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Thewesternbalkans. Almost seven months after parliamentary elections and an equally long political crisis, Kosovo has elected a new speaker of parliament – ​​Dimal Basha, an MP from Albina Kurti’s Self-Determination movement. According to local media, at the record 57th session, 73...

Thewesternbalkans. According to local media, on 18 August, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina rejected Milorad Dodik’s appeal against the Central Election Commission’s decision to revoke his mandate as President of Republika Srpska. Such a ruling means that Dodik’s mandate...

Thewesternbalkans. A referendum on the decision of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the decision of the Central Election Commission to revoke the mandate of the President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik will be held on October 18 or...

Thewesternbalkans. According to “Tirana Times” seizure of six tons of cocaine reveals how criminal profits are laundered into Albania’s booming construction sector. In this connection the Albania’s political crisis deepened the last week of July, as opposition leader Sali Berisha launched...

Thewesternbalkans. According to some Albanian media, recently the European Commission said it has suspended the reimbursement of all the funds and paused all measures under its Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance for Rural Development (IPARD) to Albania since July 2023, amid...

Thewesternbalkans. According to some Albanian media, on 23 of July, 2025— Albania’s Special Anti-Corruption Prosecution Office (SPAK) has officially indicted Erion Veliaj, the mayor of Tirana, on multiple corruption charges in a sweeping criminal case that also implicates his wife,...

Thewesternbalkans. According to the information from the European Union’s Service for Foreign Action, on 25 of July, the Council adopted the second bilateral assistance measure under the European Peace Facility of €15 million with the aim of strengthening defence capacities and capabilities of...

Thewesternbalkans. According to different Turkish media, the inaugural meeting of the Balkans Peace Platform, spearheaded by Türkiye with the aim of contributing to the strengthening of peace, stability and prosperity in the Balkans, was held in İstanbul on 26 July 2025,...

Thewesternbalkans. China and Serbia will hold their first joint special forces exercises. The Peace Guardians 2025 exercise will be held in late July in China's northern Hebei province, the Chinese Ministry of Defense announced. The main participants are special forces units...

Thewesternbalkans. Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Greek Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis on the island of Rhodes, Greece, on July 4, 2025, reported Xinhua. China stands ready to strengthen the bond of cooperation with Greece, Chinese Premier Li Qiang...