Romania’s Ministry of Defence has contracted construction works worth €18m million for a temporary military base, north of Bucharest, Profit.ro reported. Infrastructure capabilities according to NATO standards will be developed in a local military facility in Tunari, and will include accommodation spaces, administrative buildings, roads, alleys and platforms for the storage of technology, perimeter and interior fencing, according to the specifications.

Serbia's government decided to revoke a decree giving it control over information on the coronavirus outbreak, following protests and the detention of a journalist for writing about a major hospital lacked protective gear and properly trained staff, news wires reported. PM Ana Brnabic said the decree, enforced on Saturday, would be revoked on Thursday "so not a shadow could be cast on our work."

Kosovo has lifted 100% tariff on goods from Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, interim PM Albin Kurti said in a TV interview on Wednesday.

Serbia is planning on offering about €5bn in loans and subsidies to businesses to help them cope with the economic impact of the coronavirus, President Aleksandar Vucic said. As announced by Vucic, the state will also make a one-off payment of €100 to every Serbian citizen older than 18, or the entire electorate consisting of 5 million people.

North Macedonia is using NATO’s Next-Generation Incident Command System (NICS) to coordinate its national response to the COVID-19 crisis and to provide its public with real-time information and advice, the alliance’s press service reported.

Turkey held its first tender on Thursday to prepare to build a huge canal on the edge of Istanbul, a Transport Ministry spokesman said, signaling progress on the project despite widespread criticism over its cost and environmental impact.

Kosovo lawmakers dismissed the government of Prime Minister Albin Kurti in a no-confidence vote on Wednesday, triggering a political crisis as the Balkan country is trying to stop the spread of the coronavirus, news wires reported.

A no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Albin Kurti's government was called in Kosovo on Wednesday, as bickering among the country's three top leaders continues in spite of the coronavirus crisis. The motion was launched by Kurti's junior coalition partners, Isa Mustafa's center-left Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK).

Greece must take immediate action to end the violence against migrants and asylum seekers at the border between Turkey and Greece, an independent UN human rights expert said on Monday, expressing alarm at reports of violence at the hands of some Greek security officers and unidentified armed men.

A pair of Turkish fighter jets F-16 on Monday violated Greek air space in the Aegean for the second time in as many hours on Monday, flying over the island of Chios, in the eastern Aegean, at 3,700 feet, Ekathimerini reported, citing the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) sources.