BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina presented a database of children who disappeared during the 1992-95 war as well as a documentary about the parents and relatives who are still looking for them. This post ...

The appointment of Ana Trisic Babic as acting president until November's election follows Milorad Dodik’s removal from office after he was sentenced to a year in prison and given a six-year ban on ...

Rights groups condemned decision to bury former General Nebojsa Pavkovic, who was convicted of war crimes against Kosovo Albanians, in an area reserved for 'meritorious citizens' – and with military ...

Ruling centre-right VMRO DPMNE party hails landslide victory over its rivals in Sunday’s local elections, coming first in 53 of the country’s 81 municipalities. Ahead of Sunday’s municipal elections ...

After seeing off the Kremlin threat in the recent elections, the government must press on with reforms aimed at securing EU accession.

Experts link removal of US sanctions imposed on four Bosnian Serb officials to Milorad Dodik’s exit from the Republika Srpska presidency. Decision to nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize comes ...

Serbian leader voices dismay and Hungary mulls legal action after EU energy ministers voted to phase out all Russian gas imports from 2028.

Former communist countries in Southeast Europe face catastrophic depopulation, with far-reaching social and political consequences. Young people are leaving. Fertility rates have collapsed. Societies ...

Veterans of the Dutch UN peacekeeping battalion deployed in Srebrenica remember how they were left powerless to prevent the genocide of Bosniaks by Bosnian Serb forces in July 1995 - and how the ...

Three decades after the first armed skirmishes in Croatia, a selective interpretation of the war for independence is still hampering inter-ethnic reconciliation and blighting the country’s potential ...

Battlefield scenarios from the wars in the former Yugoslavia in the 20th Century are used in various board games and video games, but while some of them offer the opportunity to play with history, ...

After convictions in major war crimes and genocide trials in The Hague, right-wing nationalists stepped up their efforts to glorify criminals like Ratko Mladic, while top Serbian politicians ...