A first round of talks between the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo on June 15 in Brussels failed to make progress towards normalizing relations between the two Balkan neighbors.
The United States is "modernizing" its sanctions policy in the Western Balkans by further targeting corruption, human rights abuses, and acts that threaten democracy in the region, the State Department said.
The World Bank says that Europe and Central Asia continue to grapple with containing the coronavirus pandemic, which is clouding the economic outlook for the region.
European Parliament President David Sassoli has called for allowing Western Balkan states into the European Union, saying expanding the EU would be positive for peace and prosperity.
Top officials from the United States and the European Union are visiting Kosovo to press its leadership to resume talks on the normalization of ties with former foe Serbia.
The government of Kosovo has announced the completion of the exhumation of bodies from an open-pit mine in Serbia. The remains of at least nine individuals were recovered, including two identified as victims of a 1999 massacre carried out by Serb forces in the Kosovar village of Rezalla.
Legislation has been reintroduced in the U.S. Congress to increase funding for 5G telecommunications and digital infrastructure development in Eastern European countries.
Czech President Milos Zeman has apologized over the 1999 NATO bombing of former Yugoslavia, in which his country took part while he was prime minister.
Kosovo police have seized a record 400 kilograms of cocaine concealed in a shipment of meat from Brazil and arrested seven people suspected of drug trafficking offenses.
Around 30 people marched through the center of Kosovo's capital, Pristina, in support of Palestinians in Gaza, as attacks between Israel and Gaza's ruling Palestinian militant group, Hamas, continued to escalate.
Muslims around the world gathered amid differing levels of coronavirus restrictions to pray on the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. The wearing of masks was obligatory for prayers on May 13 at mosques in both Pristina, Kosovo and the Tajik capital, Dushanbe.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic presented one of his nation's highest decorations to controversial Nobel literature laureate Peter Handke despite the anger of many people in the Western Balkans.
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