Balkans

For Serbia the Srebrenica genocide "misunderstanding" paid off

Twenty-four years ago the Srebrenica Genocide took place, however, there are still those who downplay the atrocity and others who claim they have no idea how it happened.

Turkey's contribution to European security 'invaluable'

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed the South East European Countries Cooperation Process (SEECP) Summit in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, where stability and security and cooperation among the Balkans were discussed.

General election sees Greece swing from left to right

Primer Minister Alexis Tsipras lost to the right-wing New Democracy party as the country continues to be mired in economic problems sparked by the global financial crisis.

US Independence Day: Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?

Migrant detention centres, or 'concentration camps', in the US make the world more dangerous for everyone.

Record low turnout mars Albanian poll as opposition boycotts elections

Just 21.6 percent of the population turned out to vote in local elections, following claims the ruling Socialist Party rigged the 2017 general election.

EU's broken Balkan promise is 16 years in the making

Countries in the Balkans are still decades away from joining the EU despite promises made 16 years ago. As the EU faces international tensions, is expansion still viable?

Head of Serbian Orthodox Church finds common ground with Assad regime

The Serbian Orthodox Church leader Patriarch Irinej makes a controversial visit to Syria and praises Bashar al Assad.

Is Serbia's prime minister racist?

Albanians responded to disparaging remarks made at a press conference in front of an EU Ambassador after silence from the EU.

The German media helped empower the far-right, now they turned on the media

Germany’s media outlets confess contribution to the rise of the AfD. The question is what they have gained from it and, their reports on Muslims, migrants and refugees.

War-ravaged historic 'Pearl of Bosnia' Mosque reopens

Known as the Pearl of Bosnia, the mosque was demolished by Serbian forces during the 1992-1995 Bosnian War, but rebuilt over the last five years with the support of Turkey's General Directorate of Foundations

Macron, Merkel push Serbia and Kosovo to find resolution

France and Germany organised a Western Balkans summit in Berlin to restart deadlocked talks between Serbia and Kosovo.

Interview with North Macedonia’s presidential hopeful Gordana Siljanovska

The race for the largely ceremonial presidential race has turned into a second referendum on whether the Balkan country should be called Macedonia or North Macedonia.