Following reports of labour exploitation at the Linglong tyre factory in Zrenjanin, US Customs said it was halting all shipments of its tyres from Serbia - although the company has denied wrongdoing.

Opposition MPs hurled bottles and clashed with guards as the new ruling party-backed Ombudsman took his oath amid heightened tensions sparked by high-level graft cases. Albanian opposition MPs protest ...

Indictment accuses Culture Minister and others of unlawfully removing cultural heritage status from the old military HQ in Belgrade, reportedly to allow a company linked to Jared Kushner to redevelop ...

Elsewhere, legislative chaos as Slovak government rams through laws and president wields veto; yet another scandal in Hungary exposes government’s hollow ‘child-friendly’ narrative; and Poland invited ...

The draft bill – twice amended but still widely criticised – was approved by all 78 MPs from the coalition after the ruling parties abruptly curtailed a debate that had been dominated by the ...

Varna's opposition mayor Blagomir Kotsev – whose arrest in July on corruption charges sparked angry demonstrations – has been released after supporters raised the hefty bail sum in hours. Varna mayor ...

Intrusive, outdated and sometimes harmful procedures during childbirth remain routine in Croatian hospitals, where standards of care vary wildly and veer from WHO recommendations. Marija was under no ...

Bosnian Serbs vote on Sunday for a successor to Milorad Dodik, ending a two-week campaign marked by divisive rhetoric, including hate-filled statements by Dodik targeting Bosniaks. Milorad Dodik at ...

Though by no means perfect, Slovenia offers lessons for the rest of Europe on how to embrace difference and foster cohesion. From multicultural neighbourhoods of Paris and Brussels to the creaking ...

President and prime minister voice indignation over far-right attack on Serbian folk dance and choir in the city of Split – as opposition insists the government bears responsibility for growing ...

After a long crisis, new elections may provide a government at last, but are unlikely to resolve the underlying challenges facing Kosovo – or ease the political disillusionment that has grown within ...

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