Both progressive Hungarian Jews and mainstream Jewish leaders are raising concerns about Trump’s appointment of Ben Landa to serve as the US ambassador to Hungary. With the departure last week of ...

Belgrade sets deadline for Russia’s Gazprom and Gazprom Neft to find a buyer for the mainly Russian-owned oil company NIS, which the US sanctioned over the Ukraine war. The NIS company logo in ...

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Kosovo’s acting chief state prosecutor was dismissed after media allegations about his supposed role in a probe that dismissed the 1999 Recak/Racak massacre as faked – claims he has rejected as ...

An internal report found Bulgarian authorities “likely” interfered in the efforts of activists to rescue three teenage Egyptian migrants on the border between Turkey and Bulgaria in late 2024. The ...

Fresh elections look inevitable after Glauk Konjufca, the Vetevendosje party’s second proposal for prime minister, failed to get a majority of votes in parliament on Wednesday. Glauk Konjufca of ...

Serb journalists in Kosovo face death threats, abuse and harassment online if they are perceived to veer too far from official Serbian policy.

Though by no means perfect, Slovenia offers lessons for the rest of Europe on how to embrace difference and foster cohesion. From multicultural neighbourhoods of Paris and Brussels to the creaking ...

The Western Balkan countries remain important corridors in Europe for drug and human trafficking and migrant smuggling, says the 2025 Organised Crime Index, produced by an anti-graft NGO. Montenegrin ...

The ruling centre-right party of Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski confirmed its victory in Sunday’s local election runoffs - also winning the prize mayoralty of the capital, Skopje. North Macedonia’s ...

German defence giant is to build a new ammunition and propellant factory in central Romania, as Europe ramps up arms production amid the war in Ukraine. Germany’s Rheinmetall AG CEO Armin Papperger (L ...