A Brit who declared himself president of his own country after claiming land in the Balkans has opened an embassy - on his local high street. Daniel Jackson, 21, first thought up the idea of starting ...

Kosovo, a young nation of 2 million people, is more than 90% Muslim and is still reeling from a war in 1998-99 it waged for independence from predominantly Orthodox Christian Serbia. Kosovo's ethnic ...

WILTON – Dearta Logu Fusaro left Albania to join her family in the United States 29 years ago, but her family’s connection to the land remains, including her father’s wish to lay “his soul to rest ...

ODZAK, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Truck drivers from Balkan countries outside the European Union blocked cargo border crossings in the region Monday to protest the recent enforcement of EU entry ...

Without a credible rule of law, US and European energy investment in the Western Balkans becomes harder to insure, finance, and defend from external influence. For the past 30 years, and since the ...

Balkan Christmas markets are redefining winter tourism in Europe, offering a more relaxed, multicultural alternative to traditional German markets. From Zagreb to Sarajevo, these modern festivals ...

Welcome to Wider Europe, RFE/RL's newsletter focusing on the key issues concerning the European Union, NATO, and other institutions and their relationships with the Western Balkans and Europe's ...

It is a real pleasure to be here in Tirana—and especially to be at the newest campus of the College of Europe. Let me start by congratulating all of you— students, faculty, and staff— on bringing this ...

The Western Balkan countries remain important corridors in Europe for drug and human trafficking and migrant smuggling, says the 2025 Organised Crime Index, produced by an anti-graft NGO. Montenegrin ...

The EU lacks a clear “China conditionality” in its enlargement policy with Western Balkan countries—that is, defining and implementing conditions for candidates to engage with China—and the topic of ...