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The right-wing coalition uniting Dveri and the Democratic Party of Serbia will take to the streets on Saturday after the Election Commission declares they did not meet the 5-per-cent threshold needed to enter parliament.

Azem Syla, an MP from the ruling party in Kosovo, facilitated an alleged land scam that cost the state 30 million Euros, chief EULEX investigator said in an interview for BIRN.

After nine months on the run from his life jail sentence, Albanian police have confirmed at Arben Frroku is under arrest in Holland.

Azem Syla, an MP from the ruling party in Kosovo, handed himself into the police at the Vermice crossing border on Friday to face corruption charges. 

Businesspeople in Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity say it is not surprising that investors remain wary of the entity when even power supplies are so difficult and pricey to get. 

The return to Kosovo of Sejdi Thaci, a man listed as a "missing person" from the 1990s war - after 17 years and in unclear circumstances - has caused consternation in his home country.

Romania’s anti-corruption drive is hitting more and more of the country's media moguls - a large number of whom are now already in jail or facing major coruption charges.

After workers at the Tuzla Kvarc company staged a dramatic suicide threat, the cantonal authorities reached a new agreement with the firm that will allow it to restart production.

The happiest Christian holiday is just around the corner with lots of colourful eggs, fasting, feasting, family time – and plenty of timetested Serbian traditions.

Rights organizations have spotted a dramatic spike in the number of pardons issued by Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic every time general elections are scheduled - and some have demanded his resignation.

Croatian is raising the retirement age from 65 to 67, introducing rewards for public officials and a real estate tax - and adopting other reforms designed to boost growth and lure investors.

Families of detainees in the 'Kumanovo case' say their menfolk have been routinely tortured in jail awaiting trial for the shootout a year ago in northern Macedonia.

The unexplained death by gunshot of a Macedonian Special Prosecution witness has sparked debate about whether he was killed - or committed suicide - in relation to a criminal investigation.

Belgrade city authorities deny all knowledge about 30 masked men who demolished several buildings in the proposed Belgrade Waterfront area and allegedly mistreated locals.

Azem Syla, a ruling party MP accused of running a crime syndicate, has snubbed police demands to submit to questioning in Kosovo, telling them he is at the seaside in Albania.

While the longterm solution for RTB Bor remains uncertain, Serbian taxpayers will continue to pay for company mismanagement.

Publishers of left-wing media outlets say Croatia's Culture Minister Zlatko Hasanbegovic has deliberately cut state funds for left-wing and non-profit media outlets.

An EU-led ‘citizens’ summit’ involving the big parties and the civil movement could revive a much-needed dialogue – whose absence has brought Macedonia to the brink of conflict.

The fierce attack launched by the chief prosecutor of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate on the Foreign Intelligence Service is seen as pointing to a serious inter-institutional conflict in Romania.

Bosnia registered a significant reduction in its trade deficit in 2015 - but experts say this is mainly down to a fall in imports rather than a rise in domestic production.