Balkan News

Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik has suffered a major blow from the collapse of the planned sale of the Ljubija mine to Israeli bidders.

Croatia's Prime Minister and Foreign Ministry are demanding an explanation from Slovenia about why a concert by the Croat nationalist singer Marko Perkovic ‘Thompson’ has been banned.

Acting under diplomatic pressure, both Prime Minister Edi Rama and opposition leader Lulzim Basha have reached a deal on holding elections in which all parties will now take part. 

As the leaders of both Kosovo and Serbia game the West - by feigning a commitment to the EU Dialogue that neither intends to honour – it is time the West came up with a master plan.

Discover stunning churches, spas, vineyards and craft breweries within two hours of Belgrade.

People in four villages have asked a court in Tirana to nullify decisions allowing the construction of power plants that they say will wreck the environment of the Valbona River, BIRN has learned.

The body of a 20-year-old Romanian dissident who died in 1985 has been exhumed to find out whether his leukemia was caused by radioactive poisoning. 

The capital’s plan to honour Duke Mirko Petrovic, father of the last Montenegrin king Nikola, is provoking Serbs in the country and adding new fuel to old fires.

The trial of Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic, also known as Frenki, before the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, is due to begin on June 13, the Trial Chamber has announced.

A new deputy minister has resigned after a photo of him giving a Nazi Salute appalled Jews and embarrassed the Bulgarian government.

The Bosnian state court sentenced Branka Sekaric to a probation sentence of eight months for revealing the identity of a protected witness who testified at the war crimes trial of her husband Dragan Sekaric.

Macedonia’s PM-designate says he feels ‘uncomfortable’ with the way Serbian leader Aleksandar Vucic has talked about his country - but is ready to improve relations.

„“We have reached an impasse wherein self-proclaimed Albanian democrats no longer trust that their country is democratic. Impartial observers have been warning of this for years.“ Albania has 2,8 Citizens and 3,7m voters and 4,4m ID Cards election Kosovo has 1.7m citizens and 1.9m voters May 12, 2017 beyondbrics EU cannot ignore Albania’s descent into disorder June elections are last chance for country and region to reverse spiral into violence 2 Milliarden Drogen Gelder der Mafia in den Wahlkampf! Klartext des OSCE Botschafters: Bernd Borchardt: Ambasadori i OSBE: Qarkullojnë më shumë se 2 miliardë euro nga droga 2013: Der System Betrug der OSCE, mit den Non-Stop gefälschten Wahlen in Albanien […]

Die Verbrechen der Banken Mafia, korrupter Berliner Politiker, krimineller Lobby Vereine, der Deutschen Aussenpolitiker, Dumm krimineller IMF Leute im Dienste der Banken Mafia, müssen vertuscht werden, wie man Griechische Politiker gezielt für Geschäfte bestochen hat und versucht jede Stimme, welche das erneut erwähnt, siehe Siemens-, Rüstungs Skandale mit kriminellen Deutschen Politikern und Firmen am Reden zuhindern. 2015 Also erneuter Ausschluß einer Partei im Griechischen Parlament, wo nur noch Demokratie eine Show ist, Kriminelle das Konzept der totalen Bestechung umsetzen mit gekauften Politikern. Gegen Kasidiaris wurde ein Disziplinarverfahren des Parlaments eingeleitet, worüber in der nächsten Zeit abgestimmt werden muss. Den ersten Antrag für einen vorläufigen Ausschluss der GM von den Sitzungen […]

12 May 17 Zagreb Could do Without its New Mountain Borna Sor The inhabitants of the Croatian capital have long lived in the shadow of a mountain – but now they have a second one to contend with, not filled with bears, but with pestilence, garbage, and corruption. Zagreb’s Jakusevec „mountain“. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Branko Radovanovic The capital of Croatia is an ever-growing city. Situated on the slopes of Mount Medvednica, it has doubled in size each post-war period. And God knows, there have been too many wars in this corner of our continent. Now reaching its first million in population, the cornerstone of the country’s economy, and, since Croatia’s entry […]

The de-facto collapse of the ruling coalitions at state level in and the Federation Entity are pushing Bosnia deeper into political and economic turmoil.

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Hard-line supporters of the VMRO DPMNE party that ran Macedonia for 11 years say they are outraged that the party has broken its promise not to allow the opposition take power.

Workers at the indebted Serbian Glass Factory in Paracin, owned by Bulgarian tycoon Tsvetan Vasilev - whose extradition is now sought by the Bulgarian authorities - are demanding that the Serbian government help them.

After Bosnian Serb soldier Nikola Barisic stepped on a landmine, his life was saved by ‘enemy’ troops and medics - and he has now returned to donate thousands of euros to their hospital in gratitude.