The trial of eight men connected to the Tisa river tragedy, in which 15 Kosovo Albanians died trying to cross between Serbia and Hungary, began last week with the testimony of one of the survivors.
Albanian prosecutors questioned on Friday three Socialist MPs as part of the investigation that tries to shed light on the January 21 anti- government protests that left four people dead and dozens wounded.
Serbia’s governing coalition is expecting to enter intense negotiations over a cabinet reshuffle this weekend to end months of disagreement.
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A European Parliament draft resolution on Macedonia, seen by Balkan Insight, has anxious words over the state of media freedom in the country.
Parliament's upper house has rejected a law officially renaming the country’s Roma as Gypsies, but the issue remains a live one.
As Constitutional Court mulls outlawing violent far-right groups, some of them aim to circumvent a potential ban by by registering as political parties.
A major heroin trafficking route passes through Bosnia-Herzegovina, a recently released interactive atlas shows.
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The European Council’s decision to grant Montenegro EU candidate country status was welcomed by a European Parliament Committee on Thursday.
Four months after the country's general elections, parties failed to agree on a date to resume the work of the state parliament's House of Representatives.
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Hotel owners will add at least 700 new rooms on Croatia's Adriatic coast this season, local media have reported.
Bulgaria's hotel and restaurant industry leads the statistics for unregistered employees.
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French carmaker Renault will launch two models under the Romanian Dacia brand in Europe in 2012, the company has announced.
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Bulgaria's government hopes the country will take a leading role in developing the electric car market, Economy Minister Traicho Traikov has said.
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The World Bank has approved a €20.8 million loan to Croatia aimed at helping the country prepare for European Union integration in the nature protection sector.
Belgrade is ready to offer financial inducements to get the Swedish home-furnishings giant to open up in Serbia, sources say.
Bulgaria registered a 23.8 per cent year-on-year increase in its exports to other EU member states in 2010, preliminary data from the National Statistical Institute show.
By the end of 2013, Bulgaria will have railway lines for high-speed transport of both passengers and freight, says the director general of the National Railway Infrastructure Company.
The Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra will complete its series of New Year concerts by marking the Chinese New Year.
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Bulgaria ranks second in the world in terms of the number of Turkish soap operas that it purchases.
British pop star Robbie Williams and his bandmates from Take That arrived in Sofia late Tuesday evening to film a music video.
The 27th Sarajevo Winter festival has opened in Bosnia's capital, offering nearly a month of cultural and artistic events involving more than one thousand artists from some 20 countries.
While Mexico may have protested over jibes made on the popular BBC show Top Gear, Albanians have taken a new episode on the search for an Albanian mob car in good fun.
Some of the leading names in the world of strings will perform at the 12th annual Guitar Art Festival in Belgrade, which begins Tuesday night.
Technology magazine PC Press names SEEcult the best culture-related Web site in Serbia for the second year in a row.
In a few short months, Lorenzo I kakalamba has become one of the hottest restaurants in town. The schizophrenic design will delight the kids but how does the food stack up? Trencherman investigates.
Gjilan mayor Qemajl Mustafa, of the ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, is frustrated with Kosovo’s politics in general, and dismissive about the EU law mission’s probe into his town hall.
When a conflict of interest emerges in the murky crossover world between business and politics in Kosovo, it is usually greeted with a shrug: “What do you expect? Kosovo is a small place.”
I don’t know how many of the bundled women on the streets, with their hands stretched out to you, go back to homes like hers, facing the multiple challenges of poverty, illiteracy and institutions which don’t do what they are required by law.
