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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. 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. 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. 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 “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 The President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani has set February 9, 2025, as the date for holding regular parliamentary elections. Osmani signed a decree saying the date was set after consultations with the political parties and the Central Election Commission...

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. The United States has signed six new military cooperation agreements with North Macedonia. The US side has pledged to invest 20 million euros in rearming the Macedonian army. This information was confirmed by North Macedonia's Defense Minister Vlado Misailovski. "America...

Thewesternbalkans. The leader of the Alliance for Albanians (AA) and Minister of Health, Arben Taravari, announced on the evening of May 12 that the party has decided to leave the ruling coalition in the Republic of North Macedonia. AA is...