The vote removing Diana Sosoaca’s parliamentary immunity clears the way for her criminal prosecution in Romania for allegedly detaining a journalist and promoting anti-Semitism. Diana Sosoaca waves ...

Prosecutors lift the lid on an alleged corruption scam involving the government body tasked with handling Albania’s digital public services. A handful of people made millions. In March 2017, an ...

Kosovo MPs have until midnight on Tuesday to elect a new president or head into new snap elections – only four months after the last polls. A worker places the ballot box in the Kosovo parliament for ...

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Romania is bracing for a period of political uncertainty after the resignation of one third of its ministers from its coalition government. Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan in Bucharest, November ...

The Serbian government condemned the verdict convicting three Serbs of involvement in a deadly attack in northern Kosovo in 2023, but MPs in Pristina burst into applause when they heard about the ...

Kosovo MPs supported a bill to ratify the country’s membership of President Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’, with lawmakers saying it helps the Balkan state get closer to the US. US President Donald ...

The Social Democratic Party, the leading party in Romania’s governing coalition, announced its decision to withdraw support for Liberal Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan - a move expected to trigger ...

Montenegro’s plan to commemorate victims of a World War II concentration camp in Jasenovac has drawn sharp criticism from Croatia, reigniting tensions between the neighbours and risking a setback in ...

A momentous election spells change not just for Hungary but also for much of the Western Balkans, as our selection of Balkan Insight Premium stories this week highlights. Hungarian Prime Minister ...

Turkey detained 411 people and blocked 1,866 URLs in a sweeping crackdown on social media following two deadly school shootings that left 10 dead and triggered nationwide alarm. Turkish security ...

Following parliament’s failure to elect a new president, Kosovo is heading towards snap polls in which former President Vjosa Osmani is clearly planning a role. Slobodan Radenkovic was jailed for two ...