European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker says the European Union should offer a clear path to membership to Western Balkan nations to help prevent them from returning to the ethnic strife that afflicted the region in the 1990s.
Leaders of Greece and Macedonia say they have been working hard to settle their decadeslong dispute over the name Macedonia.
Macedonia's parliament has adopted legislation extending the official use of the Albanian language to the entire country.
Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani has met with Greek government officials in Athens in an effort to settle a decades-old dispute over the name Macedonia.
The Bulgarian ambassador to the European Union says his country will work for reduced mobile-phone roaming charges between the EU and the countries of the Western Balkans that are not members of the bloc.
Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has said that Skopje and Athens have a real chance of settling a decades-old dispute over the name Macedonia by July.
Russian President Vladimir Putin helped usher in the Orthodox Christmas at services at the Church of Saints Simeon and Anna in St. Petersburg.
Greece's foreign minister says Athens wants to settle a decades-old dispute this year over the name Macedonia, which is claimed by both the Balkan country and a northern province of Greece.
A series of mild to moderate earthquakes has rattled Macedonia, causing panic and minor damage to houses near the epicenter.
Macedonia has introduced emergency measures against dense clouds of pollution that envelope its cities.
Macedonia's prime minister says he is ready to renounce his country's claim to be the sole heir of Alexander the Great’s legacy, a potential concession that could lead to the easing of a long-standing dispute with Greece.
Accused war criminals of the Balkan wars found "brotherhood and unity" in an unlikely place -- The Hague. Even former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic got into the spirit, bridging differences by giving fellow prisoners sweaters and other gifts. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.)
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