Citing health reasons, Arben Xhaferi announced on Monday (June 25th) that he is stepping down as leader of the small ruling coalition party, the Democratic Party of Albanians (DPA).

A trilateral drill among the militaries of Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia began in the joint border area of the Danube River on Monday (June 25th).

A court in the southeast town of Diyarbakir sentenced ten people to life in prison Monday (June 25th) for a series of bombings in the early 1990s.