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Two people have died from apparent heatstroke in Spain and parts of the country are on red alert as the first heatwave of the summer tightens its grip on the Iberian peninsula, with temperatures as high as 45C...

Jeremy Corbyn has broken his silence over the antisemitism row engulfing Labour, acknowledging the party has “a real problem” over the issue but strongly rejecting the idea that it poses any threat to the Jewish community in the UK....

On the corner couch of a spacious room, a woman wearing a brightly patterned robe sits expectantly. The red hijab that covers her hair is reflected in a glass-fronted cabinet; inside, a framed photograph of her...

Milorad Dodik says Republika Srpska will demand a UN seat if Kosovo gets one – adding that Kosovo’s partition should also be up for discussion. If Kosovo becomes a member of the United Nations and other...

Data from a census show that of the 19.3 million Germans who have roots in another country, 2.6 million come from Balkan countries – with by far the most coming from Romania. Over 2.6 million of...

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic claimed that Pristina will not fulfill its obligation to establish an association of mostly-Serb municipalities, and promised Belgrade will protect Kosovo Serbs if they are threatened. President Vucic claimed on Friday in...

Amid feverish reports of the possible partition of Kosovo, or that Kosovo Serbs may unilaterally declare their autonomy, President Thaci on Friday insisted that partition and ‘territorial swaps’ were not on the agenda. Kosovo President Hashim...

Ukraine’s intelligence service has named at least one Moldovan fighting with the privately-run paramilitary ‘Wagner’ group in eastern Ukraine and Syria. Ukraine’s intelligence services, the SBU, has named a Moldovan, Radu “Rodion” Donciu, aged 43, as a mercenary...

The announcement that a monument dedicated to the Albanian historical hero Skenderbeg will be built in Montenegro has yet again opened up a debate in the country about his origins. Albanian political parties in Montenegro on...

As this year’s anniversary of 1995’s Operation Storm approaches, the issue of unpunished war crimes still troubles relations between Croatia and Serbia, as well as causing controversy within Croatian society. The entire Croatian political elite and...