Politics

A city council’s decision to scrap names that sound Turkish or Arabic has drawn complaints from ethnic Turkish parties and the country’s Grand Mufti – who called it racist and intolerant. Bulgaria’s nationalist United Patriots coalition,...

The future of the Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, is hanging in the balance as parliament prepares to debate a motion of no-confidence tabled after his Partido Popular (People’s party) was found to have profited from a huge kickbacks-for-contracts scheme....

Unresolved land disputes, property restitution claims and problems with registering new religious denominations are some of the faith-related problems that the 2017 International Religious Freedom Report, published by the US Department of State on Tuesday, noted in the...

In case of a final deal on the ‘name’ dispute with Greece, Macedonia plans to put it to a referendum in September or October, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said on Wednesday. Talks between Macedonia and Greece...

After blocking reform of the country’s broken election law, Bosnian politicians’ clashes and zero-sum games – which have continued to intensify as October’s general elections draw closer – now start threatening the country’s security and financial...

Britain’s Prince Charles will be meeting a number of officials on his latest trip to a Balkan country the UK government eyes with approval. Britain’s heir to the throne, Prince Charles, was due on Wednesday to...

The head of Italy’s anti-establishment Five Star Movement has rekindled negotiations to form a government, days after a bitter row over the country’s future in the eurozone ended a fledgling deal for populist parties to take power. Luigi...

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,...

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....