Balkan News

Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has been criticised for meeting a controversial figure in the Serb-run northern municipalities, Milan Radoicic.

If the Hague-based Specialist Chambers are to aid reconciliation and not cause unrest, the Pristina government must convince a sceptical public why it’s necessary to try Kosovo Liberation Army ex-fighters for wartime and post-war crimes.

In rejecting additional oversight of its record on human rights, Serbia risks further isolating society’s most vulnerable.

The government's fresh plan to transform Kosovo’s light security forces into a regular army will encounter the same problems that stopped it in the past, experts say.

The court decision to invalidate the mayoral elections in Chisinau has mobilized many people to challenge Moldova’s oligarchical establishment – but real results of the movement have yet to follow.

The divided country is heading towards elections in October that most experts fear will do little to solve the country’s multiple existential crises.

The final declaration of NATO's Summit in Brussels has called on Russia to withdraw troops stationed in all three Eastern Partnership countries – Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine.

The lack of public remembrance of the Srebrenica genocide in Serbia - this year as in previous years - shows a continuing absence of empathy and solidarity for the victims and survivors of the Bosnian war and a continuing denial of Serbian accountability.

An exhibition of photographer Willem Poelstra’s images of post-war Kosovo aims to change people’s attitudes towards Serb and Albanian victims of the conflict.

Sofia hoped its EU Presidency would propel it into the EU monetary union – but key institutions and member states have yet to be persuaded.

Five former Bosnian Serb military policemen were sentenced to a total of 82 years in prison for their role in the killings of 28 Bosniak civilians on Mount Borje near Teslic in 1992.

Fans of Croatia's victorious national team all over the world celebrated its 2-1 win over England on Wednesday night – pushing Croatia into Sunday's final with France.

Youth Initiative for Human Rights activists held a commemoration for Srebrenica victims in front of the Serbian presidency building in Belgrade, with police holding back counter-demonstrators.

While Belgrade has plenty of musical events over the summer, the warm weather is a good opportunity for music enthusiasts to catch some excellent festivals elsewhere around the country.

To the amazement of Orthodox Christians in Romania, the name and image of one of the country’s most revered monks, Arsenie Boca, are under trademark, with police being called to churches and shops to confiscate items bearing his face.

Montenegro's Defence Ministry plans to contribute to NATO’s battalions in Latvia and Poland, set up to defend the alliance’s borders on the east.

Europe and America say they are increasingly concerned over the role of outside powers in the Balkans. But it is their actions – or inaction - that is pushing the region away from Euro-Atlantic integration and into the arms of others.

Stakeholders involved in drafting the statute on Serbian autonomy want Serbia to stay directly involved in life in northern Kosovo – leaked documents show.

After a decade of waiting, NATO leaders on Wednesday invited Macedonia to start accession talks and become the Western alliance’s 30th member, after its ‘name’ deal with Greece is finalised.

WWII-era Serbian puppet government leader Milan Nedic was not a Nazi and his ‘only guilt’ was his love for his fellow Serbs, said lawyer Zoran Zivanovic in his closing statement in Nedic’s rehabilitation case.