Balkan News

Serbia will open two more chapters in its negotiations to join the European Union, one of which focuses on aligning its foreign trade relationships with those of the EU.

After three years of stalemate, Skopje and Athens are rebooting UN-sponsored talks on their dispute over Macedonia's name, which has been holding up the country's Euro-Atlantic integration process.

Many Romanians have laid tributes outside the old royal palace to their late king Michael, before he is laid to rest in the country he was forced to abandon for several decades.

Twitter is one of the few media in Serbia that the government cannot control, which may explain why it has become an obsession for Serbia’s imagine-conscious President.

The German NGO Rigardu has launched a website gathering reports of illegal push-backs and police violence this year against refugees using the so-called Balkan Route.

Macedonia's new government says it plans to remove hate speech and discriminatory statements from the country's educational textbooks.

Vernichtung der ausgebildeten Staatsanwälte, wie bei der Vorgängerin Ina Rama, wurden undurchsichtige Beförderungen vorgenommen, welche den Staat, für Kriminelle Politiker in einem Geheim Abkommen kontrollierten. Drogen Bosse, waren Straffrei, inklusive Mörder, welche die Politiker finanzierten. Etabliert von der korrupten EU, wurde bereits die Super Verantwortliche Mafia Vertreterin: Rovena Gashi, welche sogar Einreise Verbot in die USA hat, aus sehr prominenter Drogen, Mafia Familie aus dem Kosovo. Warum ein gekaufter Generalstaatsanwalt Adriatic Llalla, keine Verfahren eröffnet wegen Bespitzelung der Diplomaten, Politiker?  Das peinliche Schweigen der EU wie immer und weiter werden grosse Geldsummen in das kriminelle Enterprise gestopft, mit einem Mafia Justiz Minister Nasic Naco und gekauften Generalstaatsanwalt Adratic Llalla, der […]

Wenn Kriminelle auch noch EZB Chefs wurden, sollte man sich nicht wundern, wo man 2,5 Billiarden € aufkaufte, u.a. auch von faulen Firmen Krediten, damit spekulierte. Betrugs Bankster, konnten bei ihrem Vorbild Mario Draghi, jeden Unfug los werden. Vor Mord schreckte man schon lange nicht mehr zurück, wie der John F. Kennedy Mord ebenso zeigte, der damals die FED entmachten wollte „Dokumente zeigen, daß Kennedy 4 292 893 825 Dollar an Bargeld in Umlauf gebracht hatte, aber nur ein paar Monate später, im November 1963, wurde er ermordet“ Es ist bemerkenswert, daß schon am Tag nach der Ermordung von Kennedy alle Banknoten der Vereinigten Staaten, die Kennedy in Umlauf gebracht […]

A unique database containing the names of people missing since the 1990s Yugoslav wars whose remains have still not been found will be created, governments across the region have agreed.

N1 journalist Marija Antic received death threats on social networks after quizzing French-Serbian activist Arnaud Gouillon about his role in far-right movements.

The US will deport Oliver Dragic, accused of having been a member of a Bosnian Serb police unit that participated in the Srebrenica genocide in 1995, for lying while claiming refugee status.

A Croatian police inspector told the retrial of Branimir Glavas that he overheard a conversation implying that the 1990s general was wrongly accused of war crimes against Serbs.

Life for the Balkan country’s small trans community is difficult – but some activists are confident that the future is on their side.

Macedonia’s prosecution has launched a probe into allegations that former high-ranking Macedonian officials have used companies in neighbouring Serbia for money-laundering schemes.

Moldova’s pro-Russian and pro-EU leaders are again in deadlock – this time over a law that seeks to curb the broadcasting of Russian-made media content.

A Serbian court on Friday gave suspended sentences to most of the police officers charged with assaulting the brother of the then Prime Minister, now President, during the 2014 Belgrade Pride Parade.

We take a look at the problem of fake news in the Balkans and its impact beyond, as well as analysing problems, real or fake, in relations between the countries of the region. 

Winter in Serbia can be magic. Ski snow-covered forests, trek peaceful mountains and eat great food; but make sure you get the right advice. 

A series of attacks on – and threats to – independent-minded reporters highlights the perils facing investigative journalists in today’s Bulgaria. 

After 12 years of being prosecuted for the killings of Serb civilians in 1991 and five separate court verdicts, Croatian wartime general Branimir Glavas is still on trial – and he’s still a free man.