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A leaked draft of legislation on setting up a new state body to commemorate Holocaust victims in Serbia has been criticised for allegedly glossing over the role played by Belgrade’s Nazi-allied WWII administration.

A once-warm welcome is turning tepid for a Syrian refugee family in Bulgaria.

The EU's foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, is visiting the Western Balkans at a time when ethnic and politician tensions are undermining the European integration process.

Young programmers in Bosnia hope they can help to relieve stress-related illness at the same time as brightening their own prospects amid high national levels of unemployment.

After five Romanians were wounded in London by a drunk driver in a suspected hate crime, others said they feel worried about an increase in anti-immigrant feeling in Britain.

Protests held by supporters of the former ruling party – VMRO DPMNE – against a possible new coalition government in Macedonia are set to continue, amid fears rallies will become increasingly violent.

One person has been killed, 25 injured and three are still missing after an explosion at a military repair depot in central Serbia, the defence ministry confirmed on Tuesday evening.

Over 190 journalists at the regional public broadcaster Radio-Television Vojvodina could be temporarily laid off after the management contracted a private agency to run its employment policy.

A court in Pristina decided to release from prison alleged Balkan drug boss Naser Kemendi, who is on trial on murder and narcotics charges, and place him under house arrest.

Montenegro’s capital rejected an opposition plea to revoke the honorary citizenship of former Croatian President Stjepan Mesic over his controversial statements about the Jasenovac WWII concentration camp.

Macedonia's Special Prosecution has widened its investigation into high-ranking officials from the former ruling VMRO DPMNE party who are suspected of masterminding electoral fraud in 2013.

Two former reservist policemen and a Bosnian Serb Army ex-serviceman were charged with involvement in capturing and killing Bosniak civilians in the Rogatica area in 1992 and 1993.

An exhibition entitled ‘Lessons from ’91’ documents crucial moments in the break-up of Yugoslavia and aims to ask questions about the use of photographs as propaganda during wartime.

Urged by the EU and environmental watchdogs, the Montenegrin government pledged additional measures to preserve the Balkan’s largest lake, which could be threatened by a planned 'eco-resort' on its shores.

The coastal town of Ploce has urged Croatia's government not to use its port as a training centre for military special units as this would threaten its plans to build a marina and hotels.

With the disputed Montenegro border agreement likely again to come before Kosovo’s parliament, an early general election looks increasingly possible.

The preparation of an answer to the EU questionnaire - crucial for country's integration process - has revealed familiar divisions in Bosnia between the Serb-led entity and the rest of the country.

Albania will send troops to Iraq to aid the global coalition against Islamic State, ISIS, the Defence Minister has told a parliamentary commission.

Bosnian Serb lawmakers voted to impede state-level decision-making in response to attempts by Bosniak presidency member Bakir Izetbegovic to launch an appeal against the 2007 judgment that cleared Serbia of direct responsibility for genocide.

Several thousand supporters of the former ruling party - VMRO DPMNE – rallied in the capital on Monday to protest against the formation of a new coalition government they claim endangers Macedonian interests.