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Uncertainty over prosecutors’ independence as well as political and social pressure is deterring candidates from applying to replace former chief anti-graft prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi.  

Macedonia’s marathon talks between top political leaders, aimed at removing the opposition blockade of the country’s planned referendum on its historic name deal with Greece, took an unexpected ‘dark’ turn on Monday, ending in fiasco.

Macedonia’s government and opposition have reached a deal on appointing an electoral commission that can then organize a referendum on the country's historic agreement with Greece.

The assembly of Republika Srpska will hold a special session in August on the request of entity President Milorad Dodik – to annul a report on Srebrenica from 2004.

After Amnesty International urged Serbia to stop weapons exports to Cameroon, Kosovo has accused Belgrade of using the arms trade to deter countries from recognising its independence. 

After four years on the run, Montenegrin police have arrested Predrag Vukovic, a former Serbian fighter accused of committing war crimes in the Kosovo village of Ljubenic in 1999.

Serbia’s brain drain is one of the worst in Europe’s recent history, but some Serbs just cannot stay away.

Kosovo may rely in part on Turkish goodwill – but it should not have forgotten so rapidly the recent, secretive and highly controversial deportation of six Turks from the country.

After suffering a number of cyber-attacks that are believed to have originated from Russia,  Montenegro is beefing up its defences by joining the NATO-backed group based in Estonia.

Croatia's beautiful coastline has long filled the pages of travel magazines – but the country offers much more than sea and sun.

A Macedonian court on Friday jailed the businessman and media owner Sead Kocan - an ally of ex-PM Nikola Gruevski - for six years for falsifying documents to win a big coal extraction tender in 2011.

The US president has appalled NATO with his insulting language about its newest member – but the long-term damage to its standing will probably be less severe than many fear.

Romania celebrated its Airforce on Friday with an airshow that displayed only its newly acquired F16 jets – as its old Soviet MIG 21 Lancer jets and Romanian-made IAR 99 Soim trainers remain grounded after two recent crashes. 

A protected witness told the court at the landmark trial in Belgrade for the Srebrenica killings how he witnessed the mass shooting of Bosniak men in a hangar in the village of Kravica in 1995.

US Ambassador to Pristina avoids to say whether partition of Kosovo would be acceptable to Washington, boosting speculations there is a switch in US stance on Kosovo issue.

Anti-Semitic graffiti sprayed on walls in the Bosnian capital and the northeastern town of Tuzla has worried members of the country's small Jewish community.

They may look now like scenic props for sci-fi movies – but each of Serbia’s Socialist-era monuments has a fascinating and moving human story to tell.

The HDZ BiH’s close cooperation with Milorad Dodik’s anti-Atlanticist and anti-European regime exposes the hollowness of its claim to be ‘the bearer of European values’ in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Anti-corruption groups among Romania’s large European diaspora plan an anti-government protest on August 10, despite the capital's authorities banning the rally. 

Pupils who staged protests and managed to stop the proposed ethnic segregation of a school in the Bosnian town of Jajce will be honoured with an international award for their achievement.