The Kosovo Specialist Chamber, a war crimes court based in The Hague, said on Thursday that a former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander, Salih Mustafa, had been arrested by prosecutors in Kosovo and is being transported to the Netherlands. The court said in a statement it had confirmed an indictment and arrest warrant against Mustafa, though it did not detail what charges he may face.

Turkey and Greece have agreed on Tuesday to talks over disputed waters in the eastern Mediterranean, following the German-led efforts to defuse a crisis that has raised fears of conflict, news wires reported.

The leaders of the three main opposition groups in Montenegro signed a coalition agreement on Wednesday to form the next government and sought to alleviate fears that they would steer the small Balkan state off its pro-Western course and back toward traditional allies Serbia and Russia, news wires reported.

Former foes Kosovo and Serbia have agreed on a historic pact to normalise economic relations, US President Donald Trump announced on Friday at the White House. "A truly historic day," Trump said, with Kosovo PM Avdullah Hoti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic sitting beside him in the Oval Office.

EU-mediated negotiations on normalising relations between Serbia and its former province of Kosovo could lead to a deal within months, the EU's envoy on the issue said. But according to Miroslav Lajcak, it would be a mistake to forecast a date as there were still ”very complicated issues to address”.

A preliminary official tally of Montenegro’s parliamentary election confirmed on Monday that the pro-Western party that has ruled the country for 30 years has won the most votes, but a coalition of three opposition groupings might still grab power, news wires reported.

North Macedonian lawmakers have approved Zoran Zaev as prime minister late on Sunday, voting 62-51 for him to again take the post, news wires reported.

Voters in Montenegro on Sunday cast ballots in a tense election that is pitting the long-ruling pro-Western party against an opposition seeking closer ties with Serbia and Russia. The parliamentary vote is marked by a dispute over a law on religious rights that is staunchly opposed by the influential Serbian Orthodox Church.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Greece on Wednesday not to test his country’s patience or courage, further stoking tensions between the NATO allies over offshore energy exploration in the eastern Mediterranean.

Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic returned to a United Nations court on Tuesday to appeal his 2017 conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity during the Yugoslav Wars, news wires reported. He is serving a life sentence after being found guilty of overseeing the slaughter of 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica in 1995 and attacking and murdering civilians during the 43-month siege of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo.