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This veteran of the political scene remains optimistic, despite the odds, that he can stop Milorad Dodik from taking his place as Serbian member of the state presidency.

The turbulent chieftain of the Bosnian Serbs is trying to extend his long reign by securing a seat on the country’s state presidency.

The veteran Bosnian Croat leader is running for another mandate on the country’s state presidency – and is threatening to unleash a crisis if he does not get a seat.

The Bosniak party leader and business and media mogul is making his third pitch for the Bosniak seat on the state presidency, insisting this time that he will win.

The current chairman of the Council of Ministers may have his set eye on the leadership of Bosnia’s main Bosniak party.

Profiles of the main political parties running in the 2018 general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In Bosnia’s eighth post-war election, social and economic issues are in the focus, as opposed to the usual constitutional arguments.

The Serbian Film Center, which funds domestic cinema production, has denied 'banning' the filming of a movie that Serbian victims of the Kosovo war had denounced in a public protest.

The Youth Initiative for Human Rights called for a monument to former Yugoslav People’s Army general Vladimir Trifunovic, who was prosecuted for treason in Serbia for pulling his troops out of Croatia to save their lives.

Croatian police have denied separating a Syrian father from his young daughter after he accused them of sending him back to Bosnia despite his pleas to remain with her.

While some support a solution to the Kosovo dispute as a way for Serbia to move forward, others are hostile to concessions – and indifferent to the prospect of European Union membership.

An EU-funded project is providing specialist advice and education for pregnant women in Moldova – who too often have to rely on the Internet for their information.  

Bulgaria's President clearly intends to establish himself as a central political figure in the country – and as a rival authority to the Prime Minister, experts say.

The opposition VMRO DPMNE party faces claims that it is playing a duplicitous game over the referendum – appeasing international factors in public while discretely pushing for a boycott.

The publication of a list of over 20,000 alleged fake war veterans and the indictment of officials who verified them has infuriated Kosovo Liberation Army ex-guerrillas - particularly those who found their names on the list.

Romania’s ruling Social Democrat strongman Liviu Dragnea won a party confidence vote on Friday, after several top members demanded his resignation over graft cases.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow supported Bosnia's territorial integrity and constitutional order – adding that no 'external player' should think it can run all the affairs of the Balkans.

Former Serbian state security officers charged with the 1999 murder of opposition journalist Slavko Curuvija rejected evidence that allegedly places them at the scene of the crime.

President Hashim Thaci has asked Kosovo's Constitutional Court to rule on whether an international agreement signed by him would be considered ratified, but MPs' are not happy with his plan.

Experts and international organizations oppose the State Court’s call for laws to regulate media reporting on criminal cases – saying it will unjustifiably hinder the media’s work.