Southern Balkans

Senior US official Matthew Palmer urged Serbia and Kosovo on Friday to make the most of a “historic opportunity” to end their decade-long dispute. The US’ Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Matthew Palmer, called on Friday...

The Bulgarian government has denounced an act of vandalism that saw the peace memorial in Japan scrawled with the name of a Sofia football club – for which two workers accompanying the Sofia Opera on a...

Leaders of Montenegro’s main opposition alliance, the Democratic Front, are visiting Russia for the first time since the alleged coup attempt in 2016 – which they and Russia are accused of planning. On the second anniversary...

A parliamentary debate in Macedonia on changing the constitution to support the ‘name’ deal with Greece has yet to produce any signs that opposition MPs are closer to supporting the agreement. At Wednesday’s start of the...

After winning the Serb seat on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s state presidency, Milorad Dodik announced that he wants to appoint well-known Serbian film-maker Emir Kusturica as his adviser. Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, the winner of the...

On October 11, the Ecumenical Patriarchate announced that the process of recognizing the independence, or autocephaly, of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church had started, rejecting the decision of 1686 by which the Kiev Metropolitanate was handed over...

US counterterrorism coordinator Nathan Sales is visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Kosovo to discuss how to improve cooperation in fighting terrorism and prosecuting suspects. Nathan Sales, the US Coordinator for Counterterrorism, will continue his official...

The Social Democrat-led government has adopted a decree limiting the President’s authority in justice matters – and which will force out many younger prosecutors under new,  stricter work experience criteria. Romanian prosecutors have slated a decree...

Bosnian Serb opposition leaders have joined the regular protests being held in Banja Luka over the unexplained death of 21-year-old David Dragicevic, demanding fresh elections. After their disappointing results in the recent elections in Bosnia and...

It was afternoon on August 18, 1991 when a truck with yellow tarpaulin side-curtains stopped in front of a hotel in Vocin, a village with just over 1,500 residents in Croatia’s central Slavonia region, 130 kilometres...