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Leaders set to discuss resistance from Budapest and Warsaw on rule of law in video call on Thursday
Trump sought to engage with Pristina-Belgrade dispute but interventions seen as serving narrow American interests
Move by Budapest and Warsaw holds up the centrepiece of the bloc’s economic response to the pandemic
Procurement comes amid global vaccine race and is latest sign of cosiness with Moscow
Move would make it harder for opposition parties to co-ordinate at next national poll
Breakthrough will help unlock wider talks over bloc’s €1.8tn recovery package
Hashim Thaci is alleged to have committed ‘crimes against humanity’ during 1998-99 war against Serbian rule
Judit Varga calls on the bloc to ‘start talking about real problems’
Newly qualified staff leave region in droves each year for better pay and conditions abroad
Population decline is biggest test facing the Balkans, says president of Nato’s newest member
Belgrade is the subject of intense courtship by Beijing and, more recently, Washington
Strict lockdowns helped region handle spring crisis better than western Europe, but now the number of cases is rising
Students and professors protest against ‘ideological’ appointment at Budapest drama school
About one in six of the capital’s residents speak English better than German
Large companies team up with universities to nurture digital skills in the next generation
Trying to stay safe without turning Mozart into ‘Covid Fan Tutte’
The Bosnian town witnessed the worst atrocity of the Balkan conflict. Twenty-five years on, its residents remain divided
Experts surprised at how fast the lifting of restrictions led to a rise in infections
Failure to reappoint leadership team at top security body risks hitting vital work in conflict zones
Szabolcs Dull warned that website’s independence at risk of political pressure from Orban’s government
Hungary’s leader claims ‘huge victory’ by stopping effort to make handouts dependent on good governance
Bosnian Muslims remember the massacre and lament the growing narrative of genocide denial
Vote comes as Balkan country deals with a jump in coronavirus cases
Governments face mounting criticism and mass protests over handling of pandemic
Better than expected result for Plenkovic’s conservatives as virus deters voters
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