Balkan

EU leaders grant Bosnia bloc candidate status; Türkiye welcomes decision

Bosnia and Herzegovina joins other candidates including Albania, Moldova, the Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Türkiye and Ukraine, in the process to enter the bloc, which can take many years and involves complex negotiations.

Türkiye's public broadcaster TRT launches Balkans edition

The new media platform targets seven countries in the Balkans, and will publish content in multiple languages, including Albanian, Bosnian and Macedonian.

Voting begins in Serbia triple election set to keep populists in power

Some 6.5 million voters are choosing the president, a new parliament and local authorities in the capital, Belgrade, and over a dozen other towns and municipalities.

North Macedonia reports 10% population drop due to emigration

As a result of young people leaving the Balkan country in the past two decades, the country’s population has shrunk to 1,836,731, official data shows.

North Macedonia, Bulgaria reestablish commercial air link

A plane belonging to Bulgarian airline GullivAir landed at Skopje international airport as the company is planning to operate two flights per week.

North Macedonia's Zaev back as PM after winning confidence vote

After two days of heated debate, lawmakers voted 62-51 in the 120-member assembly in favour of the new government led by Social Democrat leader Zoran Zaev, 46. Seven members were absent.

EU aims to reassure Balkans with virus aid, economic support

Delays in starting EU membership talks for Albania and North Macedonia, tensions between Serbia and Kosovo and a perception that the EU was slow to help its Balkan partners cope with Covid-19 fuel concern that they might turn toward Russia and China.

Coronavirus: Turkey now a leading donor of essential aid around the world

As Turkey battles its own coronavirus outbreak, the country has been offering essential protective equipment, testing kits and even ventilators to countries around the world.

Turkey leading way in providing essential aid around the world

Despite battling its own coronavirus outbreak, Turkey has been offering essential protective equipment, testing kits and even ventilators to countries in need.

Coronavirus: European nations choose self-preservation over the Union

Increasingly European countries are choosing disparate measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic which could have far-reaching political consequences.

Albania, a crisis thirty years in the making

Albania has managed to burnish its image thanks to media-savvy politicians but the reality is far more problematic.

In annexed Crimea, guitar virtuoso ‘taps’ Silk Road music

Guitarist EnverIzmaylov’s trademark is his meticulously arranged renditions of folk music, ranging from Tatar and Armenian to Turkish, Ukrainian and Russian.