NATO accession was framed in Montenegro and North Macedonia in terms of economic benefit, not just security – but the benefit has yet to be felt. With more than 4.2 million euros-worth of NATO ...

International observers criticised 'widespread intimidation and abuse of public resources' in Sunday's election – which Edi Rama's ruling Socialist Party looks set to win by a landslide.

A woman casts her ballot in Tirana, 11 May 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE/MALTON DIBRA. According to data from Albania’s Central Election Commission on Monday morning, the Socialist Party is heading for a ...

Ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, also known as Victory Day, were held across the Balkans on Friday. With wreath-laying ceremonies and tributes to the fallen ...

Declaring its “historical mission” complete, the PKK announced it would heed a call by jailed founder Abdullah Ocalan to disband. Supporters of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM ...

Postal votes and a smattering of new parties are threatening a shift in the Albanian political landscape in an election on May 11. The ruling Socialist Party and the opposition Democrats are ...

Poland is gearing up for a pivotal vote - one that could redefine its place in Europe. One election, two possible futures. Poland is gearing up to vote as liberals and nationalists lock horns over ...

A tense election in Romania raised concerns across Europe about a continued far-right surge, while Albanian politicians’ pre-poll promises raised eyebrows in the Balkans, as this week’s ...

Balkan members of the Catholic Church have praised “broad-minded, spontaneous” Pope Leo XIV for his education, experience and openness. Newly elected Pope Leo XIV blesses the faithful from the ...

Victory for George Simion in Romania’s May 18 presidential run-off vote would raise urgent questions about democracy at home and alliances abroad. So often in Romania, changes in power are ...

Friedrich Merz, the new German Chancellor, visited Poland on Wednesday on his first full day in office. After first seeing Macron in Paris, Merz met with Donald Tusk in Warsaw, in what the Polish ...