Balkans
Latest
Bulgaria Tightens Security at Critical Infrastructure Sites
Bulgaria will begin supplying critical infrastructure facilities with anti-drone systems and has directed police to increase patrols at weapons production and storage sites, the government said Friday, amid heightened security…
Leading Balkan Cartel member arrested in Montenegro
On 15 April 2026, Europol supported law enforcement authorities in Montenegro in conducting a large-scale operation targeting a significant cell of the…
Trump has asked Balkan states to accept deportees
President Donald Trump's administration is pushing Serbia and other Balkan countries to take in migrants deported from the United States, Bloomberg News…
Scholz, von der Leyen urge Western Balkans to overcome conflicts and ‘grab opportunity’
Germany and the Eu ropean Union urged the Western Balkan countries on Monday (October 16) to “overcome” their conflicts and to “Grab…
Several people dead after Balkans hit by powerful storm
Six people have died in a powerful storm which has battered much of the Balkans - while Southern Europe continues to face…
Heavy snow, strong winds sweep through western Balkans
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Heavy snow and strong winds, unusual for the springtime, swept through most of the western Balkan region. In central…
Serbia to ask NATO to deploy Serb military, police in Kosovo – Vucic
BELGRADE (Reuters) -Serbia will ask NATO peacekeepers to let it deploy Serbian military and police in Kosovo, although it believes there is…
Balkans turns to coal as energy crisis trumps climate commitments
Balkan nations in southeast Europe are turning to coal as they try to tackle a global surge in energy prices, raising fears…
EU top diplomat says Bulgaria should be more flexible on EU expansion to Western Balkans
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that Bulgaria should be more flexible on EU expansion to Western Balkans. Bulgaria is…
EU restates Balkan membership guarantee but won’t say for when
The European Union's 27 leaders promised future membership to their six Balkan neighbours on Wednesday, restating a pledge first made 18 years…