Southern Balkans

Amid unruly scenes, Macedonia’s parliament on Wednesday for a second time adopted a disputed law that extends the official use of the Albanian language across the country. Opposition MPs in Macedonia voiced outrage on Wednesday after...

While the Serbian government’s fiscal consolidation acts have stabilised the country’s public finances, experts say much more must be done to boost economic growth. “Where are the reforms?” Dusan Vujovic, Serbia’s Finance Minister, exclaimed in bewilderment...

The US will remain engaged in helping Macedonia and Greece find a compromise over their name dispute but only they can reach a lasting solution, US Assistant Secretary of State Wess Mitchell said in Skopje. US...

Critics say Prime Minister Edi Rama’s ‘inspiring’ plan to build a new Albanian national theatre is inspired mainly by a wish to hand the site of the old theatre to private developers. Albania’s Prime Minister, Edi Rama,...

By Goce Trpkovski The booing directed against Macedonia’s main right-wing party, VMRO DPMNE, in front of one of its headquarters in central Skopje, on February 27, was a sign of the times. The rally was held to protest...

By Die Morina, Hamdi Firat Buyuk Among many other Turkish TV series, audiences in Kosovo may soon get to see “Payitaht Abdulhamid” the story of the 19th century Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II, produced by the...

Russian motorcycle club, the ‘Night Wolves’, known for its staunch nationalism and close ties to Vladimir Putin, is announcing a tour of Bosnia and Serbia under the logo ‘Russian Balkans’ in mid-March. Around two dozen members...

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister has been praised for joining the commemoration of the deportation and mass murder of Macedonia’s Jewish community in 1943 – although critics said his failure to apologise for Bulgaria’s role in the events...

“When I first came to Klina in Kosovo, there was no job, above all for women, who were mostly unemployed.” Tatjana Ilic is a Serb woman from Pristina who during the war in Kosovo moved to...

Russia is making a concerted “push” against the West in Balkans, but is not nearly as influential as many people think, Bulgarian expert Dimitar Bechev said on Thursday at a packed talk on his book Rival Power:...