Our selection of Balkan Insight Premium stories this week takes a look at elections, energy deals, environmental summitry, ...

Vienna praises Sofia and Bucharest for cracking down on illegal migration – but final decision will be taken in December.

Albania joined Kosovo in criticising Serbia's practice of marking ethnic Albanians' addresses as ‘inactive', describing it as a "violation of human rights and standards for the protection of ...

Romania’s prime minister is the bookies’ favourite to become president, probably after a December run-off. But few believe they’ll see a reinvigorated fight against corruption or drive for reform. A ...

Elsewhere, Hungary’s controversial commissioner gets another 4 years, this time in charge of animal welfare; Russia sabre-rattles over opening of first US permanent base in Poland; and Czechs approve ...

The benefits of entering the European Union’s single market are a bigger motivator for Serbia to fulfil conditions imposed under the EU’s growth and reform plan than the money the bloc will provide, ...

Medvedja municipality in southern Serbia. Photo courtesy of Nevzad Lutfiu. A Serbian Constitutional Court ruling has outraged ethnic Albanians in the country who claim they are being discriminated ...

In a move to safeguard Bosnia’s cultural heritage, High Representative Christian Schmidt issued an order to support the ...