Southern Balkans

After Kosovo controversially deported a Serbian official, Kosovo Serb politicians said they will quit the Kosovo government and unilaterally set up an Association of Serbian Municipalities without Pristina’s involvement. Goran Rakic, the president of the main...

Ignoring protests from the European Commission and local experts and activists, Romania’s parliament passed a set of laws on Monday that are widely seen as posing a threat to the independence of the country’s justice system....

At their summit in Bulgaria, the EU and Turkey reiterated their criticism of each other, but also tried to put a positive face on the meeting despite its apparent lack of results. European Council president Donald...

As the fall-out from the spy poisoning affair continues, Albania, Croatia and Romania have joined other EU countries in expelling some Russian diplomats. Albania expelled two Russian diplomats on Monday, as the EU aspirant country joined...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met in Subotica in northern Serbia to attend the reopening of the city’s magnificent synagogue. At a meeting with Serbia’s President in Subotica, northern Serbia, to...

Kosovo authorities deported Marko Djuric, the head of Serbia’s Office for Kosovo, after police arrested him in North Mitrovica for illegally entering the country. Kosovo on Monday deported Marko Djuric, the head of Serbia’s Office for...

The European Handball Federation has banned Serbia’s junior women’s team of Serbia from the World Cup after it cancelled a match with Kosovo on Friday. Serbia’s women’s under-20 handball team has been excluded from the handball...

Videos and photos of people rescuing the much-loved symbol of spring from the grim weather have spread across social media. Although spring officially arrived in Bulgaria on Tuesday evening, it has not kicked in so far...

After the Greek and Macedonian Foreign Ministers discussed a possible deal on Macedonia’s name in Skopje on Friday, both sides suggested talks were moving closer towards a solution. Greece and Macedonia are optimistic about finding a...

In his outgoing address as Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor, David Schwendiman said that gathering evidence and locating witnesses to indict former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army had been tough. In his parting speech, the chief prosecutor...