| 单词 | Balkans |
| 例句 | The Balkans provided ideal growing conditions for most Mesopotamian crops and livestock, and received those domesticates as a package within 2,000 years of its assembly in the Fertile Crescent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z That rapid spread preempted opportunities for domesticating those and related species in the Balkans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Very bad. In the Balkans there is much snow.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The entry of America into the European war, with its stupendous resources, made an Allied victory seem almost inevitable by mid-1943, notwithstanding earlier tactical setbacks in North Africa and the Balkans. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The Urals, Balkans, Pyrénées—whole mountain ranges vanished under my negligence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Equally puzzling is the failure of people to domesticate flax in its wild range in western Europe and North Africa, or einkorn wheat in its wild range in the southern Balkans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Although Hitler was at the height of his power, having conquered Czechoslovakia, Austria, Poland, the Balkans, the Netherlands, France, and parts of Russia, he remained worried about the United States. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The distance between Mesoamerica and South America—say, between Mexico’s highlands and Ecuador’s—is only 1,200 miles, approximately the same as the distance in Eurasia separating the Balkans from Mesopotamia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I learned that he is a Muslim, a Bosnian, a survivor of the Balkans conflict, who came to Britain as a fifteen-year-old refugee. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the first time they had returned to the Balkans since they fled the war in the winter of ’93. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Fewer than 20 newspapers ran the strip at the end - which, by the way, leaves Annie's fate hanging as she remains in the clutches of a war criminal, the Butcher of the Balkans. Annie comic ends, but the redhead's fate uncertain 2010-06-12T16:17:00Z The museum would also work outside Russia by hosting events in Asia, the Middle East and the Balkans, Piotrovsky said, but did not explain what those would involve. A Blockbuster Exhibition, Ripped in Two by Russia’s War 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z "My aunt was deployed to the Balkans, into Iraq, my grandfather was a World War II vet," Duhamel said. Josh Duhamel celebrates Memorial Day by helping veterans 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Who were “they”? Partisans from his time in the Balkans, who used to come in the night, he said. Should I be ashamed of my grandfather? 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z But Dr. Fink, whose previous book, “War Hospital,” was based on her reporting in the Balkans in the 1990s, more than delivers. Books of The Times: ‘Five Days at Memorial,’ by Sheri Fink 2013-09-03T21:27:44Z When the war ended, he was transferred to the Intelligence Corps and stationed in Cairo, monitoring Soviet activity in the Balkans. Alistair Horne, War Historian and Onetime British Spy, Dies at 91 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z He also served on the White House National Security Council during Bill Clinton’s administration, first as a director for Russia and Eurasia and later as director for the Balkans. Biden nominates Mark Brzezinski as US ambassador to Poland 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z In 2015, a human rights official appointed by parliament said the country should ask migrants flooding through the Balkans from the Middle East to settle in empty villages but the idea was abandoned. Depopulation turns Serbian villages into ghost towns 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z But he remained well-liked throughout the ethnically divided Balkans region after the wars, filling up concert halls in all the countries that emerged from the six former Yugoslav republics. Serbian pop singer popular in Balkans dies of coronavirus 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z The Conquest of Happiness is Pašović's directorial debut in the UK and Ireland, and involves 50 artists from Northern Ireland and the Balkans. Bosnian director Haris Pašović sees parallels between Derry and Mostar 2013-07-01T14:59:07Z Homophobia and discrimination, often fueled by religious leaders and right-wing political parties, is widespread in the Balkans. Bosnians march in first Gay Pride under tight police protection 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z “The Beauty and the Sorrow” expertly pans across other theaters of war: the Alps, the Balkans, the Eastern Front, Mesopotamia, East Africa. Books of The Times: ?The Beauty and the Sorrow,? by Peter Englund - Review 2011-11-10T22:18:39Z "This will symbolize the unification of the city and the end of a century of wars in the Balkans and Europe," he said. Cyclists race through Sarajevo to mark WWI centenary, promote peace 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Or perhaps “Spies of the Balkans” simply has different priorities. Books of The Times: Wartime Greece in Alan Furst?s ?Spies of the Balkans? 2010-06-16T22:08:00Z With her niece, Ariana, she established Balkan Bites, making and selling her family’s burek, the filled pastries that are widely enjoyed throughout the Balkans, in Turkey and parts of the Middle East. Frozen Burek, Ready to Heat 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Serbs see Princip as a freedom fighter, his gunshot bringing down the curtain on centuries of imperial occupation over the various peoples of the Balkans. Cyclists race through Sarajevo to mark WWI centenary, promote peace 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z But this process requires many delicate steps, and “Spies of the Balkans” pieces them together with Mr. Furst’s usual acuity for trans-European scheming. Books of The Times: Wartime Greece in Alan Furst?s ?Spies of the Balkans? 2010-06-16T22:08:00Z Yugoslavia’s divergence from the Iron Curtain’s architectural culture was remarked on by Harrison Salisbury, a former Moscow bureau chief for the Times who was on a temporary stint in the Balkans, in 1957. The Unrepeatable Architectural Moment of Yugoslavia’s “Concrete Utopia” 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z While unique traditions in this mode have taken root throughout England, the Balkans, New Orleans and the Caribbean, the western classical repertoire remains small. With the Barclay Brass, D.C. takes an outsized role in the small world of classical brass music 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z One ongoing project involves gathering home-distilled brandies in the Balkans and serving them in an open bar. Now Unreeling, an Istanbul Artist’s Tumultuous Decade 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z There’s also a community of people not necessarily from the Balkans but who are engaged with the music. Balkan Night Northwest: Big, brassy fun 2013-03-07T22:01:00Z Nielsen is many things — a musician, actor, playwright and performance artist who has journeyed to Iran and who walked with refugees all the way from the Balkans to Denmark. Tempting Fate With a Season of Romance, Sex, Art and Destiny 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z However acrobatic this dalliance may be, it’s also over very early in “Spies of the Balkans.” Books of The Times: Wartime Greece in Alan Furst?s ?Spies of the Balkans? 2010-06-16T22:08:00Z “The mountains of Montenegro are really an undiscovered part of the Balkans for most Americans,” said Diana Poindexter, a Balkans specialist at Wilderness Travel, which offers a nature-focused trip to Montenegro. Returning to Montenegro 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z With every major belligerent by 1916 in extremis, it was not just in eastern Europe and the Balkans that nationalist movements surfaced to exploit the distraction of the colonial power. A most terrible year 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Here are five exciting wines from Bulgaria, Macedonia and Turkey to begin your exploration of the Balkans and Asia Minor. Explore the Balkans and Asia Minor in these 5 bottles 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z There’s no question: The trendy destination of 2018 was the Balkans. Longer hauls, nicer planes and other ways travel changed in 2018 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z The current nine-domed mosque dates from the 15th century and today is one of the oldest and biggest Ottoman religious buildings in the Balkans. My father left Bulgaria when he was 14. Nearly 7 decades later, we visit as a family. 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z His new Europa project applies African, American and Caribbean sensibilities to European genres – from Gregorian chants to the music of the Balkans. Courtney Pine ? review 2011-03-09T19:30:00Z Khan, who has a PhD in international human rights law and specializes in the history of war crimes in the Balkans, avoids the sensationalist and gratuitous traps into which a lesser writer could fall. Ausma Zehanat Khan’s crime novel ‘The Unquiet Dead’ delves into sensitive terrain 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z But for many people in the Balkans, and particularly in Bosnia, being enfolded one day into the European Union, a comity of nations whose charter commits its members to peace, is a paramount ambition. The Vienna Philharmonic Recalls World War I in Sarajevo 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z BELGRADE, Serbia — Gays and soldiers usually don't mix in the conservative Balkans. Gay-themed movie overcomes Balkan divide 2012-03-22T11:46:05Z Wounds stemming from the Balkans war remain a source of division years after the fighting ended. Gay-themed movie overcomes Balkan divide 2012-03-22T11:46:05Z Empires have ebbed and flowed across the Balkans for centuries, and each passing tide has left its mark on the Montenegrin plate. Next Stop: Uncovering Charms in Montenegro’s Capital 2013-09-05T13:01:37Z Next were demands for territorial revision, between France and Germany, in central and eastern Europe and all over the Balkans. A grim half-century 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z It is sometime around the present day, perhaps in Iraq, perhaps in the Balkans, perhaps somewhere else. Music Review: Bernard Uzan, Director, Adds Context to Seattle?s ?Attila? 