Balkan News

A former Bosnian Serb policeman told a Belgrade court that he saw a truck loaded with dead bodies in the village of Kravice, where Bosniaks from Srebrenica were massacred in 1995.

The border crossing between Bosnia and Croatia was closed after a couple of hundred migrants and refugees trying to get into the EU country blocked the main road.

Montenegro and Croatia are considering whether to follow Germany’s lead and suspend arms exports to Saudi Arabia over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, but other Balkan states have been silent so far.

With a growing number of Bosnians packing their bags, a Facebook group aims to ease the process and encourage others to follow.

A few weeks before Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court is to rule on legal changes that could affect the Pirin National Park, environmental activists began a campaign aimed at maintaining public resistance.

After its favoured candidate for the Bosnian tripartite presidency was defeated at the polls, Croatia’s ruling HDZ has launched a campaign of disinformation aimed at manipulating the Bosnian political situation for its own advantage.

The Serbian government’s Commission for Missing Persons said that the remains of 15 Serbs who were killed in the Croatian Army’s Operation Storm in 1995 have been exhumed.

Croatian police said false information that the EU country would open its borders led to hundreds of migrants and refugees gathering at border crossings in Serbia and Bosnia, hoping to enter Croatia.

Scientists have announced the discovery of what they described as “the oldest intact shipwreck” on the bottom of the Black Sea off the coast of Bulgaria.

Former paramilitary Stevan Budac, accused of wartime crimes against Croat and ethnic Hungarian civilians in eastern Croatia, pleaded not guilty as his retrial started in the city of Osijek.

A parliamentary commission gave the first nod to legislation to close down betting shops and electronic casinos across the country, despite pressure from Albania’s powerful gambling industry.

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis told the European Parliament that he will strongly promote the rule of law and the fight against corruption, amid accusations of backsliding by the country's government. 

Russian Patriarch Kirill has reduced his planned engagements in Moldova this month, shortening a visit that the pro-Russian Socialists hope will boost their popularity ahead of parliamentary elections.

A Pristina court ordered Kosovo’s Special Prosecution to clarify a controversial indictment charging 12 former members of the government’s commission for verifying former guerrillas, amid a scandal over alleged fake veterans.

Macedonia’s VMRO DPMNE dismissed one of its vice-presidents and ousted several other high-profile members in what some insiders see as a purge intended to further centralise the right-wing opposition party.

Macedonian government and opposition MPs who backed the historic 'name' agreement denied claims that they had taken bribes or been offered amnesty in exchange for their votes.

Around 1,000 people in the Bosnian border town of Bihac staged a protest - the third in as many days - against the influx of migrants and refugees who have arrived in the town in recent months.

Young writers in Serbia are exploring new ways of getting published – but very few can afford to drop the day job in a country where books just don’t earn many people a living.

The deadlock over how to tax companies exploiting Romania’s Black Sea gas reserves is making investors nervous – and putting this hugely important energy project at risk.

A new documentary film claiming that Croats have been subjected to a ‘century of Serbian terror’, made by controversial Croatian director Jakov Sedlar, will be premiered next month.