Balkan News

Sources say PPF, recent buyer of Telenor’s SEE assets, is among the interested parties for United Group, a major cable and pay-TV operator in the Balkans.

Thousands of Romanians took to the streets in the capital Bucharest as well as in other cities for a second day of protests, after on Friday, 450 people were wounded in confrontations with police. 

Romanian anti-corruption activists called for renewed protests on Saturday, as prosecutors probed the violent repression of an anti-corruption protest that left 452 wounded on Friday night. 

Polish film Cold War opened the 24th edition of the international Sarajevo Film Festival on August 10, with famous directors, producers, actors and actresses from around the world attending this eight-day event.

Scores were injured in the Romanian capital Bucharest when riot police used water cannons and tear gas against anti-corruption demonstrators.

The alleged abuse of child benefit payments has been criticised by politicians from both the left and the right in Germany, with Roma from Bulgaria and Romania accused of being among the culprits

Amnesty International said it has obtained a new video that shows Cameroonian security forces with Serbian-made weapons shooting at least a dozen unarmed people in the central African country.

President Aleksandar Vucic named the head of Serbia’s commission for probing murders of journalists, Veran Matic, as his special representative for establishing the fate of Serbs missing from the Croatian war.

Thousands of Romanian expatriates rallied in Bucharest on Friday in support of the anti-corruption movement that opposes ruling party-backed legal changes to ease the fight against graft.

‘Never Leave Me’, about Syrian refugee children and orphans, is one of several films about war and its consequences in the Middle East and the Balkans that are being screened at this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival.

News website Juzne vesti, one of the few media outlets in southern Serbia known for critical reporting, claimed that the Tax Administration is trying to force it to close down.

Macedonian premier Zoran Zaev described his comment about the 1903 Ilinden rebellion against Ottoman rule being exclusively Macedonian as a “mistake” after Bulgarian politicians accused him of distorting history.

Romanian expatriates have been travelling to the capital Bucharest from across the country to attend a mass anti-government rally, despite controversies over the lack of an official organiser and authorisation from the municipal administration.

An attempt by the US to buy land for its new embassy in Chisinau has triggered the latest row between Moldova’s ruling party and its pro-Russian president, who refused to sanction the sale.

Historic compromises appear to be in the air in the Balkans, sometimes within reach and at other times perpetually elusive, yet cobbling them together is usually not the end of the game – implementation always lurks in the shadows. 

In President Vucic’s alternative reality, Serbia never waged a war in Kosovo, and therefore never lost it. Only it did.

The Croatian tourism sector is thriving but seasonal workers on the coast face tough working conditions, exploitative employers and a lack of protection from the authorities, trade unionists say.

Romanians say the remark by right-wing Interior Minister Matteo Salvini ignored the responsibility of Italy to prevent the exploitation of migrant workers.

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci suggested holding a referendum on his recent proposal for a ‘correction of borders’ between Kosovo and Serbia, but Pristina-based analysts question its legality.

Moldova adopted a controversial fiscal reform package on Thursday which critics say could turn the country into a ‘paradise for criminals’.