2012-01-26T22:27:32Z A similar situation exists in some other countries in the Balkans and southeastern Europe. Depopulation turns Serbian villages into ghost towns 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Everyone in the land – and everyone in Europe – knows precisely what the UK is doing every time it goes up against the Balkans or the Warsaw Pact gang. In its bid to win the Eurovision war, the BBC is going nuclear with Bonnie Tyler 2013-03-07T17:42:09Z Dragojevic said the success of his movie shows that common bonds of culture and history exist in the Balkans. Gay-themed movie overcomes Balkan divide 2012-03-22T11:46:05Z “Partisan,” in title at least, carries a whiff of the wild history of the Balkans. Review: ‘Partisan,’ Training Assassins Without a Cause 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Since its inception in 2002, Dokufest has grown into the largest cultural event in Kosovo, and a draw for foreigners out to explore the Balkans. Dokufest - a documentary film festival putting Kosovo on cultural map 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Acting on one of his hunches, Adamsberg speeds to the Balkans and discovers an ancient evil. Crime fiction: a new Ian Rankin hero and nightmares from Joyce Carol Oates 2011-11-09T22:55:06Z My thighs began getting bigger around the Balkans and are now fairly terrifying. Cycling the Middle East: the kindness of strangers and the desperation of refugee camps 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z He constantly assured his opposite number in Vienna that whatever Austria-Hungary decided to do to tame Serbia and pacify the Balkans would have Germany’s unstinting support no matter the risk of provoking Russia, Serbia’s ally. A toxic monarch 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Across the Balkans, 15,000 boys have taken part in the programme. Teaching young men to break the cycle of sexual violence 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Zannis does not enter “Spies of the Balkans” as a freedom fighter. Books of The Times: Wartime Greece in Alan Furst?s ?Spies of the Balkans? 2010-06-16T22:08:00Z Only with closer investigation does another region, the Balkans, lay a deeper claim here. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-05-16T19:58:50Z Serbs see the 19-year-old assassin, a Bosnian Serb, as a heroic fighter for the freedom of all southern Slavs from centuries of imperial occupation over the Balkans. Serbs unveil statue to 'hero' who set Europe marching to war 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z The music ranges from Middle Eastern-inflected pop to Iraqi rap to tunes from the Balkans and Spain. Refugees in Calais ‘Jungle’ Record an Album 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z It gets a huge reaction, whether I'm in the Balkans or Germany. Comedy without borders: Eddie Izzard and the language of standup 2013-04-24T11:00:05Z “The Tiger’s Wife,” set in the Balkans, was a page-turner that accrued gravitas because of the author’s understanding of that region’s culture and history. Téa Obreht Follows Up an Acclaimed Debut With a Visit to the Old West 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z It follows the romantic but problematic relationship between Shun Li, a young Chinese immigrant, and Bepi, an older fisherman nicknamed the poet, who arrived in Chioggia from the Balkans. Film: China and Italy Meet in a Seaside Bar 2011-01-19T16:58:51Z In the case of Kultur Shock, they're working with melodies that are 500 years old that are from the Balkans ... full of pathos and beauty and deep sadness, all at the same time. Seattle vocalist-musician Amy Denio juggles multiple musical beats 2010-04-02T21:48:00Z These stories were written as Vollmann traveled the world, and the locales and customs he encountered figure as settings: the Balkans, Italy, Mexico, South America, Japan. Voyage-tales collection blends atypical narrative, history The polyphonic storytelling enriches this amply populated novel, whose ambitions extend well beyond the Balkans. When the Town’s Future Is an Obsolete Factory 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z The Amazons were likely Scythian nomads who travelled the territory north of the Black Sea—roughly between the Balkans, to the west, and the Caucasus, to the east. The Real Amazon Warriors 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Toro Latin gastro bar provided a welcome break from the heavy cuisine of the Balkans, but don’t be surprised when it’s a few doors down from a vacant shell with graffiti-covered plywood. Belgrade: Not only dirt cheap, but a chic party spot 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z The Sarajevo Film Festival has grown into the largest event of its kind in the Balkans and draws around 100,000 fans to the Bosnian capital every year. Sarajevo's film festival marks 20th birthday with record line-up 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Russia hankered after liberating the Slavs of the Balkans and seizing control of the Bosporus from the ailing Ottoman empire, thus boosting its naval power. Blindly over the brink 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The medal is a Legion of Honor for something gory in the Balkans that Reacher does not remotely regret. Review: It’s 1996, and Jack Reacher Is Playing Nice With Others 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z There is a saying in the Balkans, where I was born and raised, that loosely translates to: “There is nothing worse than finally seeing the light, only to be plunged again into darkness.” Need a quick stress-reliever? Try one of these surprising science-based strategies. 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Serbs see Princip as a freedom fighter not just for Orthodox Serbs but for Bosnia's Muslim Bosniaks and Catholic Croats too, his shot bringing down the curtain on centuries of imperial occupation over the Balkans. Sarajevo marks war centennial with message of unity to divided country 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z And the war in the Balkans in the early 1990s appears as a frequent theme in breakup stories from that region. 2010-02-14T23:18:00Z An unnamed writer invites friends to a houseboat docked in the Balkans, where he regales them with stories of his travels across Europe. Paperback Row 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z They were ancient, he said, maybe the oldest in the Balkans. Next Stop: Uncovering Charms in Montenegro’s Capital 2013-09-05T13:01:37Z “The first ‘Snabba Cash’ films portrayed gangsters from the Balkans who are trained to shoot,” he said. ‘Snabba Cash’ Depicts a Sweden Flowing with Money and Blood 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Southeastern Europe, especially the Balkans and Turkey, might be the next region thrilling us with bargain wines that taste expensive. Bulgarian wines have a friend in Robert Hayk 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z The 76-year-old author has long faced criticism for his vigorous defense of the Serbs during the 1990s wars that devastated the Balkans as Yugoslavia disintegrated. Bosnian war survivors protest Peter Handke’s Nobel prize win 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Even war, sometimes in the form of ethnic cleansing, erupted in the Balkans in the 1990s. Europe’s Glorious Years of Peace and Prosperity 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z In the mid-1970s, he switched to clarinet and began exploring the folk music of the Middle East and the Balkans. ArtsBeat: Andy Statman, a Brooklyn Virtuoso, Receives Heritage Award 2012-06-19T19:39:57Z In the 1990s, chaos in the Balkans was news around the world. Croatian play has female soul 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z To make this argument, the authors leap around, with vivid reporting from Niger, Libya, the Balkans, Turkey and Egypt, among other places. Making profits out of hope 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Although they are dressed as if just emerged from a remote gorge in the Balkans, and apparently have never before been on an airplane, they display a remarkable ease with English. | 'The Language Archive': A Linguist at a Loss for Words Regarding Love 2010-10-17T22:14:00Z Set against the Arab Spring, with flashbacks to the volatile Balkans of the early 1990s, Steinhauer’s book has a crackerjack plot and plenty of the double-crosses, shadowy spies and expert tradecraft you’d expect. New in crime fiction: tales from Wales, Los Angeles and Cairo 2014-03-10T07:02:36Z Our first night was spent in Krushevo, one of the highest towns in the Balkans, at about 4,400 feet, where Macedonians ski in the winter. Macedonia’s local cuisine adds spice to a bike tour of the mountain lakes 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z In 1993, he went to Croatia to write about the war that was then engulfing the Balkans. 'All my life suddenly made sense': how it feels to be diagnosed with autism late in life 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z He covered conflicts in the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans for The Wall Street Journal for decades. Tony Horwitz, ‘Confederates in the Attic’ author, dies at 60 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z Unfit for military service, Runciman spent the war in the Balkans and the Middle East: in Sofia as press attaché to the British Legation, Jerusalem, Cairo and Istanbul. Shades of Byzantium 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The second volume, “Between the Woods and the Water,” takes him through Hungary to the Balkans. 5 great books on world travel 2013-02-04T12:45:00Z Gilbert is a politically naive musicologist collecting folk songs in the Balkans. My favourite Hitchcock: The Lady Vanishes 2012-07-24T09:23:46Z Since the invasion, Ukrainians have used music to bring attention to suffering, following in a tradition of impromptu performances by ordinary citizens in war zones, in the Balkans, Syria and elsewhere. A Finnish Official Plays the Cello to Support Ukraine, Irking Russia 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z When the Balkans erupted in tribal violence, Forna did think, "this will finally put to rest the presumption that these things don't happen in Europe, although they use different words for it, like 'ethnic cleansing.'" Aminatta Forna: a life in writing 2013-05-03T17:00:02Z In 2015, a human rights official appointed by parliament said the country should ask migrants flooding through the Balkans from the Middle East to settle in empty villages but the idea was abandoned. Depopulation turns Serbian villages into ghost towns 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z “There was no physical destruction, but this place used to get the riches of all the Middle East and the Balkans, and then it all vanished, and it was reduced to poverty.” Orhan Pamuk’s Istanbul 2014-01-31T18:45:16Z Avent’s collecting trips have taken him to most East Asian countries, the Balkans, South Africa and Mexico. This collector-grower built an Eden of rare plants. Now he tackles the challenge to preserve it. 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z It was her grandparents, immigrants from the Balkans, who first inspired her to love food and to equate food with love. Review | ‘Unforgettable’ pays tribute to ‘the most influential cookbook author you’ve never heard of’ 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z In this novel set in the postwar Balkans after the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, there is no Sarajevo, Pristina or Belgrade - coordinates that might be familiar to the average American reader. Obreht makes powerful debut with `Tiger's Wife' 2011-03-11T21:50:11Z Presley was born in Tupelo, Miss., in 1935 in the hilly upcountry region of the state that the writer Julia Reed has described as the Balkans of the South. What the Rise and Fall of Elvis Mean to America 40 Years After His Death 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Her band included the snappy rhythms of a tupan, a large drum used in the Balkans and Turkey; her lyrics promise cosmic unity, insisting, “Everything that we are was made in a supernova.” At Globalfest, Rowdy Sounds From Around the World 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z "The destiny of these songs, at least in the Balkans, is to have the women dancing on the tables and the musicians getting lots of tips," Bregovic says. Goran Bregovic: 'I want to remind people what Gypsy culture's given' 2013-03-08T08:00:04Z Before the Wall fell, this hard-luck but endearing city at the foot of the central Balkans was regarded as the Communist capital of humor. | Abroad: Take My Bulgarian Joke Book. Please. 