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While the minister promises targeted help for agriculture, some experts say the reforms will miss their mark if they continue to neglect the needs of the small farmers who make up the bulk of producers.

Only a month before long-awaited early general elections, the main media remain under tight political control, local experts and the EU warn.

Kosovo minister admits the recent arrest of more than dozen suspected terrorists was a serious matter, while an expert says the risk facing the country remains real.

Sarajevo's Historical Museum, a favourite among tourists to Bosnia, is marking an important anniversary amid fresh hope that decades of neglect may be drawing to an end.

Kosovo and Serbia have reached an agreement on telecoms under which the International Telecommunication Union, ITU, will allocate the telephone code 383 to Kosovo by December 15.

Bulgarian premier Boyko Borissov will quit next week, he said after his favoured candidate for president lost to a pro-Russia rival.

Greece key to Albania’s EU Accession By Spiros Sideris  /   12/11/2016  /   No Comments The European road for Albania passes through Greece. As much as it might bother the Albanian leadership – as well as a few members of the EU that are trying to undermine talks between the two countries – that’s the reality. The European Commission proposals and the Albania progress report, are not binding for the Council which will make any decisions concerning Albania’s EU accession future. What is striking however is that although the content of the Hahn Report has many negative points concerning Albania, they have deliberately not been mentioned in the Commission’s […]

Kosovo businesses are worried about the high trade deficit By Elton Tota  6 days ago Business representatives in Kosovo consider the drop of exports toward the countries of the region and beyond as a cause for concern. According to Kosovo’s Agency of Statistics, export of goods in the month of September 2016 was 21,6 million euros, with a drop of -11,2% compared to the same period of 2015. Kosovo exports […]

Abu Bakr al Baghdadi Another Pentagon PsyOp Kurt Nimmo | November 9, 2016 7 Comments On this edition of The Geopolitical Report, we examine the Islamic State’s al-Baghdadi and the role played by the Pentagon and CIA in creating terrorist Frankensteins designed to keep the war on terror alive. Visit our updated website Show Notes ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi no longer in Mosul  “The ISIS Leader Does Not Exist”: The US Military’s Stunning Conspiracy Theory Emerges From The Archives Bush Lawyers Discussed Fate of C.I.A.Tapes Origins and Techniques of Monarch Mind Control State-Sponsored Terror: British and American Black Ops in Iraq Russia Documents Its Successes & U.S. War Crimes […]

Ahead of the presidential runoff on Sunday, polls have given Socialist-backed candidate, Rumen Radev, a marked leader over his centre-right rival, Tsetska Tsacheva.

Defence Minister Damir Krsticevic said he was proud of his role in the Bosnian conflict, after it emerged that Bosnian Serb officials filed a criminal complaint accusing him and 15 other former Croatian officers of war crimes.

For the first time since Macedonia became an independent country, the pattern of voting along ethnic lines in elections is facing a serious challenge.

The Serbian prime minister said he hopes the new specialist prosecutor who will tackle alleged crimes committed by Kosovo Liberation Army fighters will be able to secure convictions.

Albanian police have ordered maximum security for the qualifying match with Israel on Saturday in Elbasan - amid media rumours of possible terror attacks.

Bosnian police have arrested former interior minister Alija Delimustafic and the former bodyguard of wartime president Alija Izetbegovic in a large operation conducted in cooperation with Croatian law enforcement agencies.

Bosnian Serb officials have filed a criminal complaint accusing Croatian Defence Minister Damir Krsticevic and 15 other former high-ranking Croatian officers of committing war crimes during the 1992-95 conflict.

One worker was killed and five others injured after an explosion at the troubled oil refinery at Ballsh, in southern Albania, late on Thursday.

Serbian Radical Party leader and war crimes defendant Vojislav Seselj played a newly-recorded version of a nationalist song in parliament with lyrics celebrating Donald Trump as a heroic saviour.

The failed privatisation of Brezovica ski complex reveals the density of legal and political battles between Belgrade and Pristina over assets in Kosovo.

After reports that Croatia's Vice-Prime Minister is under investigation for war crimes in Bosnia, a Croatian expert says Zagreb could take over the prosecution of crimes allegedly committed by Croatian citizens in Bosnia.