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Ahead of the third joint meeting of the governments of Kosovo and Albania, people on both sides of the border want to see more than just warm words.

Elvis Rroshi, the mayor of Kavaja in central Albania, resigned after admitting being convicted in Italy - the first major casualty of a new law aimed at forcing people with criminal records out of politics.

Azem Syla, a prominent Kosovo politician from the ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo, is accused of being the head of a crime syndicate involved in property scams and money laundering.

The president of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik asked Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic for support, claiming that the existence of Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity is in danger.

Several hundred people gathered in Prijedor to remember May 31, 1992, when the Bosnian Serb authorities ordered all non-Serbs to mark their houses with white flags or sheets.

The UN war crimes court in The Hague rejected a request from the defence of former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic to grant him temporary release.

Some of the most famous bribery cases in Romania are depicted in images in a new online museum set up to highlight the country's problems with corruption.

A last-minute decision by the European Commission to delay a belated external audit of Bulgaria’s powerful prosecution had posed questions about the country's progress in judicial reform.

BHRT, Bosnia's state television station, will temporarily stop broadcasting from June 30 due to its critical financial situation.

Milorad Ulemek, alias Legija, the former special police commander convicted of PM Zoran Djindjic’s assassination, is being resurrected as a potential star witness in high-profile cases that could boost the government’s credibility.

Foreign investors will remain interested in lending to Serbia as long as economic reforms stay on track.

Bosnia is now the only country in the Balkans without laws limiting the price of medicines - which as a consequence are far higher than in the rest of the region, experts say.

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

A Romanian journalist is being sued by the Constitutional Court for calling its judges “villains” in a column.

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov is likely to survive the opposition initiative to impeach him for his recent conduct - as the opposition and its allies lack the necessary support in parliament.

More than 50 companies from the Chinese region of Zhejiang are to meet with around 60 Croatian companies in Zagreb to 'explore new business activities'.

While Kosovo and EU officials have hailed the stability pact as a milestone, local producers fear a flood of cheap imports - and opposition MPs remain worried about the political implications.

Serbian neutrality rests on a delicate balance between East and West but an escalation in military cooperation with NATO runs counter to public opinion and risks upsetting Russia.

Tsenko Chokov, who has been running the village of Galiche like feudal lord for 20 years, has finally been charged with running a crime gang

There is much more to the Mostar area than the old bridge - starting with the mysterious Dervish house at Blagaj, the waterfalls at Kravice and the turreted castle of Ostrozac.