Balkan News

A study commissioned by the Open Society Foundation said Serbia risks a dramatic decline by the middle of this century if it fails to resolve the Kosovo situation, which might include swapping territory.

With the future of George Soros' institutions in Hungary in question, Serbia's President and the billionaire philanthropist's son, Alexander, have discussed opening a branch of the Open Society Foundation’s Roma Institute in Belgrade.

The interior ministry banned a rally that Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj planned in the village of Hrtkovci, where he made nationalist speeches in 1992 that got him convicted of war crimes.

Government talk of moving the Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem has led to tensions with Romania's president who said it would gravely complicate Romanian foreign policy.

While many key processes in the Balkans are facing deadlock, we also present some seeming glimmers of hope radiating from the region. 

Feuds between small ethnic Albanian parties have made the outcome of the announced reshuffle of the Macedonian government, intended to broaden its support, less certain.

New research shows up a tenth of Europe’s river fish could be pushed to extinction by the spate of dam projects in Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro.

Since 1999, Nesrete Kumnova has been looking after an empty grave destined for her missing son, who disappeared during the Kosovo war - and has now told his story in a new book.

Incidents marring relations between Serbia and Croatia over the past years are holding back both two countries from developing normal neighbourly politics.

Montenegro has updated its sanctions list targeting those allegedly involved in financial crimes in Ukraine to include the son of Ukraine's ousted president, Viktor Yanukovych.

A new survey shows that while most Serbs don’t want to abandon their claim to Kosovo, they do not want to make any personal sacrifices, or lose out on EU membership, over it.

Opposition parties called for a ban on a rally that Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj plans in the village of Hrtkovci, where he made nationalist speeches in 1992 that got him convicted of war crimes.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing its most serious challenges since the 1990s and the failure of electoral reforms could create a prolonged post-election crisis, a State Department official warned the US Congress.

Despite the lack of progress, political deadlock and the recent escalation of tensions between Serbia and Kosovo, the Brussels agreement remains the only option for normalisation of their relations.

The new leader of the VMRO DPMNE says Macedonia's new government is the worst in post-independence history – but is reticent on the legacy of his predecessor, Nikola Gruevski.

Aleksandar Vucic has undertaken a frenetic diplomatic offensive lately – pressing Serbia’s case in its worsening feud with Kosovo on a range of world leaders.

A delegation led by Croatian parliament speaker Gordan Jandrokovic abruptly ended its visit to Belgrade after convicted war criminal and Serbian MP Vojislav Seselj insulted them and trampled the Croatian flag.

Croatian Defence Council ex-fighters Zdenko Grbavac and Zeljko Simunovic were charged with committing crimes against humanity by killing three Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Konjic area during wartime.

The Bulgarian prosecution has announced that Desislava Ivancheva, the opposition mayor of Sofia's central district who was arrested on Tuesday, has been charged for allegedly taking half a million euros in bribes.

After Turkey promised to offer Albanian and Bosnian courses in schools in 2016, the first Albanian class has taken place in a school near Izmir, which both the Albanian and Turkish education ministers attended.