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.

Former Bosnian Serb interior minister Mico Stanisic, sentenced to 22 years in prison by the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague, has submitted a request for early release from prison in Poland.

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 ...