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European Federation of Journalists voiced concern over threats and hate speech used towards journalists in Croatia and will report the case to the Council of Europe.

Fahrudin Radoncic’s controversial testimony at a drug lord’s trial in Kosovo has shaken ruling coalition of Bosniak parties in Bosnia.

The US is not asking Serbia to 'choose' between Washington and Moscow, the US ambassador to Serbia, Kyle Randolph Scott, says - downplaying talk of a rift over his remarks about the Savamala demolitions.

Montenegro is hosting the largest-ever NATO exercise on its soil amid allegations that Russia was behind a recent alleged coup attempt, designed to stop the country from joining the alliance.

The State Investigation and Protection Agency arrested ten former Croatian Defence Council fighters and jail guards suspected of suspicion of crimes against humanity in the Orasje area.

Angry Twitter users have expressed their dismay at the kind of guests that the pro-government tabloid Informer brought to this year's Belgrade Book Fair.

Albanian singers and artists joined protests in Tirana and Valbona against waste imports and planned hydropower plants in the Valbona national park.

Tax officials in Bosnia’s Federation entity say almost a fifth of companies doing business there appear to operate without a licence, depriving the budget of huge sums.

A long-running dispute over Albanian-language textbooks for ethnic minority pupils in southern Serbia has not been fully resolved despite officials’ promises.

Opposition MPs demand resignation of Deputy Labour Minister Dime Spasov for reckless behaviour after being involved in car accidents that he tried to cover up.

Results of analysis of the weapons found close to the Serbian Prime Minister’s home, which could clarify whether the stash was intended to be used to attack the PM, are expected today.

Halloween is becoming more and more popular among the young in Zagreb, with numerous events, parties and trails on offer a day before the traditional Catholic All Hallows’ Day.

Our team brings you live updates of the most important events and developments in the Balkans as they happen.

Castle Bran in Transylvania is attracting growing numbers of foreign tourists over Halloween thanks to its connection with the world's most famous vampire, Count Dracula.

Former intelligence chief Dusko Markovic could become Montenegro's new PM, in what looks like a manoeuvre to strengthen the shaken power of the current elite.

Croatia's new Prime Minister, Andrej Plenkovic, paid his first official foreign visit to neighbouring Bosnia hoping to calm political tensions over the status of Croats in the country.

Hildigund Neubert, a former commissioner for East German 'Stasi' files in Thuringen, says it is high time that Albania bit the bullet and opened up its Communist-era secret police files.

With only a few percentage points' difference between the two frontrunners, Tsetska Tsacheva, the candidate of GERB, and Rumen Radev, nominated by the Socialist Party, the Bulgarian presidential contest is hard to call.

The former chief of a police task force investigating the 1999 murder of an opposition journalist told a Belgrade court that his probe concluded that State Security was involved in the killing.

Former military security officer Ekrem Ibracevic was sentenced to three years in prison for committing crimes against Serb civilian detainees in the Srebrenik area in the summer of 1992.