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Could the ‘dump of death’ near Mostar be making locals ill?

A landfill near Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina is leaking black fluid containing copper, lead, zinc, and arsenic at worrying levels according to test results taken by locals who are worried the dumpsite is attributed to deaths from cancer.

Destinations

7 ways you can explore the Bulgarian mountains during any season

In partnership with Bulgaria Travel

Whether biking, hiking, skiing or swimming is your thing, we take a look at the best ways to explore Bulgaria's ranges and peaks in 2022 with their breathtaking scenery away from the organised masses.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Nearly half of young people thinking of leaving Bosnia - UN survey

The United Nations Population Fund says long-term migration towards richer countries is taking on a "new dimension", with an "immense impact" on Bosnia itself.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia's presidency has pledged there will be no war, says US envoy

Tensions had been raised after Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik announced plans for a separate army, judiciary, and tax administration.

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As Montenegro turns on itself, its new government doubles down

The tiny Balkan state has been wracked by instability and division since elections last year.

Europe News

Slovenia's Janša: Brussels exceeding powers on rule of law crackdown

Slovenia's leader tells Euronews the EU Commission is 'close to breaking the law' in its efforts to ensure member states comply with the bloc's fundamental values.

Europe News

EU commits €9 billion to Western Balkans but divisions persist

EU leaders met in Slovenia to reaffirm their intention to welcome the six Western Balkan countries but failed to deliver major political breakthroughs.

Europe News

Where do Western Balkan nations stand with their EU membership bids?

As a summit is held on expanding EU membership to the Western Balkans, we look at where each country is with its bid to join.

World News

Kosovo-Serbia: Can the EU really broker a peace deal?

Serbia refuses to recognise its former province, Kosovo, as a sovereign nation which hinders both their access to the European Union.

World News

Serbia and Kosovo reach agreement on de-escalation at border, EU envoy

Tensions between Kosovo and Serbia ratcheted up earlier this month when Kosovo demanded, in a reciprocal move, that Serbian cars crossing the border buy temporary licence plates.

World News

Police bust Balkan cartel’s European ‘cocaine pipeline’

61 people were arrested as police from eight European countries pounced on a Balkan crime organisation allegedly "flooding Europe with cocaine."

Kosovo

Kosovo government offices attacked over license plates row with Serbia

A row over vehicle license plates is escalating tensions between Serbia and its former province of Kosovo in the Balkans

Serbia

New Serbian national holiday triggers unease across the Balkans

Serbia kicked off Unity Day with a display of military power and calls for all Serbs in the Balkans to unite under one flag.

Albania

Brussels must not invent new conditions for EU membership, says Merkel

The comments came as Merkel was in the Western Balkans meeting heads of government from Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo.

Kosovo

Kosovar activists disrupt session at war crimes court

Two activists spoke out against the court, accusing it of trying to “change the history of Kosovo’s war" by portraying the war as a conflict “between two aggressors" and not a war of liberation and independence.

Europe News

Western Balkan power plants estimated to have killed 19,000 in Europe

Over the last three years, almost 19,000 people died as a result of pollution from coal-fired power plants in the Western Balkans, according to estimates in a new report

Serbia

Austria and Serbia vow to stop Afghan refugees entering Europe

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said that Afghanistan's neighbouring countries should accept refugees instead.

World News

Western Balkans cautious amid surge of COVID-19 infections

In southwestern Serbia, some school classes will be held online due to the high numbers of new coronavirus cases.

World News

Euroviews. Afghan crisis shows the Balkans is a geopolitical backwater | View

"Sadly, the Afghan episode does not offer any geopolitical wisdom or policy prescriptions for the Balkans and the people living there. It is just a painful acknowledgement that the region remains a geopolitical backwater on the Western periphery."

World News

Relatives rebury victims on 26th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre

They are the latest to be identified in mass graves at the site of Europe's worst massacre since the Second World War.