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Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic said his political activism ahead of the Kosovo local elections probably explains why his car was torched in the night between Thursday and Friday.

Azerbaijan’s strongman President Ilham Aliyev, who is accused of violating human rights, will be this year’s recipient of a prestigious honour awarded to international leaders by a prominent Bosnian academic association.

Russia's Deputy Prime Minister was forced to cancel his visit to Moldova on Friday, after Romania banned his airplane from flying into their airspace, forcing it to land in Minsk instead.

In her first interview with a Western paper, Serbia’s new PM told the UK Guardian why she will not get involved in gay rights issues, saying she ‘doesn’t want to change people thinking by law’.

A court in the town of Gjilan/Gilanje acquitted Lirim Jakupi, who has been a member of ethnic Albanian guerrilla groups in Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia, of attacking Macedonian police in 2014 and 2004.

Some 300 US and 95 Macedonian soldiers are taking part in a joint military exercise codenamed 'Dragoon Guardian 17' that is taking place at Macedonia's Krivolak army base.

Amidst the high summer heat, we look at how the EU is dealing with authoritarian challenges, the myths and realities or Russia’s presence in the Balkans and much more, including interesting places to discover during the holiday season. 

Angry about being undercut by the taxi service app Uber, Croatian taxi drivers blocked or hindered access to airports in Zagreb, Split and Dubrovnik on Friday.

A number of people were badly hurt after a restaurant near a beach in an area popular with tourists in northern Albania exploded into flames.

The UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague refused Bosnian Serb general Radivoje Miletic’s request for early release because he has not served two-thirds of his sentence, according to the court’s reckoning.

Romania is joining a number of other Eastern European states who accuse big food retailers of using an EU loophole to sell inferior-quality products to their countries.

Ministry says it will meet target of pouring 128 million euros into the budget by selling state-owned property and stocks in non-strategic companies - though some economists have their doubts.

Minister says Macedonia will soon abolish a controversial council that was widely seen as a tool used by the former government to pressurise judges.

Veteran Croatian journalist Drago Hedl alleges that ruling party MP Franjo Lucic tried to bribe him not to report on his business difficulties, which the politician has denied.

A Chinese company will acquire Romania’s main Black Sea refinery after Bucharest approved its purchase of a majority stake in Kazakh-based KMG International, which owns 48.1 per cent of Rompetrol Rafinare.

Igor Dodon gave journalists a tour of his country residence on Wednesday night, before holding a press conference in the salon. 

Poison gas and other toxic chemicals were used dozens of times during the Bosnian conflict to torture and murder prisoners, but almost no one has been held directly responsible in court.

Another accident at Zagreb's new 'Franjo Tudjman Airport' on Wednesday highlights a series of mishaps that have dogged the airport since it opened in March.

A stay at an unusual hostel in Sarajevo takes visitors back to the event in 1914 that put the city on the map and unleashed the First World War.

A new book takes a searching look at what Russia is up to – and what it is not – in Southeast Europe.