A notorious waste dump outside Mostar has been on fire for days – as locals pay the price for years of inaction by the authorities in the politically-troubled city. Summer mornings in Mostar have been ...

Accession talks opened in a celebratory atmosphere in Brussels this month, but the most demanding stage of the process – implementing high-quality reforms – has to begin. Moldova has entered the ...

The Financial Action Task Force’s decision to put Bosnia back on its ‘watch list’ will deter international investors and place fresh obstacles on Bosnia’s European path, experts warn. After the ...

Since winning power in April, the ruling Progressive Bulgaria party has proved more regressive than progressive, its first moves more in step with Russia and the Orthodox Church than with Brussels.

General's decorations revoked again, after a Croatian court upheld his conviction for war crimes against Serb civilians in 1991. This post is also available in this language: Shqip Bos/Hrv/Srp ...

As the widow of Czechia’s first president revokes her consent for his name to be used, the possible demise of the Vaclav Havel Library has sparked a wider debate about how to approach the legacy of ...

Amid continuing street protests, Albania is coming under increasing pressure to reverse its weakening of environmental protections in the interests of ‘luxury tourism’, or risk a setback in its ...

Former New Democracy MEP Anna Michelle Asimakopoulou convicted of violating official secrecy and personal data by emailing expatriates in the run-up to the 2024 European elections. Former MEP Anna ...

Just as Montenegro strives to prove its democratic credentials to the European Union, the head of its National Security Agency has filed a criminal complaint accusing two reporters of disclosing ...

In charging six Kosovo Serbs over roadblocks erected in 2022, prosecutors claim to have exposed the coordination, ‘coercion and intimidation’ behind protests and violence in northern Kosovo portrayed ...

Pressure is growing for Bosnia and Herzegovina to harmonise its visa policy with the EU and to eliminate visa-free travel for citizens of Turkey, Russia, China and Saudi Arabia. In recent months ...

Five years after the US declared him persona non grata, Donald Trump has given Sali Berisha a ‘waiver’. But how much does it really change for the opposition party Berisha leads? The 81-year-old ...