2010-01-14Rights groups agree that a legal framework for the protection of animals is slowly taking hold in Serbia. The bigger problem will be implementing it.

2009-12-28TIRANA, Albania -- A pregnant woman infected with the swine flu died in Tirana on Sunday (December 27th). The 25-year-old victim from Kukes was carry...

2010-01-03PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Prime Minister Hashim Thaci sent a message of condolences on Thursday (December 31st) to his Finnish counterpart Matti Vanhanen,...

2010-01-10ATHENS, Greece -- A strong bomb exploded on Saturday (January 9th) outside the parliament building in downtown Athens, causing damage but no injuries...

2010-01-10BUCHAREST, Romania -- Thousands of people queued outside hospitals in Bucharest on Saturday (January 9th) to get vaccinated against swine flu after a...

2010-01-13ANKARA, Turkey -- Israel apologised on Wednesday (January 13th) for what media reports described as a display of a "humiliating" attitude towards the...

2010-01-19PRISTINA, Kosovo -- The government decided on Saturday (January 16th) that new ambassadors will be nominated by the foreign ministry, rather than by...

2010-01-21STRASBOURG, France -- A member of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) on Wednesday (January 20th) filed suit at the European Court of Hum...

2010-01-22BELGRADE, Serbia -- Bishop Irinej of Nis was elected on Friday (January 22nd) as the new head of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC). He will replace t...

2010-02-12BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Eurozone leaders promised Thursday (February 11th) to help Greece overcome its severe financial crisis but stopped short of offe...

2010-02-12SKOPJE, Macedonia -- The cabinet honoured the memory of former Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Gabriela Konevska-Trajkovska at its ses...

2010-02-16ZAGREB, Croatia -- President-elect Ivo Josipovic voiced regret Monday (February 15th) that Serbian President Boris Tadic will not attend his inaugura...

2010-03-12NICOSIA, Cyprus -- The body of former President Tassos Papadopoulos was reburied on Thursday (March 11th), three months after it was stolen from its...

2010-03-14BELGRADE, Serbia -- A nationalist group called 1389 put up posters honouring war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic along a street in downtown Belgrade on...

2010-03-17BELGRADE, Serbia -- Popular Serbian singer Ksenija Pajcin, 32, and her boyfriend -- Montenegrin model Filip Kapisoda, 22, were found shot dead on Tue...

2010-03-17PRISTINA, Kosovo -- The Serbian memorial monument of Gazimestan, just outside Pristina, will soon be protected by the Kosovo Police which will replac...

2009-12-30Stevan Jovetic is named Montenegro's top football player for 2009. Also in cultural news: an exhibition of artefacts excavated this year opens in Macedonia, and the 15th Biennial of Ceramics is held in Belgrade.

2010-01-06Serbian tennis player goes for the second round of the Australian Brisbane tennis tournament. Also in cultural news: the first Croatian movie is adapted for the hearing impaired.

2010-01-20US actor Johnny Depp adds star power to the Kustendorf film and music festival in Drvengrad. Also: a Cypriot tennis star wins his fourth ATP title and a Centre for Islamic Culture is to open in Belgrade.

2010-01-27A celebration of Tose Proeski takes place in Skopje. Also: a Bulgarian film is short listed for an Academy Award nomination and Turkish Airlines decides to sponsor Manchester United football.