Balkan News

Bosnian milk and dairy producers have expressed dismay after Kosovo imposed a 10-per-cent customs tariff on imports from Bosnia and Serbia on Tuesday.

Under the ruling Progressive Party, Serbia has a seen a spate of personal data leaks targeting critics of the government or state institutions, and no one has been held to account.

EU's Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini called on Thursday night for Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and his Serbia counterpart Aleksandar Vucic to give up their belligerent rhetoric and stick to the dialogue framework.  

Greek ultra-nationalists converged on a village in southern Albania on Thursday for the funeral of Kostandinos Kacifa who died in a shootout with Albanian police – who stayed away from the funeral to ease tensions.

Good intentions can often lie behind bad ideas with negative consequences, but as this week’s collection of premium articles shows it is sometimes hard to see if there were any truly good intentions to begin with. 

Eight former Bosnian Army commanders and servicemen were arrested on suspicion of killing captured Croat civilians and prisoners of war in villages in the Vitez area in 1993.

Finance Minister says return to progressive tax system, under which higher earners pay more, will not affect many people – but will still enable the government to help the poorest in society.

Prosecutors want immunity lifted so they can grill three MPs from the Volya business party for extortion, two Socialists for alleged money laundering and mismanagement of public funds – and one GERB MP for dodging taxes.

The Senate of Romania's parliament is set to decide on Speaker Calin Popescu Tariceanu's immunity after anti-graft prosecutors filed a request to investigate him for bribery.

As more women emigrate to escape poverty and joblessness at home, Moldova’s shrinking workforce is taking its toll on the economy.

Experts expect stormy times to follow after Milorad Dodik, the new Serbian member of Bosnia's tripartite state presidency, is inaugurated on November 20.

As Europe grows more critical of Israel’s policies towards Palestinians, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is busy wooing new allies in the Balkans and Eastern Europe in order to divide the EU.

Bosnian courts and prosecution offices are restricting access to information on cases, making it harder for media to report on war crimes and corruption cases, although the law states that trials are open to the public.

The fugitive Croatian tycoon and former owner of the troubled food giant Agrokor was extradited on Wednesday from London to Croatia, where he will now face justice.

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says she will host a new round of the EU-led dialogue between the Kosovo and Serbia presidents – where they will be pressed to 'intensify work' on the 'comprehensive normalisation of relations'. 

A massacre survivor told the trial of former Serb fighter Darko Tasic said he saw the defendant looting and burning the houses of ethnic Albanians in the Kosovo village of Krusha e Vogel/Mala Krusha in 1999.

The latest postponement on health grounds of a hearing in the trial of two Serbs accused over a massacre in the Kosovo village of Trnje raised concerns that Serbian Army medical facilities play a role in delaying war crimes proceedings.

Activists complaining about the piles of rubbish in Zagreb – and demanding a regulated and controlled system of waste separation – staged a performance in front of the city hall.

Moldova's government is making a tentative step to rekindle currently chilly ties with Russia, sending its first delegation to Moscow in a year-and-a-half.

Officials in Serbia and Bosnia have condemned Kosovo's decision to impose a 10-per-cent customs tariff on imports from the two countries, because of their hostility towards the country.