TIRANA – The leaders of Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia met Tuesday to discuss and agree on furthering their Open Balkan initiative to promote political and economic ties. Albanian Prime Minister ...

The European Union, fearing a political backlash in member states, can no longer agree to give a guarantee of future membership to the six Balkan countries once promised a place in the club, according ...

BRUSSELS, Dec 14 (Reuters) - European Union governments reaffirmed on Tuesday their promise to allow six Balkan countries to one day join the bloc, nudging the EU towards finally opening talks with ...

ON THE MACEDONIAN shore of Lake Ohrid in July, a choir was practising Abba’s “Dancing Queen”, forever “looking out for a place to go”. In a hotel next door, the leaders of the six western Balkan ...

This photograph taken on January 30, 2018, shows smoke rising from chimneys of the Kosovo power plant in the village of Hade near the town of Obiliq on the outskirts of Pristina - Every winter morning ...

BELGRADE, March 31 (Reuters) - The economies of the six countries in the Western Balkans could grow by 4.4% in 2021, up from a 4.8% contraction in 2020, if the region successfully emerges from the ...

Freedom of Information laws in the Western Balkans are very well established, but only on paper. When it comes to implementing the laws and granting access to public records, especially to journalists ...

Nationalism poses a significant risk to North Macedonian society – and reforms to school curricula must form part of the effort to build resilience. During the summer and fall of 2020, a new meme ...