The European Union has cautioned Russia not to drag the Western Balkans into its growing row with the West over Ukraine.
A new study by the antigraft group Transparency International (TI) suggests that corruption remains rampant across much of the former Soviet Union and the Balkans.
Russia says it has banned meat imports from Montenegro in an effort to close loopholes on a ban against food products from the European Union.
For the sixth year running, Norway leads the London-based Legatum Institute's Prosperity Index, followed by Switzerland, New Zealand, Denmark, and Canada.
About 200 gay activists have carried out a gay-pride parade in Montenegro’s capital, Podgorica, under the protection of hundreds of riot police. Unlike previous years, when police fought right-wing extremists and gay activists had to be evacuated from the event, this year’s November 2 parade was peaceful and without reports of any incidents. Parade organizer Daniel Kalezic attributed the lack of violence against the marchers to “better cooperation with the authorities.” The marchers carried banners reading “Let’s Love Each Other” and “This Is Just Beginning.” Montenegro is under pressure to protect human rights in order to advance toward membership in the European Union. The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro, Amfilohije, said on October 31 that by supporting gays, Montenegro "is under threat of becoming a sodomite state."
Murdering journalists is one way to keep the public in the dark about criminal activities. It is also virtually risk-free, since worldwide 90 percent of the killers never face justice.
In many parts of Eurasia, people think they are far enough away from Africa to be safe from Ebola. Is that a false sense of security?
The European Commission says corruption and press freedom limitations are undermining the European Union membership bids of Montenegro and Serbia.
Johannes Hahn, the EU's neighborhood and enlargement negotiations commissioner-designate, says Serbia needs to carefully consider its refusal to support EU sanctions against Russia if Belgrade hopes to join the European Union.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) says the Ukraine crisis is weighing heavily on economies where the bank operates, including Central and Southeastern Europe and the former Soviet republics.
The incoming European Commission has indicated that further enlargement will no longer be a priority for the 28-member bloc. What does that mean for EU hopefuls to the east and south?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and EU officials hosting leaders of Western Balkan countries at a Berlin summit have vowed to continue promoting the economic development of the region.
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