Balkan News

Macedonia's parliament has informed the President of the new majority, led by the Social Democrats, to which the President has ten days to respond by awarding the mandate for forming a new government.

In a sudden U-turn, Romania's senate rejected an amendment offering an amnesty for a raft of graft-related offences passed by MPs on Wednesday, following renewed street protests.

After a no-confidence motion in the Finance Minister failed - and amid an HDZ initiative to remove him as chair of parliament - MOST leader Bozo Petrov has resigned from his position in parliament.

Despite mounting international pressure on Kosovo to ratify the controversial border agreement with Montenegro, the government has yet to set a date for a vote in parliament. 

With the IMF program effectively blocked, Bosnia’s governments will have to turn to more commercial loans to cover their budgets – which come at a worryingly high price.

A Belgrade court acquitted two former Bosnian Serb Army soldiers of killing a Bosniak civilian in December 1992 during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, reversing their previous convictions.

Romania’s Social Democrat government is coming under fire for borrowing large sums of money to cover the costs of what are deemed high-risk wage and fiscal policies.

Experts say parliament is unlikely to accept a Bosnian Croat proposal to change the election law to stop Bosniaks from outvoting Croats in the Federation entity, partly because it does not solve core problems.

The trial of two Montenerin opposition leaders and 12 others over an alleged coup attempt may start this week, if and when the court confirms the charges.

Ivan Ivanji, Tito's German translator, writer and Nazi concentration camp survivor, now 88, recalls moments of love, loss and survival in an extraordinarily dramatic life.

While police arrest suspects behind last Thursday’s rampage in parliament, the former ruling party - whose supporters stormed the building - have accused the Interior Ministry of intimidating 'innocent' patriots.

US Botschafter: die korrupten Richter, Politiker, Adminstrative fürchten die Jugend Ambasadori amerikan Donald Lu: Politikanët dhe gjykatësit e korruptuar frikë nga të rinjtë May 2, 2017 0 Ambasadori amerikan Donald Lu: Politikanët dhe gjykatësit e korruptuar frikë nga të rinjtë “Kohët po ndryshojnë. Politikanët, zyrtarët e qeverisë, gjykatësit dhe prokurorët e korruptuar kanë frikë. A e dini se nga kush kanë frikë? Ata kanë frikë nga ju!” (Skandal)Kur reforma në drejtësi ka mbetur për sesionin tjetër parlamentar, ambasadori Donald Lu flet për frikë politikanësh dhe gjyqtarësh. Para nxënësve të shkollave të mesme të 8 qyteteve, ambasadori amerikan theksoi se ka ardhur koha e ndryshimit. Ambasadori i Shteteve të Bashkuara të […]

A commemoration of the 1992 killings of Yugoslav troops in Sarajevo was held outside the capital after Serb officials complained of inadequate security and refusals to allow them a permanent memorial.

As World Press Freedom Day is marked across the globe, the future of the media in Serbia lies in the hands of a generation of journalists who are worryingly unprepared for the environment they are about to encounter.

Bulgaria’s parliament will vote to confirm Boyko Borissov's new government, a coalition between his own GERB party and the nationalist United Patriots, on Thursday. 

Macedonian opposition leader Zoran Zaev has drawn a furious reaction from Serbian ministers following his interview for the media in which he called Serbia's PM a nationalist.

Our team brings you live updates of the most important events and developments in the Balkans as they happen.

Bulgaria’s far-right parties, grouped together under the United Patriots banner, are about to become part of the new government in an unprecedented development on the country’s increasingly turbulent political scene. 

Twenty years on, US author Joe Tripician recalls his bizarre experience of trying to write a state-funded biography of 1990s Croatian President Franjo Tudjman - and how his conscience derailed the project.

Die Finanz Mafia immer dabei. Die Prominenz der Betrugs Banken: IFC, EIB, EBRD, Alpha Bank, BSTDB finanziert das erpresste Fraport Flugplatz Abenteuer in Griechenland Consortium pays 1.1 bln euros to buy 67 pct of Thessaloniki Port Authority By Spiros Sideris / Published on: 24-04-2017, 21:39 Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund on Monday announced that a consortium comprising «Deutsche Invest Equity Partners GmbH», «Belterra Investments Ltd.» and «Terminal Link SAS» submitted an improved financial offer for the acquisition of 67% of Thessaloniki Port Authority SA, as part of the respective international competitive process.The improved financial offer envisages payment of a consideration of 231,926,000 for the acquisition of 67% of shares in […]