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EU Commission backs formal membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova

Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia have received positive news about their bids to join the European Union – but countries in the volatile Balkans…

The National (Scotland)

Ukraine gets good news about its EU membership quest as Balkans countries slip back in the queue

Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia are moving forward in their quests to join the European Union

The Independent UK

Kosovo and Serbia in crisis talks as regional tension escalates thanks to Russian meddling

Kosovo’s prime minister, Albin Kurti, and Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vučić, are scheduled to meet this weekend for the first time since Nato decided to send about 600 more peacekeeping troops into the Balkans early in October to mitigate some of the region’s growing tensions.

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EU - Balkan summit opens in Albania with 'greater convergence' on the agenda

Leaders from the Western Balkans and several European countries are meeting for an annual summit in the Albanian capital Tirana, with few concrete decisions expected amid heightened tensions across the region.

Radio France Internationale

‘A climate of violence’: Serbian football ultras in spotlight after Kosovo monastery siege

Few places in the Balkans reveal the volatile ethnic politics of the region as much as stadiums

The Guardian - UK

At the migration crossroads: Germany tightens grip on Polish border

In 2021, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko began letting migrants cross his country's border into Poland to retaliate against EU sanctions. Poland strengthened its border controls, but the number of illegal migrant crossings into Germany has been surging in recent months. The Brandenburg region in eastern Germany now finds itself at…

France 24

Europe's oldest known village teetered on stilts over a Balkan lake 8,000 years ago

The village likely dates to the time of Europe's first farmers, who arrived from Anatolia about 8,000 years ago.

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Greece fires - live: Jet2 and Tui scrap Rhodes flights as firefighters in race to stop inferno spreading

Temperatures to remain high in Italy, Greece and across the Balkans even as heatwave eases in France and Spain

The Independent UK

Rhodes wildfires: Terrified tourists evacuated from Greece hotels amid Europe heatwave chaos

Temperatures to remain high in Italy, Greece and across the Balkans even as heatwave eases in France and Spain

The Independent UK

A child and a woman die in Serbia as a second deadly storm rips through the Balkans this week

Local media in Serbia say that a 12-year-old boy and a woman have died during another deadly storm that ripped through the Balkans this week

The Independent UK

A Croatian firefighter has died in a storm that swept the Balkans, bringing the toll to 6 dead

A Croatian firefighter has died during a deadly storm that swept the Balkans after a heatwave, brining the death toll to six, officials say

The Independent UK

Weather tracker: temperatures to intensify in Europe as new heatwave hits

Spain, Italy, Greece and parts of Balkans to be worst affected, with some areas braced for possible 48C

The Guardian - UK

‘Everyone I met was lovely’: readers’ favourite student trips

Our winning tipster splashes out in Berlin, while road trips in the Balkans and Canada provide great student travel memories

The Guardian - UK

The night Nikola Jokic's incredible journey from war-torn Serbia reached NBA climax

Denver Nuggets superstar and Finals MVP Nikola Jokic was born in northwest Serbia just as the war in the Balkans was coming to an end and now he's an NBA champion

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France 24

‘I don't want Russian provocations,’ says Georgia's Zurabishvili

The biggest war in Europe since 1945 has prompted several countries to try to speed up their integration with the West. Those include Ukraine itself but also nations in the western Balkans, as well as Moldova and Georgia, which has been knocking on NATO's door for many years. The former…

The Guardian - UK

Court widens war crimes convictions of former Serbian security officers

Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović lose appeal at The Hague over crimes in 1990s Balkan wars

Reuters

Russia blames US, EU for escalating tensions in Kosovo

Russia on Saturday blamed Kosovo, the United States and European Union for escalating tensions in the Balkans and said it was watching with concern after violent clashes between Kosovan police and protesters opposed to ethnic Albanian mayors.

The Guardian - UK

Saida Sherif obituary

Other lives: World service broadcaster who in the 1990s volunteered as a relief worker in the Balkans

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The Independent UK

Montenegro's president: EU's neglect gave Russia a platform

Montenegro’s pro-Western president has criticized the European Union for allegedly allowing Russia to spread its influence in the western Balkans

The Independent UK

Long-serving Montenegro president seeks re-election

Voters in Montenegro are casting ballots in a presidential election marked by a deep political crisis and uncertainty over whether the small NATO member state in the Balkans will unblock its bid to join the European Union or seek to improve ties with Serbia and Russia

Tribune News Service

Serbia and Kosovo make progress in mending ties, EU envoy says

Serbia and Kosovo agreed on steps to implement a European Union plan aimed at defusing disputes that have threatened stability in the Balkans, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said as he mediated the latest round of talks between the wartime foes.

Bangkok Post

The sound of the Balkans

One of the Balkan's best-known bands is Mostar Sevdah Reunion, whose 12th studio album Lady Sings The Balkan Blues (Snail Records, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is currently riding high on the World Music charts. The band is something of a Bosnian institution, carrying the torch for updated versions of folk music,…

Reuters

Kosovo Albanian-Serb tensions simmer on independence anniversary

Kosovo's relations with Serbia remain fraught with tension 15 years after it declared independence, with Belgrade still not recognising the statehood of its former province. With the war in Ukraine casting a shadow across the historically turbulent Balkans, the West is pressing the two sides to normalise ties to lessen…

Reuters

Kosovo Albanian-Serb tensions simmer on independence anniversary

Reuters

Snow and winter storms cut power, disrupt traffic across the Balkans

Gale-force winds and snow storms closed roads and left more than 25,000 households in Serbia without power on Sunday, while fallen trees disrupted traffic in neighbouring Croatia and Montenegro.

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