2010-10-27T17:57:00Z After the war, he was sent by the Times to Vienna and then to central Europe with special responsibility for the Balkans, where he made friends with the hitherto unapproachable Soviet press corps. Michael Burn obituary 2010-09-23T16:57:00Z Stories about the Balkans before World War II, or the final days of W. C. Fields. Ellie Kemper: By the Book 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z The Ottoman Turks ruled the Balkans for 500 years and left the most indelible impressions on the country’s cuisine. Next Stop: Uncovering Charms in Montenegro’s Capital 2013-09-05T13:01:37Z “It doesn’t matter what the play says. Milosevic is a criminal, a tyrant, who destroyed the whole Balkans region, not only Albanians, and he will stay like this and no one will change that.” Milosevic the musical - play set to divide Balkans anew 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Early in 2015, rootless after a breakup, Arlan traveled briefly to Greece, then drifted to a Serbian monastery in the Balkans. Destinations Await in the Summer’s Best Travel Books 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Well worth a visit to see her arresting portraits of teenagers and schoolchildren taken over the last 10 years mainly in rural areas of the Balkans, Turkey and Caucasia. In the mood for love: Ed van der Elsken's Love on the Left Bank 2011-02-10T13:29:04Z Homophobia is widespread in Serbia and other conservative societies across the Balkans, often fueled by church leaders and right-wing political parties. Serbia to allow first gay Pride march since 2010 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Handke, who is from Austria and whose mother was Slovenian, has espoused nationalistic views, and has publicly expressed doubt about the massacres of Muslims during the Balkans War. Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke Awarded Nobel Prizes in Literature 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z A similar situation exists in some other countries in the Balkans and southeastern Europe. Depopulation turns Serbian villages into ghost towns 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z In the Balkans, her hits reached multiple generations. Esma Redzepova, Who Sang to Generations of Her Roma Heritage, Dies at 73 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z In “Butterflies of the Balkans,” a group of aging women travel through Europe collecting elusive butterfly species, their final trip before they retire to their children’s homes to be cared for in old age. Stories Spanning Countries and Generations, by Jo Lloyd, Yoon Choi and Hilma Wolitzer 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z “Spies of the Balkans” is about the time in between, when people like Zannis were forced to get their bearings in an increasingly hostile world and to become rescuers to those fleeing more perilous places. Books of The Times: Wartime Greece in Alan Furst?s ?Spies of the Balkans? 2010-06-16T22:08:00Z Many Slovenes don’t even think of their country as part of the Balkans, she told me. Slovenian Rhapsody 2011-08-05T18:30:00Z There’s some heft to the flashbacks about horrific war in the Balkans, since this is part of Radar’s family history on his father’s side. Review: In Reif Larsen’s ‘I Am Radar,’ an Odyssey of Exploding Particles 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z “It doesn’t matter what the play says. Milosevic is a criminal, a tyrant, who destroyed the whole Balkans region, not only Albanians, and he will stay like this and no one will change that.” Milosevic the musical - play set to divide Balkans anew 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z IN THE 1990s, when the Balkans were at war, Noel Malcolm was best known as a journalist and polemicist, though he was already a promising academic. Coasts and coalitions 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Stivicic said she hoped the prize might lead to a New York production of 3 Winters, saying it dealt with many "relatable" themes despite being set in the Balkans. Croatia drama wins Blackburn Prize 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Sales are harder to track in the Balkans and Eastern Europe, where piracy is rampant. Eurovision Splashes Into 2014 Finals, to Rapt Audiences 2014-05-09T16:56:59Z She knows it will lead her back to the Balkans, where she was part of the United Nations peacekeeping force. Review: In ‘The Last Panthers,’ Old-School Crime Is Breaking Out Across Europe 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Asked if he sees a threat of Russia steering a new conflict in the Western Balkans to divert the attention from its war in Ukraine, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy alleged to reporters, Michel said: Enlargement will protect Western Balkans from malign influences -EU's Michel 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z The Treasury also imposed sanctions on 20 entities, including 11 based in Russia, in line with executive orders related to the Western Balkans and Russia, according to a Treasury website. US issues sanctions to limit Russian influence in Balkans 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z An inquest at Manchester Coroner's Court heard Ms Mooney had an extensive career in international aid, having worked previously in Kurdistan and the Balkans. Manchester aid worker shot dead in gun battle with 'bandits' 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z The irony is that the Security Council has called for ceasefires in wars from the Balkans to Syria “with little or no impact,” Gowan said. The UN Security Council is trying for a fifth time to adopt a resolution on the Israel-Hamas war 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z "The Western Balkans are the best example of how slow, tricky and inefficient the process can be," said Tina Akhvlediani of the Centre for European Policy Studies. Ukraine gets European Commission backing for talks on Ukraine membership 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z But those in the Balkans – Albania, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo – have become discouraged by the bloc’s failure to live up to its lofty membership promises. Ukraine gets good news about its EU membership quest as Balkans countries slip back in the queue 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Lethal exchanges of gunfire between smugglers and fatal car crashes have made the migrant route through the Western Balkans into the EU even more treacherous in recent months. Migrants to Europe dying in gun battles and car crashes 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z It evolved and took new form in the 1990s by a series of sobering events: ethnic cleansing in the Balkans, the rise of skinhead xenophobia toward immigrants in Britain, Germany and Scandinavia. Israel-Hamas war: ‘No greater security asset than peace’ 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Diplomats said countries plagued by natural disasters last summer were seeking help on that, while Austria led calls to spend more in Western Balkans. 'Positions not matching yet' as EU leaders fight for slice of budget pie 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Any enlargement decisions require unanimous backing of all the bloc's members, something that might be difficult to achieve for countries in the Western Balkans, according to EU officials and diplomats. Ukraine's EU membership bid to be assessed in report due on Nov. 8 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Last month, a senior EU official said that some Balkans countries “continue to see themselves as the center of our attention, and refuse to accept or admit that actually it’s Ukraine.” Ukraine gets good news about its EU membership quest as Balkans countries slip back in the queue 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Lajcak is visiting the region with the United States Special Envoy for the Western Balkans, Gabriel Escobar, and representatives of France, Germany and Italy. EU envoy tells Kosovo and Serbia to return to dialogue 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z Austria recently continued its policy of matching the Czech Republic's checks at the border to Slovakia to prevent any spillover as the countries seek to tackle illegal immigration through the Balkans and Hungary. Austria introducing checks at border with Czech Republic, APA reports 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z He initially planned to attend a summit on the Western Balkans in Tirana, Albania. France’s Macron holds security meeting amid heightened alert after deadly school stabbing 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Later that year, he returned to the Balkans as a U.N. special envoy. Finnish Nobel Peace laureate and former president Ahtisaari dies at 86 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z He said the consensus among many EU officials working with Ukraine is that Kyiv “is demonstrating everything that we are missing in the Balkans: energy, commitment, enthusiasm.” Ukraine gets good news about its EU membership quest as Balkans countries slip back in the queue 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z The EU had made it a requirement for Western Balkans to reform their economies and political institutions before joining the bloc. European Union leaders to hold a summit with Western Balkans nations to discuss joining the bloc 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z He presses one button and there's unrest in the Balkans. Putin is ready to take advantage of Israel-Gaza war, says Steve Rosenberg 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z She covers the issue of enforced disappearance in Latin America and the Balkans, as well as gender, violence and social justice. How northern Mexico’s La Indepe uses cumbias colombianas to resist displacement 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z EU officials fear Russia could try to destabilize the Balkans, which went through a bloody war in the 1990s, and thus shift world attention from its aggression in Ukraine. EU summit to look at changes the bloc needs to make to welcome Ukraine, others as new members 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Serbia is an ally of Russia, fueling fears that Moscow was trying to stir up trouble in the Balkans to avert attention from the war in Ukraine. Serbian authorities have detained the alleged organizer behind a recent shootout with Kosovo police 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z The main topics at the annual talks — called the Berlin Process — are integrating the Western Balkans into a single market and supporting their green and digital transformation. European Union leaders to hold a summit with Western Balkans nations to discuss joining the bloc 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z “Whether it’s Afghanistan fatigue, Iraq fatigue, Balkans fatigue. Fatigue is a naturally occurring condition in any kind of warfare, particularly involving the U.S. or other democracies. We get fatigued pretty fast. We want quick