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WEB1 day ago · The Italian port city of Trieste, just across the Yugoslav border, was a popular shopping destination for people seeking branded Western goods – but the fall of socialist Yugoslavia means the ...
All the news from Croatia | Balkan Insight
WEBApr 18, 2024 · Read the latest news from Croatia on politics, economy, culture and society, with insights from the Balkan region and beyond.
The Fall of Vukovar: Oral History of a Croatian Town’s Destruction
WEBNov 18, 2021 · The situation in Vukovar worsened from May 1991, when Serbian paramilitaries ambushed Croatian soldiers in Borovo Selo in Vukovar County, killing 12 of them. Between June and August, between 40 ...
All the news from Serbia | Balkan Insight
WEBSerbia Sells More Arms, Worth 14 Million Euros, to Israel. Serbia exported more arms to Israel in March, data show, following at least two major arms sales to the country since the October 2023 ...
78 Days of Fear: Remembering NATO’s Bombing of Yugoslavia
WEBBIRN. March 22, 2019 10:35. Twenty years after the start of NATO’s air strikes to force Slobodan Milosevic’s troops to withdraw from Kosovo, reporters who covered the bombing campaign recall ...
‘We Know Everything’: Verdict Outlines Serbia’s Role in Croatia, …
WEBBIRN. August 13, 2021 10:41. The recently-published verdict in the trial of wartime Serbian security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic shows how despite its denials, the Serbian state ...
How Albania Became the World’s First Atheist Country
WEBAug 28, 2019 · In 1976, the Party of Labour even declared Albania to be the first atheist country in the world, putting a ban on religious belief in the constitution and imposing punishments for participating in ...
Political Blockages Stopping Reforms in Bosnia, CoE Report Warns
WEBMar 9, 2023 · Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body GRECO has urged Bosnian authorities to overcome political logjams that are delaying important reforms designed to prevent corruption.
A Cultural History of Serbia | Balkan Insight
WEBNovember 4, 2013 17:23. The article traces the history of Serbia from the first arrival of Slavic tribes in the area of modern-day Serbia to the collapse of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. It discusses ...
North Macedonia Urged to Address Far-Right Threat
WEBDec 22, 2021 · North Macedonia is facing calls to address the threat from right-wing groups and far-right extremism when its national counter-terrorism strategy comes up for renewal next year. The current ...
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