Deportations of unsheltered EU migrants, mainly from Poland and Romania, are on the rise in the Netherlands. Some experts and NGOs regard the policy as barely legal; others argue it gives the ...

The Bosnian Serb strongman has named his candidate for the November 23 presidential elections in the Serb-led entity, finally acknowledging his court conviction and exclusion from office in August.

Twenty-seven people died in floods that struck Bosnia and Herzegovina in October 2024. Some of the survivors are still living in temporary accommodation, haunted by the memory of the water, mud and ...

Without a new model of financial sustainability, the journalistic profession – a cornerstone of democracy – risks disappearing, warns the president of the European Federation of Journalists ahead of ...

The number of Russians granted Serbian citizenship under discretionary government powers has shot up since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. At least five of them are under Western sanctions.

After another destructive fire season, experts and activists say that unless Greece starts investigating what’s starting these blazes, it will never be able to prevent them. Mobile phones beeped over ...

Activists from several Balkan countries have been detained as Israeli forces raided the Global Sumud Flotilla, a convoy of vessels which was trying to deliver humanitarian aid to war-ravaged Gaza.

As the Bosnian Serb strongman unwillingly navigates his political exit, he still has cards to play – about who will succeed him as party boss and as president of the Republika Srpska entity.

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 ...

Dock workers in Piraeus stopped a truck from North Macedonia carrying ammunition bound for Israel from entering the port, saying they will not allow the port to become a transit point for weapons of ...

China’s Huawei has come to dominate the 5G rollout in Cyprus, with risks for data security and independent policymaking that go far beyond the island’s shores, experts warn. This post is also ...

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