World news about “Balkans” published by euronews.
‘Balkan Trafik’ returns to Brussels for a seventh year Balkan Trafik continues for seventh year its trip to the capital of Europe bringing together traditional with modern sound with a perfume of the multicultural… 24/04/2013
War veteran kills 13 in Serbian village shooting spree In Serbia, a veteran of the Balkan Wars has gone on a gun rampage, killing 13 people in a small village in the middle of the country. Police reported that… 09/04/2013
Birthday celebrations at ‘Balkan Trafik’ The famous Bulgarian clarinetist Ivo Papasov showed his virtuosity at the sixth annual Brussels’ ‘Balkan Trafik’ music and arts festival. Though Papasov… 17/04/2012
No end to big freeze in Europe The big freeze continues throughout many parts of Europe with at least 79 deaths since Saturday. Emergency airlifts are being organised in Bosnia and Serbia… 02/02/2012
Teaching peace This edition of Learning World explores teaching peace in the US, Switzerland and the Balkans. Sixteen Palestinian and Israeli girls have spent summer at a… 29/09/2011
Balkans justice: The road to the EU The arrest of Goran Hadzic marks the home straight for a difficult Balkan justice process led by the EU and the Hague War Crimes Tribunal. It has taken 18… 20/07/2011
Festival gives Brussels a taste of the Balkans For four days, the heart of Brussels has been swinging to the sound of music, dance, theater and film from southeastern Europe. The 5th edition of the… 18/04/2011
Visa-free EU travel for Balkan states? The European Commission has proposed that citizens from Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia be allowed to travel freely to the EU member countries without a visa… 06/11/2009
Hague appeal court clears jailed Croatian officersIt was just a taste of what life could now be like for two Croatian generals freed on appeal after being jailed for war crimes. Celebrations began early and… 16/11/2012
Croatia/Serbia: Gotovina returns home after war crimes acquittalGeneral Ante Gotovina, the most senior Croatian officer convicted of war crimes during the Balkan Wars, is back on home soil after being freed by a UN appeals… 16/11/2012
Croatia/Serbia: Gotovina ruling ‘opens old wounds’The acquittals of General Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac for war crimes by a UN appeals court were greeted with jubilation in the streets of the Croatian… 16/11/2012
Gotovina acquitted of war crimesA UN appeals court has overturned the conviction of the most senior Croatian military officer charged with war crimes during the Balkan conflicts. General… 16/11/2012
Serbia-Kosovo dialogue may restart next monthDialogue between Serbia and Kosovo could restart as early as next month, according to the Serbian Prime Minister. Talks were suspended last May, ahead of the… 31/10/2012
Balkan neighbours boycott Serbia’s presidential inaugurationSerbia’s Balkan neighbours refused to attend the inauguration of the country’s new President, Tomislav Nikolic. The leaders of Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia and… 11/06/2012
Eastern European drug ring arrestsAuthorities have arrested 57 people across five Balkan states after targeting a drug smuggling operation. Raids took place in Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia… 26/12/2011
UN court jails ex-Yugoslav army chief for 27 yearsMomcilo Perisic, the ex-army chief of the former Yugoslavia, has been sentenced to 27 years behind bars for war crimes. The UN tribunal in the Hague jailed… 06/09/2011
Yugoslav military chief Perisic guilty of war crimes The former Chief of Staff of the Yugoslav Army has been found guilty of war crimes and sentenced to 27 years in prison. Momcilo Perisic had denied all… 06/09/2011
Flooding submerges parts of Bosnia and AlbaniaFirst it was snow now it is floods – a state of emergency has been declared in several areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina as thousands have been forced to… 06/12/2010
Serb leader apologises for Croatian massacreSerbia’s President Boris Tadic has travelled to Croatia to personally apologise for atrocities committed by Serbs during the Yugoslav Wars in the 1990s. He… 04/11/2010
Day of the Disappeared – the unsung victims of warsDozens of families of people missing during the 1998-1999 Kosovo war have held a rally to urge authorities to do more to find their loved ones. Marking… 30/08/2010
Danube Music Festival keeping history aliveLong-sustained cultural traditions in the Balkans risk being diluted as barriers fall. 15/04/2010
All aboard the Sofia for the Danube Music FestivalBringing together some of Eastern Europe and the Balkans’ best musicians, the floating Danube Music Festival takes place on a boat – the Sofia – as it makes… 25/03/2010
Serbian PM: Kosovo agreement can be foundThe status of Kosovo continues to overshadow Brussels’ efforts to speed up the EU integration of all the Balkan states. Kosovo unilaterally declared… 20/03/2010
Catastrophic flooding hits BalkansMuch of eastern Europe is experiencing some of its worst flooding in decades. In Albania, a combination of heavy snow followed by equally heavy rain has… 11/01/2010
Three Balkan countries get EU visa freedomEighteen years of visa restrictions in the Balkans end tonight, as citizens of Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro get the right to travel freely in… 18/12/2009
Border benefits for Balkan travellers to EUThe prospect of free access across EU borders has come a step closer for people from Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. The three Balkan states have already… 15/07/2009
Ex-PM of Kosovo held in BulgariaA former prime minister of Kosovo arrested in Bulgaria is to be kept in custody until at least Saturday. Agim Ceku was detained yesterday on an Interpol… 24/06/2009
Rising to the challenge of teaching history in the BalkansThe history of the Balkans is rich in culture and tradition, but is also marked by conflict and ethnic strife. Teaching history is a challenge as past… 29/01/2009
Coal scuttle and axe for gasless BalkansBosnians out of gas have been turning to coal or wood. If it is hard for people in new EU countries to cope with no gas in the early depths of winter, try… 08/01/2009
