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Former chief of security at the main headquarters of the Bosnian Serb army, VRS, has died in a German prison where he was serving a life term for the 1995 Srebrenica genocide.

The presidential race in Serbia is heating up amid speculation that Prime Minister and Progressive Party leader Aleksandar Vucic is about to reveal his hand.

Thieves armed with heavy weapons attacked a private armoured car on Thursday and reportedly got away with 2 million euros - only the latest in a series of spectacular bank robberies in Albania.

VMRO DPMNE has accused the Special Prosecution of 'political discrimination' after it began summoning party donors as part of an inquiry - reportedly into the party's finances.

Amnesty International has called on the United Nations to deliver justice to the families of two Kosovo Albanians shot dead by UN police in a demonstration a decade ago in Pristina.

Despite sporadic incidents of ethnic violence in the 1990s, the industrial city of Pancevo is home to 27 different ethnic groups and has accommodated several waves of refugees from the war years.

A 6-million-euro concrete project in the ancient city of Durres is now in question after nearby digs revealed important archeological remains.

Montenegro’s pro-Russian opposition and some NGOs say NATO membership of the country must be decided in a referendum, as society remains deeply divided over the issue.

The fate of Croatia's Science and Education Minister hangs in the balance ahead of an non-confidence vote initiated by the opposition citing his alleged plagiarism of a scientific paper.

Hungary's tightened border measures have turned migrants’ once relatively easy passage to the EU into a nightmare.

As campaigns targeting NGOs linked to US philanthropist George Soros continue in the Balkans, Laura Silber - of Open Society Foundations - said illiberal governments were trying to divert the public from the real issues.

While in Romania the power of the people makes itself felt at protests on the streets of Bucharest, in other corners of the Balkans politicians are vying to surf to power on the back of popular votes. 

About 2,000 litres of illegal fruit brandy have been discovered during regular check-ups by the Bulgarian customs agency in the monasteries of Troyan and Bachkovo.

A French court decided to postpone its decision on whether to free former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj or to send him to Serbia to face trial on war crimes charges.

Insider testimonies and some of his own past articles suggest that President Gjorge Ivanov was more like Nikola Gruevski’s ideological guru than the puppet many believe him to be.

Media in Kosovo have reported the death in unknown circumstances of Albanian ISIS commander Ridvan Haqifi, who became infamous because of a video in which he warned Kosovars that 'black days were coming' to them.

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks said the plight of Kosovo war victims is being ignored amid the ongoing political discussions about the country’s future.

Failures in the central heating supply have left around of half of the population of the capital, Sofia, in the cold – without knowing when the problem will be resolved.

Disputed media reports that migrants tried to kidnap a baby in Obrenovac have caused public unease in the Serbian town where a camp was set up to house 250 migrants last month.

The decade of wars, repression, hyperinflation and protests is documented through a young man’s eyes in a new exhibition of pictures by Serbian photographer Srdjan Veljovic.