Southern Balkans

Macedonia’s economy has shown its first signs of recovery after the prolonged political crisis that ended last year, according to figures from the Central Bank and State Statistical Office. With a sharp rise in foreign investments...

Remember the jubilation of many Serbian politicians when they learned that Donald Trump had won the US presidential election? Very often, Balkan politicians operate based on misplaced assumptions and predictions. “The Trump case” is an apparent...

Disgruntled car owners in the Balkans are taking to social media to vent their anger and organise protests as the rising price of crude is felt at the fuel pumps. Car owners in the Balkans are...

Relatives, friends and neighbours of Selmir Masetovic, arrested in Turkey because of alleged links to the Gulenist movement, took to the streets of his hometown Gradacac to call for his release. Around 100 Bosnians gathered on...

Four companies have expressed interest in building the Belene Nuclear Power Plant as Bulgarian lawmakers are expected to lift the moratorium on its construction. Four companies have deposited written notes expressing their interest in participating in...

Environmental activists in Macedonia have vowed to oppose “by all available means” government construction of a gas pipeline through a mountain on the outskirts of the capital Skopje, warning of irreversible damage to a valuable ecosystem....

Two senior officials of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ who are seen as leaders of a conservative faction within the party, Davor Ivo Stier and Miro Kovac, have been removed from their positions. A meeting...

President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic said she supports the holding of a referendum advocated by conservative campaigners who want to change the country’s electoral law and restrict ethnic minority MPs’ voting rights. Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic has said...

Pro-European candidate Andrei Nastase won the second-round run-off for the Chisinau mayoralty in polls seen as an important test ahead of parliamentary elections in Moldova later this year. Dignity and Truth Platform, PPDA, candidate Andrei Nastase won...

Security and human rights ministers from the region will meet in Sarajevo on June 7 to agree on new measures to tackle the ongoing migrant crisis affecting mostly Bosnia, trading blame on who is responsible for...