The Latest Breaking News from the Western Balkans

KEIR Starmer is considering sending asylum seekers to migrant centres in the western Balkans and other third-party countries, according to reports…

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said Dame Karen Pierce is the ‘ideal person’ to take on the role.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is turning his attention to Ukraine, NATO and the Western Balkans after weeks of intense focus on Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza

Membership bids in Europe sometimes accomplish the opposite of what they intend.

Leaders from the Western Balkans and several European countries are meeting for an annual summit in the Albanian capital Tirana, with few concrete decisions expected amid heightened tensions across the region.

Leaders from the European Union and the Western Balkans will hold an annual summit in Albania’s capital to discuss the path to membership in the bloc for the six countries of the region

European Union parliamentarians on Tuesday gave the green light for citizens from Kosovo to travel freely in Europe without visas from next year. Kosovo, once a Serbian province in the former Yugoslavia, is the last territory in the Western Balkans without visa-free travel to the EU's Schengen travel area.

Montenegro’s pro-Western president has criticized the European Union for allegedly allowing Russia to spread its influence in the western Balkans

The United States on Wednesday sanctioned three Bosnians, including the former chief of Bosnia and Herzegovina's spy agency, for allegedly undermining democratic institutions and endangering peace and stability in the Western Balkans.