Balkan News

Macedonia's prime minister is optimistic about mustering enough support for the adoption of the historic 'name' agreement with Greece, but lengthy parliamentary procedures mean the schedule is very tight.

Croatian leaders have slated the election of Zeljko Komsic as the Croat representative on the Bosnian state presidency – with the Prime Minister saying that Dragan Covic deserved re-election for his work.

An explosion shook Brod oil refinery in northern Bosnia, local police announced on Tuesday night.

Serge Brammertz, chief prosecutor at the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague, warned that cooperation between ex-Yugoslav states on prosecuting suspects from the Balkan wars was “regressing”.

A Romanian citizen of Ukrainian origin has been taken into custody as part of the investigation into the murder of TV journalist Viktoria Marinova, but has not been named a suspect, Bulgarian authorities said.

The leader of a minority Bosniak party and MP in the Serbian parliament, Muamer Zukorlic, has been given police protection after receiving threats from ISIS.

The Ukrainian Security Service named over 200 people, including three Moldovans, who it alleged were mercenaries who have served with private military company Wagner in Syria and eastern Ukraine.

Serbian police arrested four people on suspicion of attacking two young Kosovo Albanian men in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad.

Milorad Dodik, the newly-elected Serb member of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s tripartite presidency, said he will launch an initiative for the country to recognise annexed Crimea as part of Russia.

Kosovo’s foreign minister confirmed that the Serbian authorities have released dentist Ibrahim Matoshi, who was detained in August on an indictment reportedly connected to the 1998-99 war.

Bulgarians across the country mourned the brutal killing of journalist and TV station administrator Victoria Marinova with candle-lit vigils on Monday evening.

The hard-line nationalist victories in Sunday’s election – and the dismal defeat of most opposition parties – has created all the ingredients for what some fear is ‘the start of Bosnia’s breakup’. 

After Macedonia's ‘name referendum’ failed due to an apparent big mismatch between registered and actual voters, other Balkan countries are pondering the wisdom of having such referendum thresholds.

EU patience with Moldova is wearing thin four years after it signed an association deal designed to spur political and economic reform. 

With the required majority for such changes in parliament still in the balance, Macedonia's government has launched the legal procedure for adoption of the historic 'name' agreement with Greece.

Six Kosovo citizens were indicted for planning terrorist attacks against Kosovo Serb dance clubs and churches, international KFOR troops – and against targets in France and Belgium.

The brutal killing of the Bulgarian journalist Victoria Marinova has drawn international condemnation and calls from media watchdogs for a comprehensive international investigation.

A court on Monday sentenced former interior minister Gordana Jankuloska to six years in jail for her involvement in the illicit purchase of a luxury Mercedes in a first-instance verdict that she may appeal.

Amid reports that Albania does not want Serbia to invest in its main telekom company, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he planned to talk it over with Albania's Prime Minister, Edi Rama.

Pristina requested the release of a Kosovo citizen who it said was arrested in Serbia on suspicion of war crimes, but Belgrade has not yet publicly responded or provided any details about the case.