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Fri, 05/01/2018 - 17:04
Serbs who visit a church in the western Kosovo town of Gjakova/Djakovica for Orthodox Christmas each year have cancelled their trip after local Kosovo Albanians said they would stage a protest.
Fri, 05/01/2018 - 16:01
Two MPs have lost their right to sit in Albania's parliament after prosecutors said they had failed to declare criminal offences they committed in Italy several years ago.
Fri, 05/01/2018 - 15:36
Albanian police say they are investigating several dozen protesters who removed a Turkish flag from a Turkish-owned power plant in the north of the country.
Fri, 05/01/2018 - 15:11
With Christmas Part II looming for Serbian Orthodox believers, who celebrate Christ's birth on January 7, some unemployed Bosnians have a chance to earn some cash from sales of traditional festive symbols.
Fri, 05/01/2018 - 13:03
Moldova's Constitutional Courts of Moldova has approved the third temporary suspension from office in three months of the country's pro-Russian president, Igor Dodon.
Fri, 05/01/2018 - 11:56
A court in Thessaloniki on Friday granted a Macedonian request for the extradition of two former secret police employees sought in relation to Macedonia's illegal wiretapping affair.
Fri, 05/01/2018 - 10:48
The US, Britain, France, Germany and Italy condemned ongoing attempts by MPs in Pristina to revoke the law that allows the new Hague-based Specialist Chambers to try former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters.
Fri, 05/01/2018 - 10:41
The pro-government newspaper Informer has reported that the ruling Serbian Progressive Party will hold a meeting next week to discuss early parliamentary elections in the spring.
Fri, 05/01/2018 - 08:16
Even the celebrations of Christmas and New Year are a matter of siding with the ‘East’ or the ‘West’ in this former Soviet republic.
Fri, 05/01/2018 - 08:10
The radical and revisionist messages of far-right Croatian politicians and historians find a sympathetic audience among many members of Croatia’s huge émigré community.
Fri, 05/01/2018 - 07:40
A black comedy debut, Gjorce Stavreski’s 'Secret Ingredient', is on the way to becoming one of the most critically acclaimed films from Macedonia in years.
Fri, 05/01/2018 - 07:39
After more than three months of tension and different expectations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a new national football coach has been selected.
Thu, 04/01/2018 - 21:13
Thousands of people are protesting across Bulgaria against recent government decision to allow ski resort expansion at the UNESCO-designated Pirin National Park.
Thu, 04/01/2018 - 17:31
Croatian police say they will protect Croatian fishing boats, if the Slovenian police try issuing them with penalties for crossing the disputed maritime border in the Piran Gulf.
Thu, 04/01/2018 - 15:58
National bank data show Moldova's principal foreign investors are now from EU countries – while Russia has dropped from first place to sixth in the investment league table.
Thu, 04/01/2018 - 15:29
Moves to ratify the so-called Istanbul Convention of the Council of Europe are encountering strong opposition both from parties in the Bulgarian government and the opposition.
Thu, 04/01/2018 - 14:53
Social media in Kosovo are buzzing with outrage after it was reported that Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj took a winter break in star-studded St Moritz, days after he doubled his salary.
Thu, 04/01/2018 - 08:02
In his first year of office, Igor Dodon has been anything but a ‘President of all Moldovans’ – fighting with the government, agitating for Moscow and, some say, using Transnistria to build his own power base.
Thu, 04/01/2018 - 08:01
While prospects for economic growth, propelled by the boom in tourism, look bright, a continuing crisis over the huge Agrokor company could yet bring down the fragile coalition government.
Thu, 04/01/2018 - 08:00
As he enters the last year of his term, Serbia’s combative information commissioner, Rodoljub Sabic, says he wishes to leave a proper legal structure in place behind him when he goes.
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