Southern Balkans

A volume of academic articles entitled ‘Jasenovac – Manipulations, Controversies and Historical Revisionism’ is being launched at the national library in Zagreb on Friday, as the Croatian World War II concentration camp continues to be a...

A government-appointed committee alleged that renowned Bulgarian-French philosopher and linguist Julia Kristeva was recruited in 1971 by the Communist-era state security’s foreign intelligence department. The government-appointed Committee for Disclosing the Documents and Announcing the Affiliation of...

The launch of a new turbo-folk radio station in Zagreb has caused near-panic in the Croatian capital – where threats to its ‘Central European’ identity are taken seriously. A new radio station launched in Zagreb has...

If recently registered medicinal marijuana producers fulfill their plans, fields in Macedonia covering some 140,000 square meters – equivalent to some 20 football pitches – will soon be covered in marijuana plants. Macedonia legalized the growth...

Kosovo-born Agron Salihi’s confrontation with the Romanian immigration system lasted for five months and ended badly for him, when the 30-year-old was expelled. Salihi illegally entered Romania in autumn 2016, together with his brother, through a...

Bosnia’s Central Election Commission on Tuesday officially declared the next general election for October 7. However, the nationwide ballot may well not lead to the establishment of new governments, thanks to local politicians’ zero-sum games and...

Amid rising tensions between the two neighbours, Serbia has banned the Kosovo karate team from entering the country, preventing it from taking part in the European Karate Championship in Novi Sad. Kosovo’s karate team was not...

Journalists’ associations are calling for an end to what they call a ‘culture of impunity’ over crimes against reporters, following the latest attack, on Olivera Lakic, who was shot at outside her home this week. Hundreds...

The Bosnian state prosecution launched an appeal against the war crimes acquittal of the Bosnian Army’s former commander in Srebrenica, Naser Oric, who was cleared of killing Serb captives. Prosecutor Miroslav Janjic asked for a retrial...

From the army to the presidency and Serbia’s schools, Orthodox Christian rituals are becoming increasingly common in state institutions, even though they are officially secular. The encroachment of religion into Serbia’s officially secular state institutions has drawn criticism after...