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Russians see Serbia and Bulgaria among their top 20 closest allies, but consider Romania among the nations hostile towards them, survey shows.

A new Albanian taskforce has been set up to ensure state resources and staff are not abused during elections, but some fear political freedoms are at risk.

It seems few Russians have been put off from holidaying in Montenegro, despite Moscow issuing advisories against travel to NATO’s newest member.

Macedonians were overwhelmed with joy when male handball team Vardar became European title-winners by defeating Paris Saint-Germain in the nail-biting final of the EHF Champions League.

Milorad Dodik, the president of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska, said that the use of schoolbooks teaching about the Srebrenica genocide and the siege of Sarajevo will never be allowed.

Moscow has once again threatened to hit back after Montenegro officially became the 29th NATO member state at a ceremony in Washington.

As Belgrade officials proudly showed off a new 1.8-million-euro musical fountain in the Serbian capital, locals responded by sharing jokes about the grandiose installation on social media.

Diplomats have gathered in Sarajevo for a Peace Implementation Council meeting, but diverging, sometimes contradictory positions prevent world powers from finding a common strategy on Bosnia's deepening crisis.

The recent legal rehabilitation of Chetnik commander Nikola Kalabic shows how the crimes committed during World War II have been reinterpreted in Serbia in order to posthumously absolve their perpetrators.

Scattered across the Balkans are stunning little gems of nature or human history that are well worth making a detour to visit.

Macedonian police have arrested a man aged 67 in relation to Thursday's failed assassination attempt on the former health minister, Nikola Todorov.

The European Roma Rights Centre and other organisations condemned the UN's refusal to provide compensation for Kosovo Roma victims of lead poisoning.

New Save the Children report highlights big gap in child mortality rates, malnourishment and consequences of conflict between Croatia - at one end - and Albania - at the other.

Albania's public broadcaster, RTSH, long seen as the biased mouthpiece of governments, seems to be making a real effort to behave more professionally during this election campaign.

A planned visit by Kosovo’s former President to Belgrade, to talk about victims of wartime rape, is meeting a bitterly hostile campaign from the Serbian tabloids.

The new Socialist bosses of the coastal town of Kavarna - famous as Bulgaria’s rock 'n roll capital - are accused of trying to erase its image as a musical hub.

The leader of the Save Romania Union, the third force in Romania's parliament, has quit over the party's decision to oppose a controversial bill, redefining the family in the constitution. 

Politicians in the beautiful Boka Bay area on the Montenegrin coast want to take more matters into their own hands.

Teachers, students and activists will take to the streets of Zagreb on Thursday to demand a resumption of reform to the nation's out-dated educational system.

The dramatic expulsion of five Russian diplomats looks like a bid by the faltering, unpopular pro-EU government to impress Brussels - and humiliate the pro-Russian President, Igor Dodon.