The head of a center-right 22-party coalition that emerged victorious in North Macedonia’s parliamentary election has fallen just short of gaining a parliamentary majority, leaving it reliant on entering a partnership with another party to form a government.

North Macedonia faces a runoff presidential ballot, which will coincide with May 8 parliamentary elections.

Inside, those who administer the world look for peace.

A nationwide referendum in Slovakia on amending the constitution to make possible an early election has failed to produce a legally binding result because the turnout was too low.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has urged North Macedonia to acknowledge the presence of an ethnic Bulgarian minority in the country, amid other actions required to speed up its European Union accession process.

Slovakia’s president has sworn in new ministers who replaced their predecessors from a junior coalition partner that withdrew from the governing four-party coalition that left Prime Minister Eduard Heger without a parliamentary majority.

The European Union’s foreign policy chief has said the bloc would support the Western Balkan countries to overcome the economic crisis caused by Russia's war on Ukraine.

The European Union’s foreign policy chief has reaffirmed the 27-country bloc’s desire to integrate the Western Balkans, saying it’s a “strategic priority.”.

Poland’s president says he has decided to veto a media bill that would have forced U.S. company Discovery to give up its controlling share of Polish television network TVN.