The Central Election Commission has again refused to accredit the Belgrade-backed Srpska Lista party for parliamentary elections, triggering harsh reactions from Western diplomats. Srpska Lista’s ...

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Tussle over concert permits between Zagreb’s left-green mayor and right-wing firebrand Marko Perkovic Thompson reflects unresolved ideological tensions in Croatia. This post is also available in this ...

Varna's opposition mayor Blagomir Kotsev – whose arrest in July on corruption charges sparked angry demonstrations – has been released after supporters raised the hefty bail sum in hours. Varna mayor ...

Catholic and Orthodox Church leaders call for end to religious divisions in Iznik, formerly Nicea, where the foundation of modern Christian doctrine was established. Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical ...

Trade Minister Stasa Kosarac sent High Representative Christian Schmidt an SS helmet along with a letter calling him the 'embodiment of evil', escalating the Serb entity’s confrontation with Bosnia's ...

Churches in southeast Europe are under growing pressure to address the theological and practical issues raised by the use of artificial intelligence in religion. When the 14th century Tuman Orthodox ...

Mayor Erion Veliaj looks on course to continue governing the city from his jail cell – after the Constitutional Court annulled his dismissal and PM Edi Rama said he will not call early elections in ...

Authorities in Istanbul seize crypto asset company in Turkey - home to one of the largest cryptocurrency markets - as well as 15 other companies suspected of laundering the assets of criminals. Photo ...

Bruno Stojic, former defence minister of the unrecognised Croat-led Herzeg-Bosnia wartime statelet, was granted early release by the Hague war crimes tribunal after admitting his guilt and showing ...

The special anti-corruption court suspended Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku, who is under investigation for violating tender procedures, and barred her from travelling abroad, a source told BIRN ...