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European Commission president offers to increase funding for countries waiting to join the bloc
Washington retaliates against Pristina’s lack of de-escalatory measures
Serb protesters and international peacekeepers injured as ethnic tensions flare up, sparking security concerns
New leadership seeks to pass reforms and capitalise on fresh focus on Balkan region amid Ukraine war
Author Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel on ‘Time Shelter’, the first Bulgarian book to win the prize
Facing the lowest wages and highest living costs in the Balkans, abandoned wives and mothers fend for themselves
Hard-hitting fiction offers warnings about the dangers of a reimagined history
Centrist parties put aside their differences to agree on a rotating premiership
Centre-right party nominates Mariya Gabriel to be next prime minister but obstacles remain
Efforts by the EU and US to stabilise the Balkans and drain influence from Russia have run into one of Europe’s most intractable disputes
Also in today’s newsletter: Germany’s labour minister talks strikes, wages and worries
Poland and other member states to lift ban on incoming foodstuffs under Brussels plan for temporary curbs
Bloc bows to pressure from Poland and other eastern European states over influx of cheap foodstuffs
Milo Đukanović concedes defeat to former economy minister Jakov Milatović
Revival has attracted voters by rehashing Kremlin propaganda and urging delay to introduction of euro in run-up to election
Even-handed justice and regional reconciliation are hard to achieve while pursuing atrocities committed during conflict
Terraform Labs co-founder faces eight criminal counts, including securities and wire fraud
Western pressure for the two sides to resolve longstanding differences has intensified with the war in Ukraine
Nato country is seeking EU membership but parliamentary poll result on June 11 could determine whether it continues to look to the west
Also in this newsletter: the deep divisions undermining this weekend’s Serbia-Kosovo talks
Prime Minister Edi Rama defends his record, but scandals abound in the small Balkan state
Also in today’s newsletter: signs of progress in Finland and Sweden’s Nato journey
Illegal surveillance network shows power of organised crime in Balkan nation
War is waking up western governments to the need for more vigorous diplomacy in the Balkans
From the English countryside to Bulgaria’s herbalists, healers and horse whisperers — two books let the landscape tell the tale of our unsustainable lives
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