Balkans News

This week has given India two lessons - first from the Croatian President at the World Cup Final, and second from the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia are official candidates for EU membership while Bosnia and Kosovo are seeking the same status.

Russia on Thursday said that the verdict against Bosnian Serb wartime military chief Ratko Mladic would undermine reconciliation efforts in the Balkans.

As dusk fell on Saturday evening, a Reuters witness saw a group of up to 70 people crossing into Macedonia from Greece, at a point where there is no razor wire fence between the two countries.

EU interior ministers hold fresh talks on migration on Thursday, seeking to reduce the flow of people through the Balkans and plan for what the bloc has warned is a looming humanitarian crisis.

The flow of migrants through the Balkans and towards Germany will be slowed progressively as part of a coordinated "domino effect" of restrictions by countries along the route, Austria`s interior minister said in comments published on Tuesday.

Germany will return thousands of rejected asylum applicants to the Balkans in coming months.

The meeting comes after Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia on Saturday warned they could close their borders to migrants.

As thousands of Syrians, Afghans and others kept up their relentless march through the Balkans, European leaders held an emergency summit today to find ways of easing the plight of those caught up in the continent's greatest immigration crisis in decades.

Hungarian police said 7,879 migrants entered the country on Sunday and 7,907 on Saturday.

Border guards in crisp blue uniforms rush onto the train as it grinds to a halt, quickly rounding up around a dozen African men and herding them into a nearby hall.

Bulgaria’s security forces have detained 137 foreigners in the capital Sofia in a sweep aimed at combating illegal migration, the country`s latest effort to tackle the migrant crisis challenging the Balkans region.