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Kosovo and Albania condemned the arrest of former Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj in France over Serbian war crimes allegations, as French officials started considering Belgrade’s extradition request for the ex-guerrilla commander.

The Serbian Ombudsman’s office has launched an urgent probe of the arrests of two officers for passing official secrets to media about their covert and allegedly illegal assignment in Srebrenica in 2015.

As the deadline for the formation of new government after December's election draws near, both the ruling and opposition parties have reiterated their determination to lead it.

The EU rule-of-law mission in Kosovo expressed disappointment after the Supreme Court ordered a retrial of three men convicted of involvement in organ-trafficking from the Medicus clinic near Pristina.

A bitter dispute over fees with the Bulgarian copyright society has forced the national radio to play only music produced before 1945 – and some listeners are quite happy about it.

Balkan Insight brings you a selection of images that grabbed our attention in 2016, whether for the historic events captured in them or just the beauty of the photo.

Monday's historic performance of the Vienna Philharmonic Ensemble in Tirana was a sell-out - but critics of Prime Minister Edi Rama's cultural policy say the attention being given to such European stars is excessive.

A right-wing NGO and an obscure Orthodox church group have been accused of deliberately provoking the country's Serbian community as it gets ready to mark Orthodox Christmas Eve.

Political leader and former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj was arrested in France on a Serbian warrant that alleges that he committed war crimes during the 1998-99 conflict in Kosovo.

NGO Mafia: Georg Soros and a lot of corruption EU politicans 177 pages Mapping Reliable allies in the European Parliament (2014 – 2019) http://soros.dcleaks.com/fview/Europ. „Open Society“ and the corruption NGO’s. Gruevski admits: It was a Mistake to let Soros this much Control in Macedonia Tuesday, 03 January 2017 In an extended interview with weekly Republika, VMRO-DPMNE President Nikola Gruevski speaks in detail about the comments he made about the George Soros funded Foundation Open Society Institute. Gruevski says that this wide-reaching group of alleged non-Governmental organizations (NGOs) will be allowed to continue working in Macedonia, but will no longer be allowed to monopolize the civil society network and abuse it […]

By BALKANIST Analysis June 1, 2014 Getting a PhD in Serbia has Never Been Easier: The Case of Minister of Internal Affairs Nebojša Stefanović By Dr Uglješa Grušić (lecturer, University of Nottingham), Dr Branislav Radeljić (senior lecturer, University of East London) and Slobodan Tomić (PhD candidate, London School of Economics and Political Science) DISCLAIMER: The procurement of dubious academic degrees, especially those obtained through nepotistic and corrupt activities, is a serious problem in the Serbian system of higher education. Acquisition of said degrees has produced a whole host of concerns for the country, including negative selection, brain drain, the degradation of values, an uncreative and non-competitive economy, and so on. […]

Moldova's combative new pro-Russian President, Igor Dodon, has stripped Romania's former president Traian Basescu of his citizenship, accusing him of having pushed for Moldova to become part of Romania.

The Croatian culture ministry demanded the return of over 1,000 artefacts taken to Serbia from Orthodox churches and monasteries during the 1990s wars and thousands of items that went missing from its museums.

A Belgrade court has ordered the weekly NIN to compensate Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic for defaming him in an article about the mysterious demolitions in Belgrade's Savamala district. 

Alles bekannt, wenn die Berliner Verbrecher Kartell, heute schlimmer wie Hitler und die SS Mord Schwadronen Waffen an die Saudis liefern, Ausbildung und Leopart Panzer verkaufen, wie Bomben ohne Ende, um das Jemitische Volk zu morden. Die Deutsche Justiz ein Langzeit Debakel, was bei einem SP Mann: Heiko Maas nicht verwundern kann. Die Deutsch finanzierten Verbrecher- und Mord Banden des Carl Bildt, ziehen ebenso durch den Süd-Sudan. Keine Ermittlungen wo die Panzer und Waffen verbleiben, wie Terroristen zu solch Deutschen Waffen auch im Irak kamen? Bulgaria Opens Investigation into Munitions Found in Syria Prosecutors in Bulgaria have opened an investigation after munitions produced in the Balkan country were reportedly found […]

'Get married or pay more tax' could become the choice facing unmarried people in Republika Srpska, if its government accepts a proposal from the local Employers' Union.

After the Jesuit Refugee Service accused the Croatian authorities of illegally deporting refugees, the Croatian Interior Ministry has denied that such expulsions are against international law.

Pictures of Albanians having a good time in an English prison have not amused everyone in the country.

An alleged plot aimed at overthrowing the pro-Western government and killing the Prime Minister overshadowed all other events that year, further clouding relations with Russia.

Gewählt hat diese Verbrecher niemand, wo schon Barroso ziemlich extrem korrupt war, heute bei der Goldman & Sachs ist. Einzige Politik im Balkan: immer mit Kriminellen, möglichst korrupten Partnern um möglichst viel Geld zustehlen. Man lebt von Erpressung und Projekten, wo man möglichst viel Geld stehlen kann, was der Insider Wolfgang Hetzer im Detail auch in seinen Büchern erklärte. Ein Mafiöses Construct, wo sich inkompetende Spinner tummeln, mit weniger Demokratie als eine Bananenrepublik. Diese Verrückten Kriminellen, schwafeln dann von den „Werten“, wenn man Kopfabschneider, Drogen Bosse, Terroristen Financiers, Nazi Todesschwadronen und Killer Kommandos als Partner hat. Juncker-Administration blockierte Bemühungen gegen Steuergeschenke an große Unternehmen auf EU-Ebene Luxemburg und die EU-Kommission […]