results.” Combat fatigue? Cracks in Western unity as Ukraine struggles to show progress 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z The incident in Banjska has raised concern in the West of possible instability in the Balkans as war also rages in Ukraine. Serbia says it has reduced army presence near Kosovo after US expressed concern over troop buildup 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Serbia is Russia’s main ally in Europe, and there are fears in the West that Moscow could try to stir trouble in the Balkans to avert attention from the war in Ukraine. Serbia’s president denies troop buildup near Kosovo, alleges ‘campaign of lies’ in wake of clashes 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z There are fears in the West that Russia, acting through Serbia, may want to destabilize the Balkans and shift at least some of the attention from Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Kosovo accuses Serbia of direct involvement in deadly clashes and investigates possible Russian role 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z 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. European Union leaders to hold a summit with Western Balkans nations to discuss joining the bloc 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z He took the Balkans route, trekking with other young Syrians north via Bulgaria through forests. Shelters for migrants are filling up across Germany as attitudes toward the newcomers harden 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z About one quarter of all migrants who reach Germany come with the help of smugglers on dangerous routes across the Mediterranean Sea and through forests along the Balkans route, Faeser said. Germany increases border patrols along migrant ‘smuggling routes’ to Poland and Czech Republic 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z There are fears in the West that Russia, acting through its ally Serbia, is trying to destabilize the Balkans and thus shift at least some attention from its aggression on Ukraine. What is behind renewed tensions between Serbia and Kosovo? 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z The United States has supported the negotiations and the EU’s position in trying to resolve the ongoing source of tension in the Balkans. Kosovo mourns a slain police officer, some Serb gunmen remain at large after a siege at a monastery 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Gradually the table grape was genetically transformed into different wine grapes in the Balkans, Italy, France and Spain. Wine’s True Origins Are Finally Revealed 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Located on the Adriatic Sea coast, Montenegro has been a key route for the smuggling of drugs into Western Europe through the Balkans. Whoever dug a tunnel into a courthouse basement attacked Montenegro’s justice system, president says 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Ukraine, Moldova and countries in the Western Balkans are among those in line. EU chief announces major review saying the bloc should grow to over 30 members 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z There are widespread fears that Russia, acting through its ally Serbia, could inflame tensions in the Balkans to divert at least some of the world’s attention from the war in Ukraine. Bosnian Serb separatist leader threatens top international envoy with arrest and deportation 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Kosovo hosts Switzerland on Saturday with strong ties between the squads stemming from immigration to the Alpine nation since war in the Balkans in the 1990s. Spain resumes Euro 2024 qualifiers without federation boss Rubiales. Italy starts post-Mancini era. 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Last week, Soros wrote in an op-ed in “POLITICO Europe” that OSF was not leaving Europe but that it would shift its priorities, highlighting its work in Ukraine, Moldova and the Western Balkans. Open Society Foundations pledge €100 million to start new Roma foundation 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Italy has been struggling to accommodate arrivals from North Africa and the Balkans and the country's Red Cross called on Monday for more international efforts against migration "chaos". Italy's Meloni convenes public safety body over migrant arrivals 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Concerns have been raised about Russia’s influence in the Western Balkans, particularly in Serbia and Bosnia. EU chief announces major review saying the bloc should grow to over 30 members 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Italy was struggling on Monday to accommodate arrivals from North Africa and the Balkans as the country's Red Cross called for more international efforts against migration "chaos". At least 9 Iranian pilgrims killed in road crash in Iraq - medical sources 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Italy was struggling on Monday to accommodate arrivals from North Africa and the Balkans as the country's Red Cross called for more international efforts against migration "chaos". At least 14 killed in militant attack on Congo church- local official 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z EU officials fear that Russia could try to destabilize the Balkans, which went through a bloody war in the 1990s, and thus shift world attention from its aggression in Ukraine. EU official proposes 2030 as enlargement deadline for states that have long been waiting in line 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z The dinner was to discuss the Western Balkans’ future in the EU, which many of the region’s countries have already joined and the rest are jockeying to enter. Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits Athens to attend meeting of Balkan leaders with top EU officials 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z The dinner was scheduled to discuss the Western Balkans region’s future in the EU, which many countries have already joined and the rest are jockeying to enter. Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits Athens to attend meeting of Balkan leaders with top EU officials 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Before being pulled from retirement to oversee the cathedral reconstruction, Georgelin previously served as chief of France’s military general staff, overseeing operations in Afghanistan, the Balkans and beyond. French general overseeing restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral, Jean-Louis Georgelin, dies at 74 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z Before being pulled from retirement to oversee the cathedral reconstruction, Georgelin previously served as chief of France’s military general staff, overseeing operations in Afghanistan, the Balkans and beyond. French general overseeing restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral, Jean-Louis Georgelin, dies at 74 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z The lineup of guests, devoid of any leaders from Hungary’s allies in the European Union and NATO, reflects Orbán’s push to increase diplomatic and political cooperation with autocracies in the Balkans and Asia. Hungary’s Orban to host Turkish, Serbian and other leaders alongside world track championships 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Violence against women is widespread in Bosnia and elsewhere in the Balkans where societies are mainly conservative and male-dominated. Thousands in Bosnia protest against violence after man livestreamed killing of ex-wife on Instagram 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Mexican drug cartels and criminal groups from the Balkans have gained a foothold in South America and explored new routes. Ecuador politician murder: Prison gangs in terror reign 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z The disease is found in Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East and in Asia - and could spread further with climate change. Porton Down: Can this laboratory help stop the next pandemic? 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z There are widespread fears that Serbia, an ally of Russia, could inflame tensions in the Balkans to divert at least some of the world attention from the war in Ukraine. 4 separatist Bosnian Serb leaders are sanctioned by US Treasury for undermining a 1995 peace deal 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z The extreme weather engulfing Europe has sent temperatures in southern parts of the continent to record highs, worsened wildfires and brought thunderous storms to the Balkans. Your Friday Briefing 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z And in the Balkans, a storm that followed an intense heat wave left six dead, including a Coatian firefighter. CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here’s what you need to see and know today 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Red alerts also remain in place across Spain, Greece and parts of the Balkans. Heatwave: Italy's major cities on red heat alert 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Red alerts, warning people of a very high health risk due to the intense heat, remain in place for most of Italy, Spain, Greece and parts of the Balkans. Europe heatwaves: Wildfires rage in Greece as temperatures soar 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z The war in Ukraine has put integration of the Western Balkans high on the bloc’s agenda as the EU works to reinvigorate its enlargement process. After years of delay, Western Balkans hope for progress on joining the EU — and financial support 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z "Temperatures will reach a peak between 19 and 23 July - not only in Italy but also in Greece, Turkey and the Balkans," Italian meteorologist and climate expert Giulio Betti told the BBC. Greece wildfires: 1,200 children evacuated from summer camp as blaze nears 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Governments are bracing for higher temperatures, issuing alerts to warn residents, in the expectation that things will only get hotter in southern Europe and the Balkans in the coming days, according to meteorological experts. Heat Wave Hits Europe, and It’s Only Going to Get Hotter 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z She came to Germany as a Fulbright scholar in 1996, and previously worked for The Associated Press in Frankfurt, Vienna and the Balkans. How a Distant War Is Threatening Livelihoods in the Arctic Circle 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z Civilians, including children in Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Lebanon, the Balkans and Laos, continue to suffer from incidents involving remnants of cluster munitions. U.S. Expected to Provide Cluster Munitions to Ukraine, Official Says 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z In 2013, Croatia, also a Western Balkans country, became the EU’s newest member. After years of delay, Western Balkans hope for progress on joining the EU — and financial support 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z The event was arranged by Albania's prime minister, Edi Rama, who presented Clinton, 76, with a medal for his role in bringing peace and stability to the Balkans region. On Albania visit, Bill Clinton meets Clintons and Hillarys of Kosovo 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Western efforts to resolve the