Internet users in Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania simply love Facebook, with almost 90 per cent of them having Facebook accounts, according to a global statistical database maintained by the International Web Stats web page.

This year’s Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence gets under way, as ten journalists attend an opening seminar in the Austrian capital.

Despite seeing snowfall on Tuesday, Bulgaria is celebrating one of its most beloved traditional holidays - Baba Marta- which is believed to mark the beginning of spring.

British pop star Robbie Williams and his bandmates from Take That arrived in Sofia late Tuesday evening to film a music video.

Sofia is launching a series of initiatives to promote its bid to be granted the 2019 European capital of culture title.

The region may have avoided an epidemic but there is no room for complacency.