EBRd report finds sanctions and trade disruptions have led to transformations in trade patterns across the Emerging Europe and Central Asia region.
Development bank makes downward revision in latest forecasts after worse than expected Q1 figures for Central Europe.
Exorbitant international B2B payment transfers are a barrier to cross-border trade for enterprises in the Western Balkans, a World Bank analysis shows.
Fossil fuels are still being burned in district heating networks across the Western Balkans, despite the pressing need to prepare for the transition to green energy, finds a Bankwatch report.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and First Lady Olena Zelenska visit Serbia to mend relations strained by Belgrade's refusal to cut ties with Russia.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said mutual political trust provided a "firm foundation" for strengthening Chinese-Hungarian ties in a joint press conference with his host, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on May 9.
Serbia is one of just three countries on President Xi Jinping's European tour.
Serbia has become a key partner of China in Europe, benefitting from Chinese investments into infrastructure development and industrial production.
Hudson Institute says move towards secession could in turn spark broader ethnic conflicts in Balkans.
Emergency crews are working round the clock to put out the landfill fire near Uzice, western Serbia.
Wave of investments into auto parts manufacturing now includes moves into electro-mobility.
IRI’s Western Balkan survey also reveals Albanians and Kosovars most committed to EU and Nato membership; support flagging in other countries.
Former spy chief Aleksandar Vulin, dubbed ‘Moscow’s man’ in Belgrade, to join Milos Vucevic’s new cabinet.
Germany’s slow recovery is dampening growth prospects for Central and Southeast European economies.
With Emerging Europe increasingly polarised between democracies and authoritarian states, it is unclear in which direction the hybrid regimes – which fall between the two camps – will go, says Freedom House.
Earlier this month, S&P upgraded its outlook on Serbia to positive from stable, maintaining the country's 'BB+/B' ratings.
The appointment of ethnic Albanian mayors in four majority-Serb municipalities in northern Kosovo sparked protests in 2023.
Members of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations warned of the risk of destabilisation in the Western Balkans since the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Ten monasteries in Serbia have adopted solar power in recent years in a bid to increase self-sustainability and curb electricity expenses.
The Serbian president has repeatedly warned that the world could be heading for the worst conflict since WW2.