North Macedonia

• October 27, 2026

  'Committed To European Integration': Student List's Srdanovic On Serbia's Post-Vucic Future

  Aleksandar Vucic’s election defeat has ended more than a decade of political dominance and handed victory to Serbia’s student-led opposition movement. RFE/RL's Balkan Service spoke with Ilija Srdanovic, the top candidate for the Student List party on what comes next for the country.

• August 27, 2026

  The 'Butcher Of Bosnia' Who Was Convicted Of Genocide

  Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb wartime commander convicted by an international court for genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the Bosnian War from 1992 to 1995, has died at the age of 84.

• June 23, 2026

  Wider Europe Briefing: Ireland's EU Presidency Puts Enlargement Back In Focus

  In this week's briefing, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak drills down on one issue: EU enlargement as Ireland takes over the EU presidency.

• June 09, 2026

  Wider Europe Briefing: Brussels Slams Serbia's Rule Of Law Shortfall

  In this week's briefing, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak is drilling down on two issues: a damning rule-of-law assessment for Serbia and the latest Franco-German EU enlargement proposal.

• May 07, 2026

  US Envoy Volz: Balkan Energy Security A National Security Priority For Washington

  The United States sees energy security in the Western Balkans as a national security priority and is stepping up efforts to help the region reduce its dependence on Russian supplies, Joshua Volz, a special envoy for energy integration at the U.S. Department of Energy, told RFE/RL.

• November 10, 2025

  The EU Is Ready To Expand Again. But Who Will Be The Next Members, And When?

  The European Commission's annual enlargement report appears to show the EU's executive is serious about adding new members by the time its five-year mandate ends in late 2029. And it has identified four candidates for that purpose: Albania, Moldova, Montenegro, and Ukraine.

• November 04, 2025

  EU Calls Georgia Candidate 'In Name Only' After Backsliding On Reforms

  The European Commission has issued a damning assessment of Georgia's progress toward joining the European Union, accusing it of "serious democratic backsliding" that has left the Caucasus nation as a candidate for membership "in name only."

• November 03, 2025

  EU Report Slams Georgia For Democratic Backsliding, Highlights Progress In Other Candidates

  The European Union's annual enlargement report will slam Georgia for its backsliding on democratic policies, while generally giving a positive review to Albania, Moldova, Montenegro and Ukraine on their progress toward membership, a copy of the report, seen by RFE/RL, shows.

• August 28, 2025

  'It Changed My Life': 10 Years On, Europe's Refugee Crisis Casts A Long Shadow

  A translator remembers babies kept in pizza boxes at a refugee camp in Serbia. Ten years after Europe’s refugee influx, RFE/RL caught up with three people it interviewed at the height of the crisis in 2015 to see how it had changed their lives.

• August 04, 2025

  North Macedonia Investigates After Anti-Albanian Chants At Basketball Match

  Prosecutors in the Macedonian city of Kumanovo have opened an investigation into possible hate speech offenses after nationalist and anti-Albanian chants erupted at a basketball match against Romania over the weekend.

• April 29, 2025

  EU Says Hungary's Block Could Mean Moldova's Accession Moves Forward Without Ukraine

  The European Union is considering moving along in the accession process with Moldova while leaving Ukraine behind as Hungary to block Kyiv's membership drive.

• March 20, 2025

  Thousands Attend Funeral For Victims Of Nightclub Fire In North Macedonia

  Mourners walked to the cemetery in the town of Kocani on March 20 to bid farewell to 59 people who died in a fire at the Pulse nightclub. Many of the victims were in their teens or 20s. The tragedy has set off angry protests as citizens blamed local officials for failing to ensure safe conditions.

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