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The Republic of Moldova is joining Ukraine and Georgia in applying for EU membership, further distancing itself from Russia and its former Soviet past. Moldova President Maia Sandu signed a formal application to join the EU in a briefing in...

Despite the duress of war people are trying to preserve the possible normality in big cities, electricity and heat supply in heavily damaged areas are getting fixed, food is supplied for the population, writes Roman Rukomeda.

Prime Minister Edi Rama has called for calm over the situation in Ukraine, reassuring Albanians that we are far from war or conflict. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Balkans have been somewhat nervous over fears the conflict could spread...

The parliament of Kosovo has approved a resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and expressing its willingness to host 5,000 Ukrainian refugees. All 94 deputies present in parliament voted for the resolution, while the 12 members of Srpska Lista, the...

The United States on Thursday (3 March) imposed sanctions against Russian oligarchs as it targeted Russia's super-rich and others close to President Vladimir Putin, further ratcheting up financial pressure over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Montenegrin President Milo Đukanović has proposed the leader of the Civic Movement (GP) URA, Dritan Abazović, to take on the prime minister-designate position. In the proposal sent to parliament, Đukanović stated that the consultations on the PM-designate for the government’s...

Oslomej, North Macedonia’s first large-scale photovoltaic plant located in Kičevo will soon be completed. The plant was built alongside a coal-fired power plant and was financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). According to Spanish electrical engineering...

The Banja Luka-based subsidiary of Sberbank has been bought by the local Nova Banka, and the subsidiary in the Federation of BiH has been taken over by the ASA bank. The aim of the purchase was to prevent their failure...

The Serb member of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Presidency, Milorad Dodik, in cahoots with Russian diplomats, tried to prevent BiH’s ambassador to the UN from voting in favour of a General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. BiH media on...

Croatian President Zoran Milanović has urged the Serb member of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s tripartite presidency, Milorad Dodik to ensure the return of Republika Srpska representatives to state institutions. Milanović was quoted as saying that in the current situation, following Russia’s aggression...

As Europe and Western Balkan countries like Albania and North Macedonia close their airspace to Russian aircraft following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, Serbia has decided to increase flights instead. EU countries, candidate countries and the UK all banned Russian flagged aircraft from landing...

The idea that Slovenia should diversify its energy supplies by a regasification terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) on the coast, pushed by senior officials like Prime Minister Janez Janša, has been met with stiff resistance from local communities and environmentalists. Both...

The privacy activists that took down Google Analytics sent 270 draft complaints on Friday (4 March) to website operators who use cookie banners that do not comply with the EU data protection rules. The batch is the second of a...

EURACTIV reports on the ground about the refugee crisis at the Polish-Ukrainian border. Przemyśl has seen hundreds of refugees cross over since the war began here. For many of them, the train they take from Kyiv on leave is a...

The Croatian government has sent its decisions to deploy troops outside the country, including in Hungary as part of NATO’s presence, to parliament. The current security situation in eastern Europe poses one of the most serious threats to European security...

The government has sent parliament a bill on the introduction of the euro as legal tender in Croatia, which includes the basic principles of introducing the common currency, possibilities of exchanging kuna for euros and the period during which both...

Romania will host an international hub for humanitarian aid, which will collect and transport all donations for Ukraine. Romania is working together with the EU to make the hub operational as quickly as possible, said President Klaus Iohannis, in a...

More than 10,000 Slovaks issued a request for a new passport on Wednesday, which is an all-time record, police informed on Facebook, while telling people not to panic. According to the Police, the previous record was 7,773 requests on 23 May 2012. In...

Hungary would prefer to continue to be part of the Russia-led International Investment Bank (IIB) but said on Thursday it is yet unclear whether it will be financially able to do so. The development bank, which has recently moved headquarters to Budapest...