Both progressive Hungarian Jews and mainstream Jewish leaders are raising concerns about Trump’s appointment of Ben Landa to serve as the US ambassador to Hungary.

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Edi Rama slated the court decision suspending Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku while she faces a graft probe – and threatened to take the matter to the Constitutional Court. Albanian PM Edi Rama ...

Hearings start for one of the most notorious cases in the country’s history, seeking responsibility for the devastating March 16 fire that killed 63 mostly young people. Defendants together with the ...

Authorities in Istanbul seize crypto asset company in Turkey - home to one of the largest cryptocurrency markets - as well as 15 other companies suspected of laundering the assets of criminals. Photo ...

New rules making it easier to shoot bears roaming in towns and villages follow rise in reports of bear attacks on humans and populated areas. A male brown bear at the courtyard of the Octavian Goga ...

A Greek-Swiss initiative seeks to reopen the historic Peloponnese Railway to boost tourism and generate income for locals – but is the project really practical? “The train passed through my village. I ...

Acting premier Albin Kurti’s unexpected decision to nominate Glauk Konjufca to finally form a government looks destined to fail – as all the other big parties have already opted for new elections.

Tough European Commission report takes Serbian democratic backsliding to task – while saying Montenegro will probably be the first among the current candidate countries to join the EU. European ...

The Serbian National Council said right-wingers who used a discussion in parliament to reject facts about crimes committed at the World War II-era Jasenovac camp violated the Croatian criminal code, ...

The Albanian Volleyball Federation has been accused of discrimination and prejudice over its decision to suspend a Brazilian women’s volleyball player based on unsupported allegations about her gender ...