Various libertarians and Gen Z students have made use of the confused state of the Croatia-Serbia river border to proclaim independent mini-states – although police and governments insist they have no ...

Opposition condemns lack of transparency after Foreign Minister reveals government is working behind closed doors to solve dispute with Bulgaria and unblock EU talks. North Macedonia’s Foreign ...

Red Star Belgrade and the Serbian Progressive Party have successive victories in common – and both benefit from a system that consistently reinforces the power of whoever is at the top. Ludogorets ...

The European Parliament wants to exempt apps with end-to-end encryption from automatically scanning private messages to detect Child Sexual Abuse Material, CSAM, as some question whether it’s found ...

The mass incursion into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta showed would-be EU members how the European bloc responds to a genuine shock to its self-proclaimed values of ‘solidarity’. The weeks that bridge ...

Elsewhere, suspected Russian missile crashes in Poland; Hungary sets up agency to recover assets stolen under Orban government; Slovak president calls for more use of Chinese tech on visit to Beijing; ...

Rights organisations in Montenegro welcome law change offering women suffering from painful menstrual cramps two days' paid leave each month.

Fire service pays tribute to two firefighters who died battling a forest blaze on Crete, saying they 'fell heroically in the line of duty'. Α building burns during a wildfire in Oreokastro, near ...

Record-low water levels in the river – blamed on climate change and historic mismanagement – are affecting agriculture, shipping and energy production. At the small Romanian port of Bechet, the River ...

Amid an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, a massive cull of sheep and goats on Lesvos threatens livelihoods - and a way of life. For generations, dusk fell on the hillside village of Mesotopos, ...

Arrest of unnamed suspects relates to ongoing excavation of suspected mass grave near Zubin Potok – which some believes may contain remains of 23 Kosovo Albanians abducted in 1999. This post is also ...

Former guerrilla turned politician Sami Lushtaku is cleared of obstructing justice and intimidating witnesses in his trial for war crimes – of which he was cleared in 2017. This post is also available ...