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After years of delay, the assembly of the capital of Kosovo looks set to give the go-ahead to the construction of a new 'Central Mosque' - despite the objections of civil society groups.

As a Japanese embassy opened on Monday in Tirana, Albanian experts expressed hope that closer ties to the Asian economic superpower would now develop. 

An online petition has called for the European Parliament to sanction Bulgarian MEP Angel Dzhambazki for stirring up anti-Roma hatred. 

The investigation into the April 27 rampage in Macedonia's parliament, which injured 10 MPs, has traced some of the masked assailants, sources close to the investigation say.

Wild forest fires burning across the Croatian and Montenegrin coast from the weekend spread to the edge of bigger cities on Monday, forcing some inhabitants to flee their homes.

Bosnian presidency member Bakir Izetbegovic has called on Bosnian institutions to protect the country's Muslim clerics - after ISIS recently issued bloodcurdling new threats to them.

A Serbian tour guide company has called off its ’Gypsy Tour’ of Belgrade after being accused of promoting racism.

The Montenegrin authorities have vowed to remove a controversial monument to Punisa Racic - the Serb nationalist MP who assassinated Croatian leader Stjepan Radic in the Yugoslav parliament in 1928.

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Despite repeated announcements of the imminent privatisation of Serbia's 50 or spas, legal disputes over ownership of the assets is delaying the whole process.

An online campaign seeks to raise enough money to bring home the bodies of Afghan migrants who died in a car crash on a Bulgarian highway on June 4.

As Kosovo's political parties jostle for the right to form the next government, the country's ethnic Serbian MPS have yet to decide which coalition or party to support.

Ethnic Albanian villagers accused of planting a mine that killed two NATO soldiers in Macedonia in 2003 hope that the Special Prosecution will drop all charges.

As the number of Macedonian citizens taking summer holidays in southern Albania grows, Macedonian police are to be deployed for the first time in the coastal resort of Saranda. 

The authorities in Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska have allocated more than 10,000 euros this year to support Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic, who are on trial in The Hague.

Under EU pressure - and to avoid heavy fines - the Bulgarian government is moving to remove barriers against the acquisition of agricultural land by foreign citizens.

One year on from the failed military coup, Turkey is a land both transformed – and divided.

The ninth Prishtina International Film Festival opened in the Kosovo capital with a premiere of 'Unwanted' - a film that deals head on with the highly senstive issue of the rape of Kosovo women during the war.

As Macedonia and Bulgaria ready to sign a historic friendship treaty, opponents of the deal in both countries are accusing their governments of betraying vital national interests.

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama is using his colourful and daring fashion sense to send a distinct message about modern Albania to Europe, experts believe.