Southern Balkans

The Mostar Association of War Victims, an NGO gathering Bosniak victims of the 1992-5 war in Bosnia, has condemned the initiative of group of Bosnian Croats, calling for the formation of a third entity in...

People in Bosnia and Herzegovina have started topping up the fuel tanks of their vehicles ahead of the announced price rise that will come into effect on Thursday, when a new excise tax law takes force....

The largest arms factory in Montenegro, Tara Aerospace in the northern town of Mojkovac, which is part-owned by the controversial arms dealer Heimrich Thomet, was temporarily shut down on Tuesday after the explosion the previous day which...

Despite cutting its debt, the chasm between Serbia’s economy and the rest of Europe is continuing to grow – partly because there is not nearly enough investment, experts say. Following the successful implementation of austerity measures...

Romania’s parliament on Monday passed a confidence vote in the third Social Democrat-led cabinet in one year – amid concerns over the country’s political and economic stability. Romania’s new Social Democrat government, led by the country’s...

Turkish President Reccep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday reportedly pledged to help build the Belgrade-Sarajevo highway – whose exact route remains disputed between Bosnia’s two entities. Turkish President Reccep Tayip Eerdogan has promised to assist Bosnia and...

Several young politicians, entrepreneurs and activists from the Balkans have made it to Forbes’ latest ’30 under 30′ list – which contains 600 stars in 20 industries. Every year, Forbes identifies 30 of the brightest and...

Prosecutors in Serbia and Kosovo have agreed to share information on the investigation into the killing of the prominent Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic, who was shot dead last week. Serbia’s organised crime prosecutor’s office on...

A worrying new survey shows that almost 70 per cent of professors and assistants at Macedonia’s universities are contemplating leaving the country. Some 69 per cent of professors and assistants in higher education in Macedonia would...

Moldova will host a gathering of conservative and anti-gay Christian groups called the World Congress of Families in September under the auspices of pro-Russian President Igor Dodon. President Igor Dodon announced on Monday evening that Moldova...