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Serbia and Kosovo reach agreement on de-escalation at border, EU envoy

Tensions between Kosovo and Serbia ratcheted up earlier this month when Kosovo demanded, in a reciprocal move, that Serbian cars crossing the border buy temporary licence plates.

World News

Police bust Balkan cartel’s European ‘cocaine pipeline’

61 people were arrested as police from eight European countries pounced on a Balkan crime organisation allegedly "flooding Europe with cocaine."

Kosovo

Kosovo government offices attacked over license plates row with Serbia

A row over vehicle license plates is escalating tensions between Serbia and its former province of Kosovo in the Balkans

Serbia

New Serbian national holiday triggers unease across the Balkans

Serbia kicked off Unity Day with a display of military power and calls for all Serbs in the Balkans to unite under one flag.

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Albania

Brussels must not invent new conditions for EU membership, says Merkel

The comments came as Merkel was in the Western Balkans meeting heads of government from Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo.

Kosovo

Kosovar activists disrupt session at war crimes court

Two activists spoke out against the court, accusing it of trying to “change the history of Kosovo’s war" by portraying the war as a conflict “between two aggressors" and not a war of liberation and independence.

Europe News

Western Balkan power plants estimated to have killed 19,000 in Europe

Over the last three years, almost 19,000 people died as a result of pollution from coal-fired power plants in the Western Balkans, according to estimates in a new report

Serbia

Austria and Serbia vow to stop Afghan refugees entering Europe

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said that Afghanistan's neighbouring countries should accept refugees instead.

World News

Western Balkans cautious amid surge of COVID-19 infections

In southwestern Serbia, some school classes will be held online due to the high numbers of new coronavirus cases.

World News

Euroviews. Afghan crisis shows the Balkans is a geopolitical backwater | View

"Sadly, the Afghan episode does not offer any geopolitical wisdom or policy prescriptions for the Balkans and the people living there. It is just a painful acknowledgement that the region remains a geopolitical backwater on the Western periphery."

World News

Relatives rebury victims on 26th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre

They are the latest to be identified in mass graves at the site of Europe's worst massacre since the Second World War.

Focus

5 routes that offer a look at Western Balkan history and culture

In partnership with Regional Cooperation Council

Travel back in time to the Bronze Age, the Byzantine period and more on the Crossroads of Civilisations routes in the Western Balkans.

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Scorching temperatures across Balkans cause disruption

Scorching temperatures across the Balkans caused significant disruptions, as people tired of COVID restrictions finally got a chance to get out of lockdowns and enjoy the summer weather.

Series

The cosmic egg hat: Is this Albanian hat about to catch on?

Eva zu Beck learns how to make a qeleshe - a traditional hat in Albania.

Series

Tirana's best food and other traditions you have to try

In this episode of Rerouted: The Balkans, Eva zu Beck experiences Tirana's buzzing foodie culture.

World News

The murky issue of air pollution in North Macedonia

Air pollution in North Macedonia is said to kill hundreds of people a year. The country is trying to conform to EU standards when it comes to legislation to minimise pollution, but the quality of air in the capital is still a major problem.

Cult

The trails in the Western Balkans worth the trek

In partnership with Regional Cooperation Council

The Illyricum Trail combines wine tasting with visiting ancients sites. The Balkan Monumental Trail celebrates abstract and modernist monuments from the second half of the 20th century. Where can these unique cultural routes be found? The Western Balkans.

Series

North Macedonia is The Balkans' 'best kept secret', says Eva zu Beck

Watch as Eva visits Ohrid in North Macedonia and tries to uncover the secrets of how to make pearls out of fish skin.

My Europe Series

15 years on, Montenegro's vote to quit Serbia still cuts deep

The deep divide that was exposed by the referendum in 2006 still defines politics in Montenegro.

Series

Meet the Romanian carpenter who turned heads at the White House

On Eva’s next stop on her Balkans roadtrip she meets Toader Barsan, one of the last traditional carpenters in Romania.