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 ...

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France has joined the list of EU countries that consider sex without explicit consent to be rape. France’s high-profile Pelicot rape trial thrust the question of consent into the spotlight, pushing ...

The parliamentary probe based on conspiracy theories about the philanthropist’s alleged meddling is backed by Bulgaria's main pro-Russian and nationalist parties as well as by tycoon Delyan Peevski’s ...

President and prime minister voice indignation over far-right attack on Serbian folk dance and choir in the city of Split – as opposition insists the government bears responsibility for growing ...

Intimidation of journalists working for independent media in Albania is getting worse, as state-level and local officials attempt to silence critical voices, both online and face-to-face. When ...

Acting PM's latest plan – to form a Vetevendosje government without him as premier – has drawn a cool response from his rivals, who have repeated their calls for early elections. Vetevendosje leader ...

Investigators have documented the use of foreign exchange offices in Albania to move drug money, either in crypto or via a centuries-old, trust-based system called Hawala. The area is known as Dollari ...

Bulgarian leaders and German company hail deal to build plant manufacturing gunpowder and artillery shells for NATO and EU countries. A worker in the state-owned armament enterprise VMZ-Sopot in ...

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Washington has announced plans to reduce its military footprint in Eastern Europe and remove several hundred soldiers from Romania. NATO exercise at Smardan, near Galati, Romania, February 2025. Photo ...

Ruling centre-right VMRO DPMNE party hails landslide victory over its rivals in Sunday’s local elections, coming first in 53 of the country’s 81 municipalities. North Macedonia’s Prime Minister and ...