Southern Balkans

The Higher Court in Belgrade on Friday acquitted seven former members of the Serbian State Security Service’s Special Operations Unit, JSO of staging an armed mutiny in November 2001. The verdict all but puts an end to...

From Sydney to Moscow, Croatia fans are still celebrating the team’s epic win and place in its first-ever World Cup final – after beating England 2-1 in a semi-final that saw the game go into overtime....

The final declaration of NATO’s Summit in Brussels has called on Russia to withdraw troops stationed in all three Eastern Partnership countries – Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine. NATO member states meeting in Brussels have called on...

Leaked documents that BIRN has seen reveal that Kosovo Serb stakeholders that the team tasked to draft the controversial statute in Kosovo on the Association of Serbian Municipalities consulted believe the statute should allow the education and health sectors to...

An informal meeting of finance ministers of Eurozone countries on Thursday is expected to clarify the controversy over whether Bulgaria would apply to join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, ERM – effectively the single currency club’s...

Kosovo authorities released five Serbs on Tuesday who were detained earlier the same day, after Belgrade stated it will halt EU-mediated talks with Pristina over the arrests. Jetish Maloku, the head of basic Prosecution in Gjilan/Gnjilan,...

The disruption of a Serbian Orthodox religious service at the site of a 1,000-year-old church in Montenegro by ethnic Albanian villagers has sparked ethnic tensions. The Serbian Orthodox Church said on Monday that its top bishop...

Football governing body FIFA fined a member of the Croatian national team’s coaching staff for participating in an allegedly political video of support for conflict-hit Ukraine after Croatia defeated Russia at the World Cup. FIFA on...

The Romanian Ministry of Justice said it was seeking a replacement for chief anti-graft prosecutor Laura Coduta Kovesi – who was fired on Monday – amid strong fears on political interference. President Klaus Iohannis’ move raised concern...

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Monday bowed to government pressure to dismiss the chief anti-corruption prosecutor, Laura Codruta Kovesi, whose fight against high-level graft had angered the ruling party. Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis bowed to government...