No such thing as free speech in Serbia, says deported actor and war critic
Fedja Stukan says he was not allowed to enter country after writing ‘dangerous book’ on his experience in 1990s war
March 2024
EU agrees to begin membership negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina
Leaders of the bloc caution that the country will have to undertake more reforms before the next step can begin
January 2024
‘It’s not just Israel on trial’: Bosnian war survivor’s support for genocide case
US joins Bosnia in show of support on eve of planned celebration by Serb nationalists
December 2023
National archives: Tony Blair was advised to work with militants in Kosovo
Former prime minister had concerns about being seen to be too close to the Kosovo Liberation Army
How a Syrian refugee is standing up to brutal Croatian pushbacks in court
Sami Barkal filmed border guards beating fellow asylum seekers and is challenging Croatia in Europe’s court of human rights
Bardonecchia in Italy trumps Bulgarian resorts as best value ski spot
Slovenia and I grew up together – and I’ve seen its early dream of tolerance turn sour
Ana Schnabl
EU sidesteps Viktor Orbán to open membership talks with Ukraine
November 2023
Looking for Horses review – poetic meditation on the lasting impacts of the Bosnian war
In a visually impressive documentary, film-maker Stefan Pavlovic spends time with a fisherman and former soldier living in an abandoned church
Former Yugoslavia countries must face past horrors or risk return to conflict, Council of Europe official says
Council’s commissioner for human rights says some people prosecuted in the Hague for war crimes ‘return to their communities as heroes’
The age of extinction
It’s one of Europe’s last pristine rivers. Can scientists save it from 50 dams?
Turbulence in Balkans over renaming of Dubrovnik airport
Germany proposes giving EU candidate countries observer status at summits
October 2023
Vain generals, mix-ups and Elvis: Kosovan play turns peace talks into farce
Jeton Neziraj’s Negotiating Peace is a frenzied comedy drawing on Bosnian and Kosovan wars
I grew up in Bosnia, amid fear and hatred of Muslims. Now I see Germany’s mistakes over Gaza
Lana Bastašić
As a child, I saw what follows ethnic cleansing. That’s why I am speaking out about my new home’s silence over Palestinian deaths, says author Lana Bastašić
‘A climate of violence’: Serbian football ultras in spotlight after Kosovo monastery siege
Few places in the Balkans reveal the volatile ethnic politics of the region as much as stadiums
August 2023
The Audio Long Read
The Balkans’ alternative postal system: an ad-hoc courier’s tale – podcast
Across this fractured region, informal networks rule. So if you need to send something, ask someone who’s already going that way
July 2023
The RSF are out to finish the genocide in Darfur they began as the Janjaweed. We cannot stand by
Kate Ferguson
The long read
The Balkans’ alternative postal system: an ad-hoc courier’s tale
