South-Eastern Europe

EU eases Schengen visa rules for Turks; envoy urges further moves

Greek owner of cocaine-loaded vessel seized in 2023 denies charges, lawyer says

Romanian top court overturns president's challenge to hate speech bill

Bosnia's peace envoy moves to unblock state finances, Serbs cry foul

Turkey's Erdogan risks alienating voters as PKK peace advances

Greek police arrest five over killing of UC Berkeley professor in Athens

Greece arrests three over cocaine-loaded ship seized by Spain in 2023

EU council sanctions individuals, entities responsible for destabilising Moldova

Romanian government survives no confidence vote and pushes tax hikes through

Greek government seeks parliamentary probe into EU farm fraud, opposition decries cover-up

Kosovo tribunal reduces sentence for former KLA member

PKK disarmament opens new page for Turkey, Erdogan says

Romanian Jewish representative criticises president for challenging hate speech bill

Greek lawmakers to vote on North Africa asylum ban as rights groups cry foul

Turkey's Erdogan names new communications chief

PKK disarmament to take a few months in Iraq, Turkey ruling party says

Factbox-Turkey's legal crackdown on main opposition party CHP

Romania bans Moldovan mayor from border-free Schengen area, ministry says

Greece suspends asylum applications for migrants from North Africa

Wife buries remains of Srebrenica victim 30 years after Bosnia genocide

Turkey blocks X's Grok content for alleged insults to Erdogan, religious values

Jailed PKK leader Ocalan says armed struggle with Turkey is over

Turkish court jails mayor of opposition-run Adana pending trial as crackdown widens

Greece shuts Acropolis for part of day as heat soars, bans outdoor work

Ukraine urges investigation into alleged Russian chemical weapons use

Romanian government to face no-confidence vote over deficit-lowering tax hikes

Explosive device likely damaged Greek tanker off Libya last week, operator says

Thousands in Zagreb for Croatian nationalist singer's 'record breaking' concert

Bosnia's prosecutor lifts arrest warrant against separatist Serb leader

Turkey arrests ten suspects after wildfires, interior minister says

Turkish prosecutors add charges of forging diploma against jailed Istanbul mayor

Greece arrests gang smuggling cocaine-infused leather from Latin America

Firefighters report progress in taming Turkey wildfires

Motorcyclist killed in bear attack on Romanian scenic mountain road

Story on little-known group claiming to have started forest fires is withdrawn

Serbian police detain 79 people in crackdown on protests

New fire threatens homes in Greece's Athens, blaze in Crete displaces over 1,000, as Europe bakes in heatwave

Turkish cartoonist jailed pending trial over drawing accused of insulting Prophet

Pope Leo tells Turkish first lady he might visit Turkey in November, presidency says