The upcoming verdict in the war crimes trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and his co-accused will have enormous consequences for the defendants themselves, for the court, for Kosovo and for ...

Athens appeal court upholds guilty verdicts for members of prescribed extremist party, five-and-a-half years after the first-instance ruling. Ioannis Lagos, member of the leadership of Golden Dawn, at ...

Court orders detention for bank owner Aleksandar Djukanovic, brother of the country's former president, after police seized firearms, ammunition and ballistic vests at his family home. Police van ...

Some Balkan countries are planning to evacuate stranded citizens from the conflict zone around Iran, others have already managed to fly people out - although some have only issued security warnings.

A Chinese consortium is to construct the second section of Montenegro's Bar-Boljare highway – whose first stretch was widely derided for leading 'from nothing to nowhere'. Entrance to the first ...

After months of defending his deputy and Minister of Infrastructure, Belinda Balluku, who faces allegations of manipulating public tenders, Edi Rama finally dismissed her on Thursday night. Albania’s ...

Experts doubt the effect of Serbia’s spending on US lobbyists to burnish the country’s image in the eyes of Donald Trump. Serbia has spent $3.2 million on Washington lobbyists since July 2023, almost ...

Croatian’s premier paid a visit to Kyiv alongside other EU leaders, while most Balkan leaders voiced strong support for Ukraine’s self-defence on the fourth anniversary of Russia’s military assault.

Former intelligence agency chief Driton Gashi was sentenced to four years and eight months' prison following a retrial for his role in the highly controversial deportation of so-called 'Gulenists' to ...

Decision to place Artan Grubi in house detention rather than prison, after he turned himself in following months on the run, sparks accusations of behind-the-scenes deals. North Macedonia’s former ...

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The Fellowship brings you long-form stories from the Balkans to the Baltic coast, reported by the journalists who live there. Sign up for newsletter. The Serb forces came to the village in 1999 and ...