crisis have increased recently, to avert possible instability in the Balkans as war ravages Ukraine. Dutch and Luxembourg PMs urge Serbia and Kosovo to defuse tensions under shadow of war in Ukraine 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Denmark supports EU membership for Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and the western Balkans but "geopolitical circumstances" did not justify skating over governance reforms, Finance Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen told the Financial Times on Thursday. Japanese populist calls for say over any use of U.S. nuclear bombs 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Denmark supports EU membership for Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and the western Balkans but "geopolitical circumstances" did not justify skating over governance reforms, Finance Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen told the Financial Times on Thursday. UK panel says Conservatives tried to intimidate members over Boris Johnson ruling 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Rama said he expected “the summit to have a meaningful outcome for the Western Balkans and serve as a further step” in facilitating interactions with the EU. After years of delay, Western Balkans hope for progress on joining the EU — and financial support 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Depleted uranium munitions have been used in the Gulf War in 1990-1991, the Kosovo conflict in the Balkans in 1998-1999 and in U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The US will send depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine — an expert explains their health effects 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z She did note a new commitment to E.U. enlargement for Ukraine and Moldova, beyond the Western Balkans, but said the major weakness was “no commitment to increases in budget spending.” Germany Adopts a More Muscular Security Plan. Critics Call It ‘Weak.’ 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Montenegro, a picturesque Adriatic Sea country of about 620,000 people, was once viewed as the country first in line to join the EU from the Western Balkans. Montenegro holds snap parliamentary election that could determine EU path 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Montenegro, a picturesque Adriatic Sea country of about 620,000 people, was once considered the first in line to join the EU from the Western Balkans. Montenegro holds snap parliamentary vote that could determine its EU path 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z In southern Europe, May was wetter than the average between 1991 and 2020, with heavy rains leading to floods in Italy and the western Balkans. World sees second-hottest May in 30 years as Antarctic ice reaches new low 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z “These actors are a part of Russia’s global information operations that have also targeted the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and countries in the Balkans,” U.S. US sanctions Russian intelligence-linked group over efforts to destabilize pro-Western Moldova 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z His four decades with the BBC have included reporting from more than 70 countries and 20 wars including conflicts in the Middle East, Afghanistan, the Balkans, Africa, Central America and most recently Ukraine. Bowel cancer: BBC war reporter Jeremy Bowen says disease changed him 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z We know that in the past 15 months, around 155,000 Russians received temporary residence permits in, collectively, EU countries, in several countries of the Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia. Why are people leaving Russia, who are they, and where are they going? 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z In Central America, the Persian Gulf, the Maghreb, the Balkans and Central Asia, successive administrations embarked on a series of interventions that rarely produced any long-term successes, while exacting staggering cumulative costs. Seduced by war yet again: Why Washington is underwriting violence in Ukraine 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z From The Times: Three days into the French Open, Novak Djokovic has put himself at the center of the mounting international crisis in the Balkans, where ethnic Serbs and Albanians have clashed in recent days. Your Thursday Briefing 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z The move drew a protest from neighbouring Austria, a top destination for smuggled migrants heading for the heart of the European Union via Hungary from the Balkans. Hungary frees 777 foreigners convicted of people smuggling -statement 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z She previously was Istanbul bureau chief, covered the aftershocks of the Arab Spring from Tunisia, and reported from the Balkans during the war in Kosovo and Serbia, and from Afghanistan and Pakistan after 2001. Shocks, Beatings, Mock Executions: Inside Kherson’s Detention Centers 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z They are part of a congressional delegation visiting the Balkans. Kosovo must implement Serbia peace deal before it can join NATO - US senators 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z “The time is now for the Europeans to give us clear support, to integrate the Western Balkans economically through free trade in Western Europe,” Mr. Lagumdzija said. Bosnian diplomat warns about Russian meddling in Balkans 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z They destroyed the remaining Byzantine cities in the northern Balkans, slaughtered or enslaved the inhabitants, and crushed Byzantine armies. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Losing ground in Africa from June through December 1940, Mussolini turned his eyes on the Balkans. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z At his death, the Ottoman Empire controlled all of Anatolia and nearly all of the Balkans. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In justifying the move, Hungary demanded guarantees that other regions, such as the Balkans or North Africa, would also get money from the fund. Hungary to block EU military aid fund for Ukraine unless Kyiv takes OTP bank off blacklist 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z “This is a concrete step that the European Union could take in order to show people in the Balkans that Western Europe is serious about accepting us,” he said. Bosnian diplomat warns about Russian meddling in Balkans 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Simply put, the Christian-dominated Balkans that had been part of the Ottoman Empire for centuries slipped away thanks to the strength of modern nationalism and the military support they received from sympathetic European powers. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In exchange, Stalin promised to leave control of the Balkans to the British. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z In 1453, he summoned his Muslim and Christian vassals from Anatolia, Thrace, and the Balkans. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Days of rainstorms stretched across a broad swath of northern Italy and the Balkans, where “apocalyptic” floods, landslides and evacuations were also reported in Croatia, Bosnia and Slovenia. Exceptional rains in drought-struck northern Italy kill 5, cancel Formula One Grand Prix 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z “But now over the past year, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has actually united Europe around so many things, including around the Western Balkans and Bosnia in particular.” Bosnian diplomat warns about Russian meddling in Balkans 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Russia feared German power and resented Austria for threatening the interests of Slavs in the Balkans. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z When Turkey refused, the Soviets increased their naval presence in the Black Sea and sent troops to the Balkans. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z In 284, however, Diocletian, a military official from Illyria in the Balkans, was declared emperor by his troops. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In the Balkans, the swollen Una river flooded parts of northern Croatia and northwestern Bosnia, where authorities announced a state of emergency. 3 dead as heavy rains in northern Italy burst riverbanks, flood towns 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z It said other areas where the funds could be used included the Balkans or North Africa. Hungary blocks next tranche of EU off-budget military support for Ukraine 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z The Italians were largely ineffective, however, and all their attack did was inspire a spirited British counter-offensive and a strong anti-Italian resistance movement in the Balkans. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Clinton aimed to strengthen relationships in Asia, bring post–Soviet Russia into the international community, and address ethnic and political strife in the Middle East, the Balkans, Northern Ireland, Latin America, and East Africa. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Bronze Age Greeks appear to have migrated from the Balkans into mainland Greece around 2000 BCE and adopted Minoan civilization around the beginning of the Late Bronze Age, in 1600 BCE. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Days of heavy rain stretched across a broad swath of northern Italy and the Balkans, where “apocalyptic” floods, landslides and evacuations were also reported in Croatia and Bosnia. 3 dead as heavy rains in northern Italy burst riverbanks, flood towns 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Scholz said it was important for the EU to keep its promise toward prospective members such as the Western Balkans countries, while ensuring they undertake the necessary reforms to be able to join the bloc. Germany’s Scholz urges EU to reform, strike migrants deal 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z The Germans, however, needed supplies from the Balkans and southeastern Europe, including both foodstuffs and natural resources like oil. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, Russia saw itself as the natural leader of any potential pan-Slavic political entity that might emerge in the Balkans. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z It and the rest of the Western Balkans are awash with military-grade weapons and ordnance that stayed in private hands after the 1990s wars that tore apart the former Yugoslavia. Serbia's education minister resigns over school shooting 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z Sitting around a garden table, strewn with pastries and small glasses of rakija, a fruit spirit popular in the Balkans, his father nodded in agreement. ‘We Can’t Believe That’s Happening Here’: Serbia Reflects After Shootings 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Despite strong gun controls, Serbia and the rest of the Western Balkans are awash with military-grade weapons and ordnance that stayed in private hands after the 1990s wars. Girl wounded in Serbia school shooting is in critical condition, RTS state TV reports 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Thus, Germany sent forces to the Balkans and Africa to support their Italian allies. