Skopje secures $85mn from Climate Investment Funds in first step towards coal phase-out.
EU members are pushing for the start of accession talks with Bosnia at this week’s EU Council, but wider progress unlikely before June elections.
Junior ruling DUI points to Russian infiltration through political parties and media outlets sympathetic to Moscow's agenda.
Under half of Montenegrins now back Nato membership, and only 33% would help another member in case of attack.
Domestic inflation decelerated to an annual rate of 3% in February, as pressures from food and energy prices decreased.
Report says local nationalist leaders and external actors could heighten tensions for their own political gains in Bosnia and Kosovo.
Countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia have a lower gender gap than the global average but only Latvian women have equal legal standing with men.
OFAC says companies in Hungary and North Macedonia sanctioned for developing Intellexa's Predator spyware.
Annalena Baerbock says expansion of the EU to the Western Balkans has become a geopolitical necessity in light of Russia's "brutal imperialism".
Albanian PM calls at Tirana summit for fellow Western Balkan leaders to overcome historic conflicts to achieve prosperity.
Ukrainian president and Albanian prime minister warn of Russian threat to destabilise the region.
The woes of Liberty Steel's mills also reflect the struggle of former Communist Central and Eastern Europe’s once mighty steel sector to remain competitive.
North Macedonia had one of the highest inflation rates in the region, peaking in late 2022.
Policy brief from think-tank CEPS says there is an “acute and imminent risk” of collapse due to outdated infrastructure.
French president says Russia now presents a greater danger and nothing should be excluded.
New EBRD report finds low productivity, weak institutions and unfavourable demographics mean convergence may not happen until 2093.
"Island within the EU" is attracting growing flows of FDI, EBRD's Matteo Colangeli tells bne IntelliNews.
Footage shared by NGO Legis appears to show a group of semi-naked men being sent back into North Macedonia by Serbian border police in sub-zero temperatures.
The alliance's CEE countries had hoped to be strong contenders to helm the alliance this time around, but the Netherlands' Mark Rutte appears to have it in the bag already.
New World Bank report charts path to net zero energy in Emerging Europe and Central Asia, but says current ambitions are too modest.