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Three MEPs involved in the Macedonian crisis talks are visiting Skopje to meet political leaders in a bid to ensure the agreement to end the country's political strife is fully implemented.

Using what it calls a 'truth-meter', the Mjaft Movement has concluded that Edi Rama's government has fully met only a few of its election-time promises. 

After a 12-month delay, the European Union has approved the payment of almost three million euros of assistance to the Bosnian authorities for work on war crimes cases.

A report by the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia, NUNS, on Tuesday says more attacks on journalists in Serbia were reported in 2015 - and too many cases go unsolved.

The trial of Bosniak wartime commander Naser Oric for crimes against Serb prisoners of war in the Srebrenica and Bratunac areas will begin on January 26 next year.

A new mass grave found by the Bosnian authorities near the north-eastern town of Kozluk contains the remains of more than 50 victims believed to be massacred Bosniaks from Srebrenica.

Journalists rallied on December 21 in Belgrade because the Defence Minister has still not been sacked - despite the Prime Minister's claim that he would go for his sexist comment.

The supreme court annulled the verdict acquitting two former special policemen of war crimes against Serb civilians in the village of Grubori after the Croatian Army’s Operation Storm, ordering a retrial.

The Serbian parliament elected a new chief prosecutor for organised crime but failed to choose a war crimes prosecutor, amid opposition claims that the government wants political allies in both jobs.

Bosnian police in the Federation entity have arrested 11 people suspected of inciting terrorism and recruiting jihadists in a major operation.

Pregnant Bulgarians travel to Greece to sell their babies to couples desperate to adopt, a trade that is flourishing while efforts to counter it flounder

Gordan Matkun, a professional ice sculptor turned Gradec plateau in Zagreb into an open air art studio as he carved up blocks of ice to create some interesting pieces.

The Romanian parliament adopted a controversial law that will give financial bonuses to mayors and other municipal administrators, putting yet another burden on next year’s budget.

Prime Minister Edi Rama and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu signed an agreement in Jerusalem to work together on terrorism and security issues.

Several hundred people gathered in front of the parliament in Skopje to demand the resignation of health minister Nikola Todorov, many of them wearing masks TodorOFF.

The daughter of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who is currently on trial for war crimes, was elected as National Assembly deputy speaker in Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska.

Political leaders from Kosovo and Serbia might be talking to each other in Brussels, but the two societies are not communicating at all, a debate in Pristina heard.

Competitors from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina showed off their moves at a freestyle snowboarding tournament entitled ‘From Stairs to Stars’ in the northern city of Novi Sad on Sunday.

In two separate operations, state police arrested suspects accused of smuggling large amounts of weapons and millions of euros from Bosnia and Herzegovina to other countries.

About a thousand people gathered in Skopje on Sunday, to protest against the extremely high levels of air pollution in the capital.