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Balkans was a prime example of both the threat of nationalism and the threat from the weakening power of the Ottoman Empire. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The western Balkans are also awash with illegal weapons following wars and unrest in the 1990s. Serbian mass shootings: President vows crackdown on gun ownership 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Gun ownership is common in Serbia and elsewhere in the Balkans: The country has one of the highest number of firearms per capita in the world. Gunman kills 8 in Serbia’s second mass shooting in 2 days 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z The western Balkans are awash with illegal weapons following wars and unrest in the 1990s. Second mass shooting in Serbia leaves eight dead 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z As noted above, its forces were soon making headway in the Balkans and North Africa as well. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z This drive spread throughout the Balkans as Christians increasingly attacked Muslims, causing hundreds of thousands to relocate to the Ottoman Empire. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Gun culture is widespread in Serbia and elsewhere in the Balkans: The region is among the top in Europe in the number of guns per capita. Serbia police urge people to lock guns after school shooting 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z The western Balkans are awash with hundreds of thousands of illegal weapons following wars and unrest in the 1990s. Security guard killed in Serbia elementary school shooting 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z But the western Balkans are awash with hundreds of thousands of illegal weapons following wars and unrest in the 1990s. Boy opens fire in Serbian school; one dead, 5 wounded 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z In this case, the Serbs hoped to conquer and unite the Balkans in one Serbian-dominated country. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z As the empire withdrew from the Balkans, many of these Muslims left with it, although substantial Muslim populations remained and still live in the Balkans today. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z We read big books, serious books: “Black Lamb and Grey Falcon,” about the history of the Balkans. At Richard J. Riordan's book club, nearly 30 years of Proust, wine and friends 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z Bosnia was granted the status of EU candidate in mid-December, a decision prompted by fears that instability created by the war in Ukraine could spread to the volatile Western Balkans region. EU presidency warns against Bosnian Serb secession threats 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The former Serbian territory was the last country in the Western Balkans region not to have such travel arrangements with the EU. EU lawmakers green-light visa free travel for Kosovo 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z In the meantime, a series of events shifted the focus of the war to North Africa, Greece, and the Balkans. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z He was scheduled to travel to the Balkans in the summer of 1914 for a review of troops and survey of the region of Bosnia-Herzegovina. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Thousands of people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia make the overland journey across the Balkans into Europe. Hungarian police find 17 migrants crammed in airless truck 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z On his final stop in Tirana, Albania, Rubin will join meetings with U.S. ambassadors from across the Western Balkans. Balkans ‘poisoned’ by Russian disinformation: U.S. envoy 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z They were among more than a million migrants and refugees from the Middle East and Afghanistan who crossed into the EU that year via Turkey and the Balkans. Austria: 35 migrants found in trailer, driver arrested 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Heraclius managed to save the core of the empire, Anatolia and the Balkans, by recruiting free peasants to fight instead of relying on mercenaries. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Dumplings called manti, believed to have originated in Xinjiang among the Uyghurs, are found in variations from China to the Balkans. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Shock-rock band Let 3 are incredibly famous across the Balkans for their provocative, avant-garde performances. Eurovision 2023: Every song ranked, from Albania to the UK 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z The U.S. government imposed sanctions on Novalic last year accusing him of being complicit in corruption and undermining democratic processes in the Western Balkans. Top Bosnian government official convicted of abuse of office 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z The EPP has parties across the 27 EU members and others outside the bloc, such as in the western Balkans, Norway, Switzerland and Ukraine. Police raid EPP party's Brussels office in German investigation 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z The initial Gothic uprising that sparked the beginning of the end for the west was in the Balkans, but the Goths were then convinced to go west. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Often aided by Austria, Russia steadily undermined Ottoman control over the Balkans, and over the nineteenth century, its influence came to replace Ottoman sway in the region. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z "The Mediterranean area is one of the most vulnerable areas when it comes to climate change," he said, identifying countries such as France, Italy, Greece and the Balkans as being at high risk. Climate change: Catalonia in grip of worst drought in decades 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z He accused Mr. Djukanovic of turning the country into the “Colombia of the Balkans,” a reference to Montenegro’s role as a hub for smuggling cigarettes and other contraband. Montenegro’s President Is Defeated in Runoff Election 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Djukanovic has been a key Western ally in countering Russian influence and keeping the Balkans stable. Montenegrins choose new president amid political turmoil 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z The Catholic Church remained dominant in almost all of southern Europe, including Italy, Spain, Austria, parts of the Balkans, and kingdoms like Poland as well. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Muslims in central Asia and China traded overland with merchants in Iran, East and North Africa, and the Balkans. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Mr James said the Balkans conflict had been the main source of guns being trafficked into Europe since the 1990s. Ukraine war guns likely to end up on UK streets, says weapons expert 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Fears have grown since the war in Ukraine that Russia could seek to stir trouble in Bosnia and elsewhere in the Balkans to avert attention from its full-scale invasion. Blinken compares Bosnia Serb leader to Putin 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z He said data on the use of depleted uranium by the United States and is allies in the Balkans and Iraq showed serious and lasting negative impacts on local populations and the environment. Russia says use of depleted uranium shells in Ukraine would harm population, land for decades 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z This proved disastrous for Rome in the long run as the Goths, under their king Alaric, started looting Roman territory in the Balkans, finally marching into Italy itself and sacking Rome in 410 CE. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In this way, Islam spread throughout Asia, Africa, and the Balkans. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z "From experience, over the last 15 to 20 years, the guns from the Western Balkans have been the main source of firearms trafficked into Europe," he told BBC North West Tonight. Ukraine war guns likely to end up on UK streets, says weapons expert 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Shells with depleted uranium were used in Iraq and the Balkans, where some claim it was linked to birth defects. Ukraine war: UK defends sending uranium shells after Putin warning 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z They either move up via the Balkans or try to cross by sea to reach countries like Italy, as Maeda did. Dreams of space that ended in shipwreck off Italy 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Leo, in turn, declared that the pope no longer had any religious authority in the empire, which for practical purposes meant the regions under Byzantine control in Italy, Sicily, and the Balkans. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, the Ottoman-controlled areas of the Balkans in southeastern Europe were not only much more densely populated than Anatolia but were also overwhelmingly Christian. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Solving the dispute has gained attention as war rages in Ukraine and fears mount that Russia could try to stir instability in the volatile Balkans, where it holds historic influence. US envoy hails ‘historic’ EU-brokered Serbia-Kosovo deal 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z There are now only about 1,200 Jews living in Thessaloniki, once home of Europe’s largest Jewish community called the “Jerusalem of the Balkans.” Greek city marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz train convoy 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Solving the dispute has become more important as war rages in Ukraine and fears mount that Russia could try to stir instability in the volatile Balkans where it holds historic influence. Serbia and Kosovo in high-stakes EU-mediated talks 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z In 1352 they took control of a key fortress near Constantinople, and from there they launched a stunning series of invasions in Greece and the Balkans. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Ottoman territory was then gradually lost to European kingdoms, particularly in the western part of North Africa and in the Balkans. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Britain also said it would step up engagement with Moldova and countries in the South Caucasus, western Balkans and Central Asia to increase resilience to Russian interference. Factbox: Britain calls out Russia, China in updated foreign policy review 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Launched in October, it brings together existing EU members, aspiring partners in the Balkans and Eastern Europe, as well as Britain and Turkey. French, British leaders meet in efforts to mend relations 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Posth hopes to delve deeper into the history of ancient migration in Europe, particularly the mysterious people who arrived from the Balkans around the time of the last glacial maximum. Ice Age Europeans found refuge in Spain, doom in Italy 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Those Goths were allowed to settle in the Balkans by the Romans, but were soon extorted by Roman officials, causing the Goths to rise up against Rome in retribution. