Serbia and Montenegro have been named as the front-runners in the pack of Balkan nations aiming to join the EU. Last week, the European Commission announced that by 2025, they... read more →
The former director of Bulgaria’s intelligence services, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday after being found guilty of embezzling 2.6 million euros from Bulgaria’s national intelligence agency.... read more →
More than 50,000 Romanians protested in Bucharest on Saturday against controversial justice reforms passed by Parliament in December that critics say will undermine the independence of the judiciary. Protesters chanted... read more →
The assassination of Oliver Ivanović, the leader of the Serbs of Kosovo, last week marked a major step backwards in the painfully slow road towards stability in the Balkans. Critically,... read more →
The Romanian Supreme Court has upheld a request by the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) to issue an arrest warrant in absentia for the former mayor of Constanţa, Radu Mazare, after... read more →
A leading Serb politician from Kosovo, Oliver Ivanović, was shot dead on Tuesday morning, just one month before the 10th anniversary of Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia. Local media... read more →
On January 1, Bulgaria, the poorest country in the European Union, took over the rotating presidency of the bloc for the first time, a position it will occupy until the... read more →
Much of the debate surrounding how open Europe should be to migrants circles around fears that an influx of asylum seekers will mean a rise in crime. That assumption seemed... read more →
The growth of Albanian drug trafficking and the proliferation of cannabis production in the country has earned Albania the nickname the “Columbia of Europe”. Italian authorities have found links between... read more →
An Israeli man who allegedly headed up an international organ trafficking operation has been arrested by police in Cyprus. Moshe Harel stands accused of leading the network, which is said... read more →
