Serbian leader voices dismay and Hungary mulls legal action after EU energy ministers voted to phase out all Russian gas imports from 2028. Construction work on the ‘Bulgaria and Serbia’ (IBS) gas ...

The appointment of Ana Trisic Babic as acting president until November's election follows Milorad Dodik’s removal from office after he was sentenced to a year in prison and given a six-year ban on ...

A year since an historic handshake symbolically launched the latest bid to end decades of fighting between Turkish government forces and Kurdish militants, Kurds are growing frsutrated with a lack of ...

A protest planned for Friday in Tirana – against the Hague war crimes court's trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci – has reignited feuding between Albania's premier Edi Rama and the biggest ...

Robert Fico’s coalition fell short on paper – until opposition lawmakers crossed the aisle, reshaping both Slovakia’s constitution from November 1 as well as the political map.

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A wild river given protection as a ‘national park’ in 2023 still faces serious threats to its biodiversity from pollution – and Albania’s government is doing little to stop it. Only a few metres ...

State prosecutors have accused former minister Predrag Boskovic of being part of a criminal organisation that targeted political opponents using the media and social networks. Predrag Boskovic. Photo: ...

North Macedonia’s highest judicial body has dismissed a Skopje Appeals Court Judge, Enver Bexheti, who the US blacklisted last year for alleged involvement in corruption. Judge Enver Behxheti. Photo: ...

Twenty-seven people died in floods that struck Bosnia and Herzegovina in October 2024. Some of the survivors are still living in temporary accommodation, haunted by the memory of the water, mud and ...

Against a backdrop of growing regional insecurity, Romania is pushing to rejuvenate and expand its depleted reserve forces. Romanian cadets attend the opening ceremony of the new academic year at ...