With no end to the four-year war in sight, Russian attacks on Ukraine are unsettling the eastern regions of neighbouring Moldova, where locals have repeatedly been disturbed by stray drones crashing.

Interim government led by Andrey Gyurov takes office ahead of April elections, with polls predicting a strong showing by former President Rumen Radev’s as-yet-unnamed new party. A polling station ...

French family of Croatian independence war fighter Jean-Michel Nicolier – who died in Vukovar in 1991 – urge Serbia to hand over a man they claim is the main suspect. This post is also available in ...

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In the first of his monthly despatches on Russian-Balkan relations, Maksim Samorukov assesses the impact of the sell-off of Gazprom and Lukoil’s businesses on Moscow’s interests and influence in the ...

Protesters and journalists say they were attacked by hooded assailants at a demonstration held to coincide with a state ceremony attended by senior officials in the northern city of Novi Sad. Police ...

Thousands of people took to the streets of Pristina on the 18th anniversary of Kosovo’s declaration of independence to protest against the trial of four wartime guerilla leaders. This post is also ...

The defence for the four former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders said in closing statements that the prosecution selectively used evidence, ignored historical facts – and failed to find witnesses ...

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Sixteen years old when his father handed over their house for the underground schooling of Kosovo Albanian children, Fadil Aliu has written a book celebrating the contribution of the parallel ...

State-owned Port of Constanta is set to acquire Giurgiulesti International Free Port from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, consolidating Romania’s role as a logistics hub. Moldova ...

MPs in both Kosovo and Albania on Thursday adopted declarations in support of the four former guerilla KLA leaders, including Thaci, whose trial for war crimes in The Hague is coming to an end. This ...