Chancellor Olaf Scholz makes appeal for unity at summit with regional leaders in Berlin.
A no-confidence vote has prompted the collapse of Montenegro’s government after just three and a half months in office.
MPs vote 50-1 against PM Abazovic’s government weeks after he signed pact regulating position of Serbian Church.
German chancellor promises to help the region reinvigorate their long-stalled membership campaign.
Several European countries prevent Lavrov’s plane from passing through their airspace, forcing him to cancel visit.
Close historic ties with Russia and deep internal divisions are undermining a unified national stance on the conflict.
Despite the positive noises made at the EU-Western Balkans summit in Slovenia, the EU enlargement process is in crisis.
Leaders of Albanian, Bosnian, Montenegrin communities say US presence is needed to counter Serbia’s ‘growing militancy’.
The EU’s waning ‘soft power’ in the region allows other countries to step in with loans and influence, analysts say.
Dozens reported injured after protests against enthronement of new head of Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro.
Demonstrators set up blockades on main roads ahead of planned inauguration of new head of Serbian Orthodox Church.
Parliament resolution, which also bans denying the genocide, comes as the justice minister is sacked for doing so.
Justice minister Vladimir Leposavic last month said the Srebrenica genocide was not ‘unequivocally established’ as fact.
Proposal was ultimately dropped, but observers say the move is a sign of how Serb Chetniks continue to be glorified.
