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The Serbian justice ministry has finalised its first war crimes strategy, expected to be adopted in the first half of 2016, promising to punish perpetrators while improving witness protection and transparency.

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Party leaders are to meet on Monday to plot the way ahead after the outcome of last week's no-confidence vote failed to resolve the political crisis in the country.

Prime Minister says motorcades are not necessary and block up the traffic - as MPs get ready to debate lifting the immunity of a former minister who used them five times a day.

The party representing postwar expellees from Greece, which now has five seats in parliament, has its eye on a post in Prime Minister Edi Rama's cabinet. 

EU data show tens of thousands of Macednians left to live in EU countries over the last five years, fuelling fears about a falling population and a 'brain drain'.

Members of the LGBT community in Bosnia gathered in Sarajevo for the 4th Merlinka festival, amid fear for their personal security and concern about continuing discrimination.

Kosovo’s inclusion for the first time in the Eurobasket Competition has prompted the country’s basketball federation to start hunting for talented players for the team both at home and abroad.

After delaying action for some time, Serbia's Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vucic, on Saturday finally sacked Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic for the sexist remark he made to a reporter.

Urgent work remains to be done before the EU and US next month can assess whether Macedonia is ready to face credible elections on April 24, the two ambassadors said on Friday.

A new analysis shows that the Bosnian strategy for war crimes cases has failed to meet its targets because hundreds of complex cases remain unfinished and the others will not be completed on time.

The arrest of a key Bosniak politician, Fahrudin Radoncic, in connection to a drug trafficking and murder trial has brought his alleged links to the Balkan underworld to light.

Several hundred Serbs took to the streets of the Kosovo town of Mitrovica to support politician Oliver Ivanovic, who was jailed for ordering the murder of ethnic Albanians in April 1999.

Croatian newspaper Nacional must pay 9,100 euro compensation to vice prime minister Tomislav Karamarko for publishing claims that he was an informer for the Yugoslav intelligence service.

Minister Todor Tanev was asked to resign on Thursday, following a row over planned changes to history books, which critics felt demeaned the national struggle for independence. 

A government plan to hand business VAT payments over to the private sector to administer is causing controversy. 

Croatia's War Veterans' Minister, Mijo Crnoja, resigned on Thursday, although he maintains that the many allegations made against him in the media are false.

Anita Mitic, a rights activist who was charged with breaking Serbia’s public gatherings law, claims the case against her is another example of the authorities’ policy of Srebrenica genocide denial.

Macedonian civil activists say a new wave of street protests may be around the corner, although they admit it may be hard to recapture last year’s energy.

The saga behind a much-delayed showcase for contemporary art reflects many of modern Greece's woes — and has parallels with a troubled project in Serbia.