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Romanian President Klaus Iohannis told the European Parliament that he will strongly promote the rule of law and the fight against corruption, amid accusations of backsliding by the country's government. 

Russian Patriarch Kirill has reduced his planned engagements in Moldova this month, shortening a visit that the pro-Russian Socialists hope will boost their popularity ahead of parliamentary elections.

A Pristina court ordered Kosovo’s Special Prosecution to clarify a controversial indictment charging 12 former members of the government’s commission for verifying former guerrillas, amid a scandal over alleged fake veterans.

Macedonia’s VMRO DPMNE dismissed one of its vice-presidents and ousted several other high-profile members in what some insiders see as a purge intended to further centralise the right-wing opposition party.

Macedonian government and opposition MPs who backed the historic 'name' agreement denied claims that they had taken bribes or been offered amnesty in exchange for their votes.

Hundreds of people in the Bosnian border town of Bihac staged a protest - the third in as many days - against the influx of migrants and refugees who have arrived in the town in recent months.

Young writers in Serbia are exploring new ways of getting published – but very few can afford to drop the day job in a country where books just don’t earn many people a living.

The deadlock over how to tax companies exploiting Romania’s Black Sea gas reserves is making investors nervous – and putting this hugely important energy project at risk.

A new documentary film claiming that Croats have been subjected to a ‘century of Serbian terror’, made by controversial Croatian director Jakov Sedlar, will be premiered next month.

Protesters rallied in front of the Council of Ministers in Sofia, calling for vice-premier Valeri Simeonov's dismissal over comments denigrating campaigning mothers of children with disabilities.

Zagreb County Court convicted former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader of war profiteering and sentenced him to two-and-a-half years in jail, but acquitted him of abuse of office in a separate case.

More than 1,500 Albanian police officers were deployed in several major operations against four suspected organised crime groups, including international drug smugglers.

Macedonian police are giving protection to MPs who received threats after voting for the implementation of the historic 'name' agreement with Greece, the interior minister said.

The Bosnian court sentenced former Federation entity MP and agriculture minister Jerko Ivankovic Lijanovic to 12 years in prison for organised crime, money laundering and tax fraud.

Leading politicians in Pristina and Belgrade condemned an attack on two buses carrying Serb pilgrims to an Orthodox Christian monastery in eastern Kosovo.

Zagreb county court has rejected an indictment accusing 29 Serbs of war crimes over dozens of killings in the Croatian village of Vocin in 1991, ruling that it needs to be clarified.

Albanian authorities arrested two former MPs from the governing Socialist Party over accusations of corruption and organised crime amid a major crackdown on alleged drug traffickers.

The response of authorities to an attack on a black British man in the Bulgarian capital demonstrates Sofia’s reluctance to tackle hate crime head on.

Having done nothing to implement its new defence strategy, Moldova seems bent on turning a blind eye to growing threats to its security.

Former British mediator Robert Cooper says land swaps should not be excluded in the search for a final agreement – while warning that the talks are ‘still not sufficiently detailed’.