The Croatian government plans to enlist men for two months and the Serbian government for 75 days. Authorities in both countries plan to start recruiting in 2025
The government of Kosovo, a former Serbian province, banned banks and other financial institutions in the Serb-populated areas from using the dinar in local transactions, starting Feb. 1, and imposed the euro
The Serbian army has maintained close ties to Russia, from which it purchases most of its arms, including fighter jets and tanks
The vote on Sunday pits Vucic’s governing Serbian Progressive Party against a pro-Western opposition coalition which is trying to undermine the firm grip on power the populists have maintained since 2012
The public in Bosnia and in the wider region was brutally shaken into reality in August, when a woman in the town of Gradacac was shot in the head by her former partner, in a live video on Instagram
The two-day session will include the first foreign minister-level meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council, a body created to help prepare Kyiv for eventual membership
Russia’s war in Ukraine has spurred the EU to open up its doors to new members, perhaps as soon as 2030
Ursula von der Leyen met with top Montenegrin officials hours after parliament confirmed the new government following a heated session that lasted through the night
Fears are high of a resumption of the violence that has marked their relations since Kosovo unilaterally broke away from Serbia in 2008
Russia’s war in Ukraine has put integration of the Western Balkans into the EU at the top of the 27-nation bloc’s agenda. The EU made it a requirement for Western Balkans to reform their economies and political institutions before joining
In a brief televised address, the Serbian army chief-of-staff, Gen. Milan Mojsilovic, said Kosovo Serbs can no longer ‘tolerate the terror’ of the Kosovo government
The main problem is ensuring that the small Serb population that has not gone into exile, can live in safety and with dignity, which is currently not the case
There have been violent clashes between Kosovo’s police and local Serbs that have left dozens of people injured on both sides. Serbia raised the combat readiness of its troops stationed near the border and warned that it won’t stand by if Serbs in Kosovo are attacked again.
The soldiers fired tear gas and stun grenades to protect the Kosovar officers and disperse protesters, according to witnesses. The assembled Serbs responded by throwing rocks and other hard objects
