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A Belgrade street is to be named after Serbian nationalist writer Brana Crncevic, who was an ally of President Slobodan Milosevic and Bosnian Serb genocide convict Radovan Karadzic.

The four main political parties in Macedonia are set to form an interim government, tasked mainly with organising parliamentary elections due in December.

Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, sparking a four-year war. While for much of the 1990s, democratically elected President Franjo Tudjman ruled the country in an authoritarian manner, following his death in 1999, the country made the transition to a truly democratic political system. It achieved EU membership in 2013.

With new parliamentary elections coming ten months after the last ones, things have not changed a lot on Croatia’s political scene.

Croatia's pre-term parliamentary elections are being held on September 11, after the government collapsed in June.

Bulgaria’s biggest refugee camp has brought benefits for locals in Harmanli – but divisions are growing between refugees and locals since a recent fight in the camp.

The Bulgarian government and parliament have declared that protection of national security is the key issue - but some experts view this as a crude tactic to win public support.

As local election campaigns launch officially on Friday, analysts spy little chance of a fair or free fight.

Bosnian authorities will do whatever is necessary to resume exports of fruits and vegetables to Russia, which were recently halted, a minister has said.

The country's official Islamic Community has welcomed a start to the business of legalizing unofficial mosques - seen as key to the process of bringing them under control.

Serbian leaders said they will not try to convince Bosnian Serb officials to cancel a controversial referendum which has been condemned by the international community as a threat to state institutions.

Kosovo has postponed the vote in parliament on ratification of the controversial border agreement with Montenegro - allowing protesters massed outside parliament to claim a victory.

The Special Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation into ruling party MP Adem Grabovci after leaked wiretaps sparked allegations that he influenced public-sector appointments.

The Let’s Not Drown Belgrade campaign group led a protest against the impending eviction of the last family still living in the state-backed Belgrade Waterfront luxury redevelopment area.

The Turkish PM told his Bulgarian counterpart to pass on the message that the EU must drop visa requirements for Turkish citizens in October if Brussels wants to send back migrants to Turkey as agreed.

Hungary will build a second fence along its border with Serbia, and is offering Serbia help protecting its borders with Bulgaria and Macedonia.

Iranian media has reported that 155 members of an exiled Iranian opposition movement have been given sanctuary in Albania - part of a larger number that Tirana has agreed to accept.

Azem Syla, a Kosovo politician who is under investigation for alleged property scams and money laundering, was released from custody on Thursday evening.

A traditional shoe-making shop is finding a way to survive and thrive in the modern world. Now, a fourth generation of the family is preparing to take the reins.

The prime ministers of Bulgaria and Turkey, Boyko Borissov and Binali Yildirim, are meeting on Friday in Istanbul to discuss joint solutions to the continuing migration crisis.