jamneanphol, a popular online TV host, is facing charges under Thailand’s notoriously...

Hackers accessed the European Union’s diplomatic communications network for years, downloading cables that revealed concerns about the Trump administration, struggles to deal with Russia and China, and the risk of Iran reviving its nuclear programme, the New...

Sajid Javid has said there will be further consultation on a widely expected £30,000 salary threshold for skilled workers as the government prepares to publish a long-awaited white paper on immigration. The home secretary declined to reiterate Theresa...

Zagreb’s famous Christmas Market, “Advent in Zagreb”, officially opened on Saturday night with the ceremonial lighting of the first Advent candle by President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic and Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandic on the city’s Ban Jelacic Square....

At a UN Security Council session called by Belgrade, Kosovo’s president defended Pristina’s decision to transform its security force into an army, while his Serbian counterpart claimed it will jeopardise peace. Kosovo and Serbia’s presidents clashed...

After three Serbs, one of them a four-year-old child, were murdered in a village near the eastern Kosovo town of Gjilan/Gnjilane in May 2000, the recently-established United Nations mission in Kosovo intervened in the work of...

Two proposals to ‘discipline’ online media in Albania were criticized on Monday as potentially anti-constitutional and as likely to have a chilling effect on freedom of expression The office of Albania’s Prime Minister, Edi Rama, has...

Asking prices for homes coming on to the market in the UK are nearly £10,000 lower than they were in October, as the property market headed for its worst annual performance in almost a decade. The...