Southern Balkans

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,...

A decision to halt construction work of a road from Kosovo to Montenegro, following protests by a Serbian Orthodox monastery, has sparked conflicting responses in Kosovo. The decision to halt construction of the road connecting Decan/Decani...

A new economy minister, Darko Horvat, has been appointed in Croatia to deal with the country’s crisis-hit retail giant Agrokor. Croatia’s parliament on Friday confirmed the appointments of a new Vice-Prime Minister and Economy Minister –...

When a shell exploded in Kapija square in central Tuzla, Sandro Kalesic’s parents were marking their wedding anniversary, and the little boy’s father had taken the day off work to celebrate the occasion. Two-and-a-half-year-old Sandro was...

Montenegrin rights groups urged the authorities to punish the perpetrators of the forced deportations of Bosniak refugees 26 years ago and build a memorial to the victims. Activists from three Montenegrin human rights groups laid wreaths on Friday...

The main opposition parties in Albania are preparing for a major protest on Saturday, accusing the government of having links to drug dealers, despite being called ‘traitors’ to Albania by the Prime Minister. Albania’s opposition Democratic...

Croatian police said they have caught an 18-year-old male who sprayed symbols of the World War II fascist Ustasa movement on an anti-fascist monument in the city of Rijeka. Croatian police announced on Wednesday that an 18-year-old...

Programmers will gather in Sofia in June for the first Balkan Hackathon, aimed at developing digital solutions and software prototypes to boost progress in the region. They will spend a full 24 hours coding and prototyping...

The Moscow Patriarch’s visit to Moldova is widely seen as a move to help the country’s pro-Russian Socialists ahead of key elections due this autumn. Moldova President Igor Dodon has confirmed that the head of the...

A court in Skopje on Wednesday sentenced former PM Nikola Gruevski to two years in jail for his involvement in the illicit secret purchase of a luxury Mercedes. Nikola Gruevski, Macedonia’s former prime minister and former...