Balkan News

The ‘Let's Not Drown Belgrade’ moving is organising a protest concert timed to coincide with the anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade at the end of World War II.

More Albanians are again seeking aslyum in Germany, a year after Berlin listed Albania as a 'safe country of origin', though overall numbers have fallen since 2015.

Petar Dimitrov, a former minister of economy and energy, has been indicted in connection with the cancelled Belene nuclear power project, the State Prosecutor’s Office said on Wednesday.

The combative NGO, ‘In the Name of the Family’, is holding a conference in Zagreb to lobby for the return of single-sex education, with the support of high state officials, as part of their campaign to re-traditionalise society.

Victims of what looks like an organised campaign of intimidation tell how the ‘fear machine’ in Serbia works – and the impact it has on their personal and professional lives.

Arabic language courses are thriving in parts of Sarajevo that have seen an influx of cash, businesses and tourists from the Gulf states.

Shortage of tourists forces 600 shops to go out of business in Istanbul’s “Grand Bazaar” By Manolis Kostidis  /   10/10/2016  /   No Comments Istanbul, October 10, 2016/Independent Balkan News Agency By Manolis Kostidis Major reduction of tourism in Turkey Similar problem in Beyoglu The Grand Bazaar of Istanbul – which is considered one of the most important tourist attractions as well as a history of 550 years and includes 3,600 shops – is facing a major crisis, as according to the newspaper Hürriyet 600 of the shops have gone out of business. the successive terrorist attacks that have hit Istanbul and Ankara with hundreds dead and wounded, but […]

Ein gigantischer Betrugs Schwindel, für ein paar grosse Konzerne, welche die EU Commission, Martin Schulz, Junckers bestochen haben ist das CETA Abkommen mit Canada. Viel Bestechungsgeld erhielt die EU Commission, von Lobbyisten. Romania will not sign the EU-Canada trade agreement By Editor  4 hours ago Romania does not agree with the signing of the trade agreement with Canada, the Romanian Foreign Ministry (MAE) informs. Romania is against this agreement which the European Union and Canada want to sign next week because Canada maintains the visas for Romanians. “Romania has reiterated that it cannot support the steps for the signing and […] Story The great CETA swindle October 18th 2016International trade […]

Croatia's new centre-right coalition government was comfortably voted in by parliament on Wednesday.

Macedonia’s Special Prosecution, SJO, has seized documents from the Culture Ministry linked to the construction of the government-sponsored grand revamp called 'Skopje 2014' - which could lead to a criminal investigation into the whole project.

Srebrenica massacre victims’ associations have filed a criminal complaint alleging that electoral law was violated during this month’s municipal polls which gave the town its first post-war Serb mayor.

Recent weapons seizures in the Sarajevo area highlight how Bosnians still possess hundreds of thousands of illegal firearms from the 1990s war which pose a threat to public safety and national security.

Former US diplomats, academics and activists called on presidential candidate Donald Trump to disavow support from Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj, who is on trial for alleged war crimes.

Former Croatian prisoners of war were the first witnesses at the war crimes trial of the 1990s Serb paramilitary commander Dragan Vasiljkovic, better known as ‘Captain Dragan’.

Serbia’s church leader has followed in the footsteps of a bishop whose heroic sermon in London in 1916 made a strong impression on the UK public during World War 1.

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Kosovo’s efforts to privatise state companies from the Yugoslav era have continued to face strong opposition from Serbia, which has been seeking to assert control over key assets in its former province.

Former British MI6 agent and expert in conflicts Alastair Crooke said in Belgrade that Europe must brace itself for fresh waves of refugees - and for the further rise of populist politics.

Trade between Albania and Serbia is growing steadily, albeit from a low base - and the disparity between what Serbia sells to Albania, and what Albania sells to Serbia, remains huge.

The election of Macedonia’s chief prosecutor for organized crime, Jovan Ilievski, as Macedonia’s judge at the European Court of Human Rights has attracted strong criticism at home.