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Kyiv asks EU officials for May 9 visit to counter Putin’s victory parade

Separately, Zelenskyy would like to meet leaders from the so-called coalition of the willing.

April 14, 2025 12:52 pm CET

Frontex: Illegal crossings into Europe down one third in a year

As Europe harshens migration rules, nearly 34,000 fewer people attempted to enter the EU illegally in the first three months of 2025 compared to 2024.

April 11, 2025 4:00 am CET

Romanian presidential hopeful faces fury after admitting role in flooding villages

Former PM Victor Ponta, who is running on a nationalist platform, said he sacrificed local farmland to spare his Serbian neighbors. 

April 10, 2025 8:45 pm CET

If the EU is to support media freedom, its members must lead by example

If the bloc hopes to influence the aspiring autocrats in candidate countries, it must establish a strong culture of independent media within its own borders.

April 10, 2025 4:01 am CET

Putin wants Western Balkans as his next ‘playground,’ UK warns

Tensions are rising in the Western Balkans, Europe’s ‘other hotspot.’ Britain’s foreign affairs chief David Lammy sees the ‘long hand of Russian interference.’

April 9, 2025 4:01 am CET

Donald Trump Jr. to visit Romania right before contentious election

Trump Jr. previously criticized a Romanian court for canceling the 2024 presidential election.

April 8, 2025 7:18 pm CET

Serbia’s Vučić says country will get new government by Easter

Balkan leader also expects to meet American President Donald Trump in the coming months to discuss tariffs.

April 6, 2025 11:14 pm CET

Bosnian Serb leader appears in Moscow as authorities step up pursuit

Bosnia’s most wanted man turns up in Russia after Sarajevo requested Interpol issue a red notice for his international arrest.

April 1, 2025 2:58 pm CET

EU confronts Vučić as protests rage in Serbia

Belgrade “needs to deliver on EU reforms,” says European Commission president.

March 26, 2025 12:05 am CET

Nordic countries dominate world happiness rankings (again)

Fourteen of the top 20 nations are European, but Western nations are less happy now than a decade ago, according to the World Happiness Report.

March 20, 2025 1:50 pm CET

Serbia’s government resigns as Vučić floats idea of fresh elections

Serbian president tries to find a way out of historic protests and public outrage after train station collapse.

March 19, 2025 1:36 pm CET
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Serbia protests: How much trouble is Aleksandar Vučić in?

As the biggest protests since Slobodan Milošević’s regime rock Belgrade, POLITICO explains everything you need to know.

March 17, 2025 5:26 pm CET
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The EU needs a proactive approach in Bosnia

The Western Balkans has long served as Europe’s testing ground. Today, it could become the region where Europe redefines itself.

March 17, 2025 4:00 am CET

Massive crowds flood Belgrade as months of protests reach boiling point

After sweeping the country, ever-growing anti-government demonstrations have circled back to the Serbian capital.

March 15, 2025 6:41 pm CET

Serbian parliament erupts into chaos as opposition hurl smoke bombs and flares

Months of tense confrontations peaked when opposition MPs attempted to block ruling party from enacting new laws.

March 4, 2025 4:24 pm CET

US postpones sanctions on Serbian oil company, says Vučić

Nationial oil company Naftna Industrija Srbije gets a 30-day reprieve, Serbian president says.

February 27, 2025 3:39 pm CET

Bosnia tensions build as Serb leader is sentenced for undermining peace

Milorad Dodik’s decades-long disruptive reign in Bosnia may be over as a top court bans him from politics and sentences him to prison.

February 26, 2025 6:35 pm CET

Serbian president walks back support of Ukraine in UN resolution

Vučić says Serbia made “mistake” in voting for European-supported measure.

February 25, 2025 10:20 am CET

Kosovo PM Albin Kurti wins election amid tensions with Brussels and Washington

But Kurti’s ruling party fell short of a majority and will need to find a coalition partner if it hopes to continue in power.

February 10, 2025 2:33 am CET

Britain’s Karen Pierce swaps DC embassy for the Balkans

Former British ambassador in Washington will help lead a summit this fall tackling illegal migration.

February 7, 2025 3:48 pm CET

Russia supported sabotage spree in Germany to roil election campaign, report says

A wave of car vandalism, initially blamed on climate activists, is now being linked to Moscow.

February 5, 2025 2:21 pm CET

Serbia and Albania to co-host European football tournament despite tensions

Football matches have been an arena for nationalist chest-thumping between aggrieved Serbs and Albanians in recent years.

February 4, 2025 7:45 pm CET

Serbia’s PM Vučević steps down over mega student-led protests

“In order not to further raise tensions in society, I made this decision,” says departing leader as pressure grows on President Aleksandar Vučić.

January 28, 2025 1:19 pm CET

Serbia hit with double whammy on gas supply

New U.S. sanctions against Russia target Serbia’s main gas company, at the same time that Azerbaijan claims to not be able to deliver its supply.

January 11, 2025 7:29 pm CET
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