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With Socialist chief Edi Rama now in a position to govern alone, hard questions await both the opposition Democrats and the LSI.

The old Zemun Synagogue – once home to a rock club and now a traditional Serbian restaurant – will be returned to the Jewish Community of Zemun next year.

Reducing the tax burden on low-paid jobs is widely supported, but the issue of who will pay for it continues to delay reform.

The election of Romania’s former president Traian Basescu as leader of a pro-Romanian party in Moldova on Sunday has given hope to pro-Romanian unionists – and worries Moldova’s pro-Russian President. 

A marginal far-right NGO announced it will put up a plaque honouring Jure Francetic, the commander of a Croatian World War II fascist Ustasa unit responsible for large-scale crimes against Serbs and Jews.

Experts say petition calling for Sandzak - which straddles Serbia and Montenegro - to become a kind of Euro-region is worth supporting, but only if all nationalities who live there back it. 

Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis has summoned the parliamentary parties for consultations on Monday to come up with the name of a new Prime Minister. 

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

The last week of June will see a mass of trials and meetings in Macedonia - which will help determine the immediate course of the crisis-struck country's recovery.

When German-speaking clients get through to a call centre, there is a good chance that the operator on the other end of the line is a Bosnian who found refuge in Germany during the 1992-5 war.

After performing strongly in the general election, the opposition movement hopes to replicate this success in October’s local polls.

While Ana Brnabic awaits confirmation in parliament as Serbia’s new Prime Minister, experts say the real decisions will continue to be taken by her patron, President Aleksandar Vucic.

The ruling Socialist Party, under Prime Minister Edi Rama, are set for another term in government, preliminary results suggest.

As the ballots start to be counted around midnight, preliminary results from the Albanian general elections are set to be released early Monday morning.

The Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra hopes to attract tens of thousands to its grand open-air concert tonight.

Stay tuned for all the latest developments, election results and reactions as Albania goes to the polls to elect a new government.

Albanians on Sunday will be choosing between 18 parties, with the Socialists seeking another mandate, the Democrats seeking a chance to govern - and the LSI hoping to retain its 'kingmaker' role. 

Patronage and corruption keep voting a 'low-standard' exercise in democracy. 

Serbia's parliament is set to approve opening of environmental protection and European integration ministries.

Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic pledged to improve relations with regional countries in his inauguration speech, stating that progress is “impossible without peace and stability.”