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A fake news site alleging that the US President Donald Trump has scrapped visas for Macedonian nationals has caused confusion in some media and on social networks.

Two former Croatian military policemen were sentenced to two years in jail each for war crimes against Serb civilians at the Kuline military prison near Sibenik in 1993.

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci abandoned unilateral attempts to push through changes to transform the Kosovo Security Force into a regular army and said he would seek wider support for the plan.

A monument in the shape of a cross will be unveiled near the town of Visegrad to honour the Russian volunteers who fought in the Bosnian Serb Army during the 1992-95 war, causing anger among victims’ groups.

Despite years of international efforts aimed at integration, the system of higher education in Kosovo continues to reflect and replicate the country’s deep ethnic divisions.

Albania earned a record 1.5 billion euros from tourism in 2016, well up from the figures recorded the previous year - but officials say the country must do much more if it is to keep those figures growing.

Joel Rookwood’s new film about the Sarajevo Derby seeks to understand the recent history of Bosnia and the Balkans through the lens of football.

An article published on Sunday by Agence France-Presse claiming that fake news was flourishing in Romania has put the spotlight back on this troubling phenomenon.  

Bosnia and Herzegovina will not be landmine-free by 2019 as previously promised because of a lack of funds, campaigners warned on International Mine Awareness Day.

Macedonia's former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is expected to appear for questioning this week before the Special Prosecution as part of an investigation into election fraud.

Thousands of people took to the streets of Belgrade and other cities in Serbia to protest against the victory in Sunday's presidential election of Aleksandar Vucic, claiming it marked the beginning of a 'dictatorship'.

European Council President Donald Tusk during his trip to Macedonia on Monday failed to persuade Macedonia's President to end his blockade on the formation of an opposition-led government.

Officials condemned an arson attack on a Serb returnee family’s house and criticised an anti-returnee protest, saying they made it harder for conflict-displaced Serbs to go back to live in Kosovo.

Media reports have revealed that Antonio Alvarez III of Alvarez and Marsal will be in charge of restructuring Croatia's troubled economic giant Agrokor.

Prosecutors at the UN court objected to a request from Bosnian Serb ex-military commander Ratko Mladic for temporary release for medical treatment, arguing his health is stable and he might abscond.

Cheap, flexible and free of political influence, online portals are starting to dominating Albania's media - despite real concerns about the quality of their information.

Political analysts said Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic’s presidential election victory gives him almost unassailable power and means the opposition must change its strategy.

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Near-tie election results, tension over so-called Albanian demands and VMRO DPMNE's blockades have left Macedonia for more than three-and-a-half months without a government.

Moldova’s ruling Democratic Party has submitted a bill to change the electoral system and scrap the old party lists so that districts directly elect their MPs - but critics of the idea spy an agenda.