They are Muslims like the majority of Kosovo Albanians, and speak a similar language to Serbs, but Kosovo’s minority Bosniaks have encountered discrimination, violence and poverty as they endeavoured ...

A day after a huge commemorative rally in Novi Sad, clashes between ruling party supporters and protesters erupted in front of parliament, resulting in 37 arrests. Riot police separate pro-government ...

After a long crisis, new elections may provide a government at last, but are unlikely to resolve the underlying challenges facing Kosovo – or ease the political disillusionment that has grown within ...

An initiative meant to modernise youth health education has turned into an ideological flashpoint. Was it always doomed to fail in Polish culture and amid the current polarisation?

Milorad Dodik may have formally stepped down as Republika Srpska's president after being legally barred from office – but he still hopes to carry on pulling the strings. The decision by the National ...

Washington has announced plans to reduce its military footprint in Eastern Europe and remove several hundred soldiers from Romania. NATO exercise at Smardan, near Galati, Romania, February 2025. Photo ...

Three decades later, and with war raging in neighbouring Ukraine, it’s worth remembering the sparks that ignited the conflict over Transnistria. Thirty years ago, in March 1992, people on both sides ...

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Bulgarian leaders and German company hail deal to build plant manufacturing gunpowder and artillery shells for NATO and EU countries. A worker in the state-owned armament enterprise VMZ-Sopot in ...

Montenegro is to end its visa-free regime for Turkish citizens in line with EU requests and following a violent incident involving Turkish citizens, whose number in the country has risen in recent ...

Many Bulgarians see the US-blacklisted tycoon as representing all that’s worst in politics – but amid the seemingly endless turmoil in the country’s democratic system, even the prime minister’s seat ...

In the coming months, Bulgaria will probably hold its eighth election in four years. But will this calm the political turbulence, or will rising nationalist forces in parliament bring new problems as ...