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z What was the system of enslaving young men from villages in the Balkans and putting them into state service known as? World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Instead, they discovered a population of hunter-gatherers that appeared to have expanded from the Balkans, known as the Villabruna. Ancient DNA Reveals History of Hunter-Gatherers in Europe 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Instead, after the glacial maximum, people in Italy show genetic links to the Near East, suggesting a new population arrived from the Balkans. Ancient DNA upends European prehistory 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Though most asylum-seekers enter the EU legally, mainly by plane with travel visas, some also crossed the EU’s land and sea borders without permission, mainly through the Western Balkans and the Mediterranean. Nearly 1 million asylum requests in the EU in 2022 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z In the Balkans, Slavic tribes proved a major ongoing problem for the Byzantines. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The nearby empire of Austria-Hungary looked covetously upon the Balkans, seeing an opportunity to take over more territory. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The deaths have shocked Bulgaria, in what is one of the worst incidents of its kind on the overland route across the Balkans into Europe. Six charged after 18 migrants found dead in truck in Bulgaria 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z In the meantime, he said, Putin could seek to respond “asymmetrically” by destabilizing governments in Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East, as well as potentially in the West. Khodorkovsky warns West of war with China if Russia wins in Ukraine 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z The answer turned out to be Serbia, a fellow-Slavic nation in the Balkans that remained friendly with Russia, and where Russians could enter without a visa. Love blossoms in Serbia between Ukrainian, Russian ‘enemies’ 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Thus, the Orthodox church remained in place in Greece, parts of the Balkans, and Russia. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The area of the Balkans, the site of so much uncertainty and nationalism prior to the war, received a particularly unfavorable decision regarding self-determination. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Here are some facts about an enduring stand-off that fuels Western Balkans instability and must be settled to help meet conditions for Kosovo's aspiration to join the European Union: Explainer: Why Kosovo's stand-off with Serbs goes on 15 years after statehood 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z With the war in Ukraine casting a shadow across the historically turbulent Balkans, the West is pressing the two sides to normalise ties to lessen the risk of instability resurfacing in the wider region. Kosovo Albanian-Serb tensions simmer on independence anniversary 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z "Ukraine can't be given some sort of special status over and above, say, the countries of the Western Balkans who are in the accession process and going through all the hoops," said an EU diplomat. Zelenskiy to press EU leaders for more arms, membership talks 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Protest movements spread across Germany and the rapidly-collapsing Austro-Hungarian empire, as nationalist movements declared independence in Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and the Balkans. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z By the twentieth century, Serbia had emerged as the leader of the pan-Slavic position in the Balkans. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Finding refuge had become Lev Tahor’s priority, with some families traveling as far as northern Iraq or the Balkans. At 16, he escaped a fringe Jewish sect accused of child abuse. Now he’s fighting to get his family out 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z “If we introduce in the Western Balkans the idea of ethnically based association of municipalities, that’s a recipe for new conflicts,” Kurti said. Kosovo PM calls on West not to put pressure over Serb entity 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z "The Western Balkans can't be told: 'Well, in order to get into the EU you need to be at war.'" Zelenskiy to press EU leaders for more arms, membership talks 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z The Balkans, including not only Greece but territories like Bosnia, Serbia, and Macedonia, had been part of the Ottoman Empire for hundreds of years. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Russia, too, was a Slavic nation and showed great interest in what was happening to its historic kin in the Balkans. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z They fear that Russia could stir trouble in the Balkans through its Serbian proxies to avert some of the international attention from Ukraine. In pro-Putin Serbia, liberal-minded Russians seek a home 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Meteorologists have announced freezing temperatures and snow storms across the Balkans will continue in the days to come. Snow and winter storms cut power, disrupt traffic across the Balkans 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z It’s how individual Yugoslavians, but not teams, could compete as independent athletes at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics during the civil war in the Balkans. Olympic echoes of boycott era as Ukraine vs IOC intensifies 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z The problem spans decades and stems from poor waste management and a general lack of environmental protection safeguards across the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia do little to solve waste problem 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Russia hoped that by gaining influence in the Balkans, it could gain direct access to the Mediterranean Sea. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z But he has since made a turn to populist nationalism and criticized Western policies toward Russia as well as the Balkans. Croatia’s president criticizes tank deliveries to Ukraine 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z But the war has also brought new urgency and energy for the enlargement of the European Union to the Western Balkans and beyond, with offers of candidacy for Ukraine and Moldova. Ukraine War Accelerates Shift of Power in Europe to the East 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z New drone footage shows the extent a waste-filled river in the Balkans. Waste-filled river 'great embarrassment' for Balkans 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z Decades after the devastating 1990s wars that accompanied the breakup of Yugoslavia, the Balkans lag behind the rest of Europe both economically and with regard to environmental protection. Sections of Balkan river become floating garbage dump 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z Disagreements among the victors in the Balkans soon devolved into the Second Balkan War as Bulgaria attacked Serbia and Greece in 1913. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Bosnia, where energy production accounts for about 20% of its GDP, is the Balkans' sole electricity exporter, with about 60% of it produced from coal-fired plants and the rest mainly from hydropower. Bosnian dairy farm makes electricity from organic waste 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z The dispute remains a source of instability in the Balkans amid Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Western envoys visit Kosovo, Serbia to defuse tensions 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z But he has since made a turn to populist nationalism, and criticized Western policies both toward the Balkans and Russia. Croatian president blasts EU penalties against Hungary 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z In addition to river pollution, many countries in the western Balkans have other environmental woes. Sections of Balkan river become floating garbage dump 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z For as long as the EU showed little enthusiasm for expanding the bloc to include the countries of the Western Balkans, it made sense for Serbia to maintain friendly ties with Moscow. Ukraine war: Serbia uproar over Wagner mercenaries recruiting for Russia 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z She surveys the Ottoman and Islamic architectural heritage in Greece and the Balkans and notes that because of contemporary politics, those nations mostly give short shrift to the teaching of the period in schools. Review | Two new books explore the scope of the Ottoman Empire — and its end 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z As was once said of the Balkans, these schools have been producing more history than can be consumed locally. Opinion | In some Virginia schools, ‘equity’ seems to mean hiding achievement 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Almost half of the 2022 attempts were made overland through the Western Balkans region, EU agency Frontex said, according to its “preliminary calculations.” Migrant entry numbers into Europe hit six-year high 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Mr Milosevic - once known as the "butcher of the Balkans" - died in prison before the trial concluded. Ukraine war: Putin should face trial this year, says top lawyer 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Brussels belatedly realised that its reticence towards the Western Balkans was leaving room for Moscow to meddle. Ukraine war: Serbia uproar over Wagner mercenaries recruiting for Russia 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z The Western Balkans route via Turkey, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Serbia is the main path for migrants into the European Union, with many using elaborate networks of smugglers who are sometimes armed. Serbia arrests Afghan general, sniper 'wanted by France' on terror charges - news agency 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z The Kremlin on Wednesday said it supported Serbia's attempts to protect ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo but denied Pristina's accusation that Russia was somehow stoking tensions in an attempt to sow chaos across the Balkans. Former pope Benedict, his papacy and retirement 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z The West is concerned about Russian influence in the Balkans, especially in Serbia and Bosnia's Serb Republic which oppose sanctions against Moscow. Russia denounces EU for granting Bosnia candidacy status 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Because of its cost, the route is known as a pathway for the middle class; poorer migrants end up taking a land route out of Turkey through the Balkans, encountering a labyrinth of border closures. Fortress Europe can’t stop immigration numbers from rising 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z The return of Belgrade’s troops to the former Serbian province could dramatically increase tensions in the Balkans. Serbia mulls sending troops to Kosovo as tensions escalate 