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European auditors said the European Commission has provided relatively little funding for projects in the field of freedom of the media and the fight against organised crime and corruption in Western Balkan countries.

Former Bosnian Serb soldier Goran Sinik was acquitted of committing a war crime by murdering a Croat civilian in Gradiska in September 1992 during the Bosnian war.

New report by Kosovo's Auditor General criticises government's management of public spending and its failure to address the auditor's own previous recommendations.

As Albania’s PM visits Serbia, experts argue that improving Belgrade-Tirana relations are a result of their leaders’ hope of pleasing the EU rather than a real breakthrough between the two countries.

While Serbia is recording the best economic results in years, ordinary people will not feel the recovery without much faster growth rates.

The Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama is coming to Serbia on an official visit - where he will also promote his book, 'Sacrifice', to a Belgrade audience.

Amid an ongoing crisis over refugees in the south, Macedonian Army personnel have announced a strike, complaining of low and overdue wages and poor working conditions.

Despite their approval by the international monitoring body that oversaw Bosnia’s 2013 census, authorities in Republika Srpska say they will continue to dispute the results.

Bulgaria’s failure to nominate a successful candidate for the UN top job has heightened political tensions, with opposition parties demanding the resignation of the government.

Croatian and Kosovo fans have been condemned for chanting murderous slogans together against Serbs at a World Cup qualifying match in Albania.

After agreeing terms with partners in the future government, the head of the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, is due to be named Croatia's prime minister-designate.

A series of resignations, expulsions and disciplinary proceedings have brought simmering disputes inside Serbia’s junior ruling party to the fore.

Locals say Belgrade city authorities have failed to tackle illegal tyre-burning despite protests and health concerns.

Macedonia's authorities are having a hard time finding workplaces for 1,750 or so ethnic minority civil servants who have been employed in line with the 2001 peace accord but who linger on the state payroll at home.

Two well known jazz singers have scheduled free concerts in Albania on two hot environmental issues - adding a powerful boost to the green campaigns.

Kosovo’s parliament is due to start a debate on the draft law on the Trepca coalmine amid controversy over the exact plans and protests by Serbia and Kosovo Serbs.

After claims broke in May that police had got hold of a mysterious device that could intercept communications, opposition MPs have won their demand for a parliamentary commission of inquiry.

Thursday's launch of the European Border and Coast Guard, Frontex’s revamped successor, was described as a 'historic moment' for Europe at the inauguration ceremony in Bulgaria.

Former Bosnian Serb Army serviceman Krsto Dostic was sentenced to ten years in prison for repeatedly raping a pregnant woman in the Foca area in 1992.

Catholic activists trying to change women’s minds on abortion by holding prayer vigils in front of Croatian hospitals have been accused of getting hold of confidential information - and of upsetting patients.