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Women emerge as crisis leaders in macho Balkans
Women in the Balkans are leading a political revolution. Historically given little say in the politics of the conservative region, they are ...
Ex-Yugo army chief welcomes his acquittal
A former chief of the Yugoslav army said Friday he hopes a U.N. court's decision to overturn his conviction on war crimes charges will help clear ...
UN appeals court acquits ex-Serb military chief
In a stunning reversal, U.N. appeals judges on Thursday acquitted the former chief of the Yugoslav National Army of aiding and abetting atrocities by ...
German police return smuggled artifacts to Kosovo
Seven artifacts dating as far back as 4,000 B.C. have been returned to Kosovo after German police stumbled on them in an unrelated raid, the country's ...
Serbia withdraws suspected toxic milk
Serbian officials ordered some brands of milk taken off store shelves Wednesday, despite earlier claims that they were safe and not dangerously ...
Reports of toxic milk trigger scare in Balkans
Some milk in the Balkans has been contaminated by a naturally occurring cancer-causing toxin and consumers are accusing officials of hiding the real ...
Kosovo celebrates 5 years of independence
Ethnic Albanians in Kosovo celebrated the fifth anniversary of their declaration of independence from Serbia with a parade of police and armed forces ...
Homeless Serb finds comfort in tomb among the dead
To Bratislav Stojanovic, the best way to cope in the world of the living is to descend among the dead. The 42-year-old homeless man has been dwelling ...
Ultranationalists angry over Serbia-Kosovo meeting
Serbian ultranationalists held a rally on Tuesday to accuse their country's president of treason for agreeing to hold talks with the president of ...
Querrey lifts US to victory in Davis Cup
The United States was in trouble when Sam Querrey began his Davis Cup match against Thiago Alves on Sunday. A few booming serves later, the Americans ...
Alphabet dispute revives old injuries in Croatia
Can Vukovar also be Bykobap? Whether the name of the war-scarred town on the Danube is written in the Latin or Cyrillic alphabet is a sensitive ...
Remains of last Yugoslav king returned to Serbia
The remains of Yugoslavia's last king — Peter II Karadjordjevic, who died in the U.S. in 1970 — were flown back to Serbia in a solemn ceremony on ...
UN apologizes for Serb nationalist song ovation
The United Nations apologized Thursday for the ovation given to a militant Serb nationalist song performed at a concert honoring Serbia's presidency ...
Serbs set up "Rage Room" for unleashing anger
Savo Duvnjak looks around the room, lifts a metal baseball bat and wrecks everything in sight — bed, table, shelves, chair — until there's nothing ...
Kosovo's Thaci rules out Serb autonomy
Fifteen years ago, Hashim Thaci and Ivica Dacic were locked in an armed battle over the future of Kosovo: one as the leader of ethnic Albanian rebels ...
Serbia loosens grip over Kosovo
Serbia on Sunday adopted a set of guidelines for reconciliation talks with the leaders of Kosovo, in a strong first signal it is loosening its claim ...
Spain beats Serbia in Hopman Cup final
Spain defeated Serbia 2-1 to win the Hopman Cup for the fourth time on Saturday. Fernando Verdasco and Anabel Medina Garrigues won the deciding mixed ...
Hot spots draw believers, but not doomsday
As the sun rose from time zone to time zone across the world on Friday, there was still no sign of the world's end — but that didn't stop those ...
30 days in jail for Serbia's richest man
A judge on Friday ordered the richest man in Serbia to be held in prison for 30 days pending trial on suspicion of corruption, as the government ...
Serbia's billionaire retail tycoon detained
Serbia's billionaire retail tycoon and one of the Balkan country's most influential figures was detained Wednesday in what the nationalist government ...
Heavy snow keeps Balkans in deep freeze
Blizzards blocked roads, stranded villages, disrupted power supplies and temporarily shut down an airport in the Balkans on Tuesday, the fourth ...
6 dead as heavy snow hits Balkans
Freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall have killed at least six people and caused travel chaos across the Balkans, with rescue teams struggling to ...
Gazprom starts building Europe-bound pipeline
After years of delays and negotiations, Russian gas company Gazprom on Friday formally started construction of its €16 billion ($20.65 billion) ...
Officials: Serbia's NATO ambassador leaps to death
Serbia's ambassador to NATO was chatting and joking with colleagues in a multistory parking garage at Brussels Airport when he suddenly strolled to ...
Albania, Kosovo urge probe of prosecutor Del Ponte
Albania and Kosovo have called for an independent investigation into former Hague Tribunal prosecutor Carla del Ponte for her "tendentious and illegal ...