But some European officials who have helped to oversee the 1995 Dayton peace agreement that ended the war fear the removal of ...

New DNA analysis reveals how the rise and fall of the Roman Empire ultimately shifted the population in the Balkans.

A fatal accident at a Chinese-built solar plant in Bosnia triggered investigations that exposed illegal labor, violated permits, and ultimately halted the project amid rising public resistance to ...

Something magical happened when I first stepped off the bus in Sarajevo three years ago. The air felt different here, charged with stories and possibilities. I'd traveled through Western Europe plenty ...

BELGRADE — Back in the late 1990s, a group of Serbian dissidents, independent journalists and the opposition fled Slobodan Milošević’s dictatorial regime to Hungary. In an open-air tavern under the ...

The Balkans have been at the center of great-power competition for centuries. Russia has long played a leading role, supporting its Slavic and Orthodox Christian allies in Serbia and elsewhere in the ...

My evening at a family-run distillery located atop Goč Mountain in central Serbia was shaping up to be a decadent affair with ample amounts of high-quality rakia, a potent fruit brandy that is ...

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Catherine Ashton served as EU high representative for foreign affairs; Misha Glenny is a former BBC correspondent and expert on the Balkans; Mark Medish served on the National Security Council in the ...

The final frontier of Europe is this southeastern peninsula, where travellers can find Roman palaces, old Ottoman quarters, aquamarine bays and dramatic mountain hikes — but far fewer crowds. To beat ...

Whenever political instability looms in the Balkans, the habitual response is to call for more E.U. and U.S. engagement. Like many War on the Rocks authors before me, I too have been guilty of penning ...

No one wants a Balkans arms race, even if it’s a “mini” one. Last May, when Croatia bought a dozen used Rafale fighter jets for $1.2 billion, the Associated Press described it as part of a “mini arms ...