Ankara said last year it was eager to acquire Eurofighter jets, but the talks have been slow to get off the ground.

• October 21, 2024

Prosecutors said the accused exchanged information with a member of ISIL in a messenger chat and was planning to use firearms in his assault.

• October 21, 2024

The European Union froze accession talks after Georgia’s government passed a controversial ‘foreign influence law’ earlier this year.

• October 21, 2024

Moldova’s pro-EU President Maia Sandu has blamed fraud by criminal groups and “foreign forces” for potential defeat in a referendum on joining the EU, after partial election results showed a majority voting against it.

• October 21, 2024

Governments who see migration as a political and security risk will be looking for solutions including sending asylum seekers abroad while their claims are processed.

• October 18, 2024

China has forged closer ties with Russia since the invasion of Ukraine, but it has repeatedly denied supplying weapons.

• October 18, 2024

By Fuad Shahbazov, Baku-based independent regional security and defence analyst

Israeli President Isaac Herzog concluded his historic first visit to Albania in September, shortly after his first-ever trip to Serbia, where both sides agreed to deepen bilateral cooperation amid Israel's extending military campaign against Hamas and Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon. Although the recent intensive diplomatic dialogue between Israel and Balkan states is gaining more impetus, it is not a new phenomenon. In the last five years, much has been done to ensure Israel’s expanding diplomatic, security, and economic ties with the Balkans, particularly with Albania and Serbia. In light of the worsening geopolitical tensions in the Middle East after the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023 and Israel’s large-scale military campaign in Gaza and Southern Lebanon, Tel Aviv sought to build new alliances and partnerships at a critical time. READ MORE

• October 16, 2024

Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson calls election for November, cites policy disagreements as responsible for government collapse.

• October 14, 2024