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Ahead of Serbia’s high-stakes snap parliamentary elections on Sunday, citizens abroad are organising shared transport and accommodation to reach polling stations, sometimes thousands of kilometres away.

Russia remains ready to aid its Balkan allies in their electoral endeavours and sabotage EU and NATO membership prospects, as Vladimir Putin’s recent efforts to boost Milorad Dodik and Aleksandar Vucic’s campaigns showed.

The prime minister says he doesn’t believe in Nato solidarity, even as Slovakia relies on its partners for military protection and continues its alliance commitments. So why is he using such damaging rhetoric?

Romanian lawmakers have voted in favour of a new government led by the politically independent Luca Niculescu, ending five months of political crisis.

With the adoption of constitutional changes to enhance integrity checks on high-level government officials, Montenegro comes a step closer to fulfilling EU accession requirements.

Edi Rama described some of the student protesters involved in unrest in Tirana as extremists who have been manipulated by foreign powers, causing critics to warn that such harsh rhetoric may further inflame tensions.

Washington’s lifting of sanctions on the Bosnian Serb leader left him free to pursue closer ties to Russia without restrictions – effectively giving Moscow veto powers over Bosnia and Herzegovina’s future.

Kosovo is failing to access hundreds of millions in EU funding after two years of political wrangling left Brussels-mandated reforms on hold.

Six days before crucial Serbian parliamentary elections, digital rights investigators report with “high confidence” that two prominent figures connected to the anti-government protest movement were targeted by spyware.

Thousands of people joined student-led protests in Tirana at the weekend to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama, as clashes with police resulted in more injuries and arrests.

Paun Rohovei tells BIRN that Ukraine is advancing EU-backed anti-corruption reforms and seeking closer security ties with Moldova and Romania. He also warns that a growing water crisis on the Dniester River threatens Moldova and Ukraine.

Ahead of Serbia's crucial elections this month, members of a commission tasked with bringing order to the electoral roll say they were ‘obstructed’ by authorities.

As Prime Minister Edi Rama rules out resignation in response to violent protests, a political solution is needed to calm the unrest, experts argue.

Since 2023, the Serbian foreign ministry has channelled more than 250,000 euros to Serb diaspora organisations whose activities and public statements dovetail with the right-wing policies and positions of Serbia’s ruling party.

The dominance of pro-government TV channels, while commercial pressures squeeze critical media outlets, shows how uneven the media landscape has become ahead of the October 25 elections.

Elsewhere, Slovakia to revive cooperation with Russia at meeting planned for November 25; Hungary parliament approves new child protection legislation; and Czech Army chief warns of possible Russian attack

A groundbreaking book about the UN’s tribunal in The Hague shifts the focus from war criminals on trial to the hidden workforce that powered the court.

As a noose tightens on one of Turkey’s last remaining independent TV channels, the transformation of a once diverse media sector into a ‘univocal government-dominated ecosystem’ is almost total.

Croatian leaders dismiss Belgrade's protest note accusing Zagreb of meddling in looming elections and suggest Serbia's under-pressure ruling party is using the claim to mobilise voters.

Prime Minister Albin Kurti announces plan to move ahead with stalled changes to civil legislation as opposition MP attacks provisions deemed hostile to 'traditional family values' such as same-sex partnerships.

A citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina was sentenced to five years in prison for participating in a conspiracy to buy portable anti-aircraft weapons from North Korea, breaching US sanctions.

Zagreb has issued eight conditions for supporting Montenegro's EU membership, mostly relating to the violent breakup of the former Yugoslavia – and all of which it calls 'clearly achievable'.

Edi Rama accuses opposition of trying to 'pull Albania down' after a second night of violence saw government buildings and businesses attacked and set on fire amid clashes between student protesters and police.

Military experts are alarmed at what they see as inaction on the part of Bulgaria’s government in the face of spillover from Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The ruling Serbian Progressive Party’s nervousness about possibly losing the October 25 elections is driving its hardcore supporters’ increasingly aggressive behaviour on the streets.