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Western Balkans lock horns with migration this Thursday

Europe still has not decided how it should respond… The number of migrants who have arrived by the Mediterranean this year has exceeded 225,000

25/08/2015

Hungary

Journalist György Kakuk documents refugee journey deep into Europe

Hungarian journalist György Kakuk, who initially did not reveal his name, joined refugees traveling north from the Former Yugoslav Republic of

15/08/2015

My Europe Series

Liberland: utopian tax-free micronation or state of mind?

Tucked away on the banks of the Danube is the tiny, would-be country of Liberland. The former Czech politician who declared himself its founder and

22/07/2015

Germany

Merkel breaks off dealing with Greece to visit Balkans

Angela Merkel is in the Western Balkans, on the first leg of a tour that will also take the German Chancellor to Serbia and Bosnia. Her visit sends a

09/07/2015

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Srebrenica: Russia vetoes UN resolution to recognise massacre as genocide

Russia has wielded its veto in the UN Security Council to block a resolution that would recognise the 1995 Srebrenica massacre as genocide. As

08/07/2015

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Europe marks 20 years since Srebrenica massacre

Thousands of marchers in Bosnia and Herzegovina have joined survivors of Europe’s worst mass killing since the Holocaust: the slaughter of some 8,000

08/07/2015

My Europe Series

Balkans tension: 20 years after Dayton accords ethnic divisions still run deep

Despite the 1995 Dayton Accords, which formally ended three-and-a-half years of war in the Balkans, tensions remain as the region again faces the

02/07/2015

My Europe Series

Kumanovo bloodshed: Balkans tension or internal political intrigue?

The spectre of inter-ethnic violence has been cast over the Balkans again following a recent clash between police and Albanian militants in the north

12/06/2015

My Europe Series

Count me in: inclusiveness key to breaking down barriers in the Balkans

Twenty years on from the ending of the devastating conflict in ex-Yugoslavia and divisions still run deep across the region. Political solutions have

27/05/2015

Culture news

Balkan Trafik celebrates its 9th anniversary in style

The unique world of Balkan Trafik! has once again brought the best of the Balkans to the heart of Europe, through a programme of music, dance

27/04/2015

Serbia

Rebel Serb leader on war crimes charges released on medical grounds

Rebel Serb leader Goran Hadzic has arrived in Belgrade after being granted temporary release on medical grounds by the International Criminal

16/04/2015

Netherlands

Croatia and Serbia's unforgettable bloodshed

The results of the 1991-1995 Croatian War of Independence may be seen today in villages populated by Serb refugees who were driven out of Krajina, or

03/02/2015

Netherlands

Top UN court rules Serbia and Croatia not guilty of genocide during Balkans conflict

International Court of Justice says neither Serbia nor Croatia committed genocide during Balkan wars

03/02/2015

Albania

Rain triggers floods in Balkans

Heavy rain has lead to severe flooding in Greece, Albania and the former Yugoslavian republic of Macedonia. (FYROM) In one region troops were

03/02/2015

Kosovo

Why is there tension between Serbia and Albania?

15/10/2014

World

Teaching peace

29/09/2011