Victory on April 2 would give Aleksandar Vucic and his party, which has a majority in parliament, control over the entire legislative and governing process, and some critics warn that could push the Balkan country back into the autocracy Slobodan Milosevic symbolized during his decade in power.
Kosovo’s president has backed away from a controversial pledge to push through a law turning the country's security force into a national army, telling RFE/RL that he will consult with ethnic minorities and make the change through constitutional amendments.
For many who celebrate the Persian New Year, or Nowruz, the vernal equinox is a time to renew ancient traditions. So it was for the Rufai Sufis in Prizren, Kosovo. (RFE/RL's Balkan Service)
The prime ministers of six Western Balkan nations arrived in Bosnia-Herzegovina amid growing concern in the European Union that Russia is trying to destabilize the region. (RFE/RL's Balkan Service)
Italy's foreign minister is urging the European Union to strengthen its commitment to integrating western Balkan countries to help counter rising nationalist tensions in the region.
A former communist leader in Kosovo has been shot and wounded in what police described as an assassination attempt at his Pristina apartment.
Albania’s Socialist prime minister says four government ministers will step down on March 13, but he insisted the moves had nothing to do with opposition protests.
Kosovo's president said he will resign and force a parliamentary election if lawmakers do not approve his proposal to create a national army over the objections of Kosovo's Western allies and minority ethnic Serbs.
Kosovar police say they have arrested two men after discovering counterfeit currency valued at more than 2 million euros in the trunk of a car crossing into the Balkan nation from Albania.
Leaders of the European Union are voicing concern about "external influences" fueling divisions in the Western Balkans after recent moves by Russia and its Balkan allies to block closer ties with the West.
The European Union says it is open to more states from the Balkans joining the bloc if the countries there continue their economic and political reforms.
The change of administrations in the United States gave rise to hopes that newly elected President Donald Trump would satisfy Serbian nationalists' demands. But early signs of continuity in U.S. policy in the Balkans have come as a shock to many Serbs. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.)
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