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Experts say that, across the Western Balkans, numbers of bears in the wild have fallen drastically in the past two decades following the destruction of their habitat and illegal hunting. Behind bars no longer, Albania's last restaurant bear 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z As Europe’s relationship with Russia deteriorates further because of the war, tensions have also mounted in the Balkans and the EU wants to avoid other flashpoints close to its borders. EU, Western Balkans to boost partnership amid Ukraine war 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z EU officials have said the decision to grant it the candidate status was prompted mainly because of a fear that instability created by the war in Ukraine may spread to the volatile Western Balkans region. Russia denounces EU for granting Bosnia candidacy status 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Leaders will also discuss ways to curb the brain drain of young, well-educated people who have been leaving the Western Balkans in droves in search of better job opportunities in Western Europe. EU, Western Balkans leaders to discuss integration and migration 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z The EU last admitted a new member — Croatia, which is also part of the Balkans — in 2013. Enlargement back on EU’s agenda at Western Balkans summit 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z Vulin has been advocating the creation of “the Serbian World” — a copy of the Russian World — that would unite all Serbs in the Balkans under one flag led by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. Reports: Serbia names pro-Russian politician new spy chief 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z “In the Western Balkans, several crises are looming, and partners feel the immediate damaging impact of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine,” Borrell said last month. EU, Western Balkans to boost partnership amid Ukraine war 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z "The stability in western Balkans is important for peace. We need to stop the Russians in the western Balkans, we need more Europe," Tajani said. Europe needs to limit Russian influence in Balkans, Italy says 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z In October, Novak joined a statement issued by presidents of Central European and Balkans countries which condemned the mass bombardments of Ukrainian cities carried out by Russia. Hungarian president to travel to Kyiv, invited by Ukraine's Zelenskiy - website 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Stoltenberg noted that Bosnia, where Russian interference and ethnic tensions long have created political instability, is “important for stability in the whole of the Western Balkans.” Enlargement back on EU’s agenda at Western Balkans summit 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z The Western Balkans route via Turkey, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Serbia remains the main migratory path into the European Union, border agency Frontex said in September. Serbian police find 600 migrants after shootout near Hungarian border 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z “The shockwaves of this war are hitting the Western Balkans. To counter that, we are stepping up our engagement as the Western Balkans remain our geostrategic priority — the closest and most important geostrategic priority.” EU, Western Balkans to boost partnership amid Ukraine war 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z "We need to protect all the countries in the western Balkans and close to Ukraine because it is important in this moment to work together, Unity is important and it's a strong message to Russia." Europe needs to limit Russian influence in Balkans, Italy says 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z But Kosovo returned to negotiations under pressure from its key ally, the United States, the BBC's Balkans correspondent Guy Delauney reports. EU defuses tensions over Kosovo car number plates 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z He said the leaders meeting in Tirana also plan to discuss a recent increase in migrants and asylum-seekers moving without entry permits through the Western Balkans, most hoping to reach the EU eventually. Enlargement back on EU’s agenda at Western Balkans summit 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z The Phrygian cap is an updated version of a conical hat worn in antiquity in places such as Persia, the Balkans, Thrace, Dacia and Phrygia, a place in modern day Turkey where the name originates. China-made Paris Olympics mascots fuel criticism in France 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z In return, the EU expects full solidarity from its Western Balkans partners and wants them fully aligned with its foreign policies. EU, Western Balkans to boost partnership amid Ukraine war 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z A 5.5-magnitude earthquake off the Italian resort of Rimini has been felt across across central Italy and parts of the Balkans. Italy earthquake felt in several countries 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The West fears Russia could try to destabilize the Balkans to avert at least some attention from its invasion of Ukraine. Ethnic Serbs rally in Kosovo after leaving jobs in protest 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Germany and others have been pushing Serbia in particular to tighten its entry policies as an increasing number of migrants have tried to reach wealthier western European countries via the Balkans in recent months. Germany urges western Balkan leaders to resolve conflicts 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z “Russia and China understand the strategic importance of the Western Balkans just as well as we do. Only,” she added, “it is right on our doorstep.” EU revisits Balkans to win friends, seek more influence 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z “These three agreements clear the way for the creation of a common regional market of the Western Balkans,” German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said. Western Balkans to agree free movement in step toward EU membership 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z AP photographer Scott Applewhite, who describes his friendship with Gaps as that of “army buddies,” said they would often share their experiences in places like Somalia, the Balkans and Haiti. Globe-trotting AP photographer John Gaps III dies, age 63 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Since assuming office, Scholz has made European Union expansion to include the Balkans and others nations a major plank of his foreign policy. Germany's Scholz calls for bigger European Union 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z "The Western Balkans belong in our family and we have to make this very, very clear." EU proposes candidate status for Bosnia 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z With the 1991 Soviet collapse, so did Yugoslavia, the dominant power in the Western Balkans region. EU revisits Balkans to win friends, seek more influence 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z “By setting up this market, you are taking an important step forward in the EU accession process,” Baerbock said ahead of a meeting of Western Balkans and EU officials in Berlin. Western Balkans to agree free movement in step toward EU membership 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z I spent two decades as a foreign correspondent on the outer reaches of empire in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans. Fake justice from the puppet-masters: The persecution of Julian Assange 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Hungary, Serbia and Austria last week pledged new measures to contain the flow of illegal migrants into the European Union through the Western Balkans. Germany extends checks at Austrian border as migrant numbers rise 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z A former Slavic ally of Russia in the Balkans, Montenegro in 2017 defied Moscow to join NATO. Montenegro holds pride march despite opposition from church 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z Among the most controversial Chinese projects in the Western Balkans has been a portion of a highway linking Montenegro’s Adriatic Sea coast with the Serbian border that was far beyond the small nation’s means. EU revisits Balkans to win friends, seek more influence 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z She added that the agreements would be formally signed at a Western Balkans Summit in Berlin in November. Western Balkans to agree free movement in step toward EU membership 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z The forum aimed at boosting security and prosperity across the continent brought together existing EU members, aspiring partners in the Balkans and Eastern Europe, as well as Britain and Turkey. Macron at Europe’s center stage with new summit initiative 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Leaders from the EU, the UK, Turkey, Norway and the Balkans met at the first European Political Community in Prague on Thursday. Truss declares Macron a friend as pair forge working relationship 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z UK Prime Minister Liz Truss joined more than 40 leaders from the EU, Turkey, Norway and the Balkans, as they discussed energy, migration and security - with a particular focus on the fighting. Ukraine war round-up: Strikes kill seven and Russians flee to Alaska 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The summit will involve the 27 EU member countries, aspiring partners in the Balkans and Eastern Europe, as well as neighbors like Britain – the only country to have left the EU – and Turkey. Europe’s leaders gather in Prague but Russia isn’t invited 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z “I call on all of you to speed up your reforms in the interest of your citizens,” she told the Western Balkans foreign ministers gathered in Berlin. Western Balkans to agree free movement in step toward EU membership 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Other examples include the Balkans as Yugoslavia splintered in the mid 1990s and the battle raging today in Ukraine. Explainer: Fears over festering Armenia-Azerbaijan territorial dispute 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Since the end of Bosnia’s 1992-92 war, Moscow has often been accused by the West of seeking to destabilize Bosnia and the rest of the Balkans through its Serb allies in the region. Bosnia’s sectarian parties poised to retain power after vote 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z "The high number of illegal border crossings can be attributed to repeated crossing attempts by migrants already present in the Western Balkans," the group said in a statement. Central European leaders pledge new measures to stem flow of migrants to EU 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Macron worries that the long road to meeting EU membership criteria could discourage Western Balkans nations, boosting populists and euroscepticism. Truss's 'yes' boosts Macron's new European forum initiative 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z French President Emmanuel Macron first proposed the idea of a European Political Community in an effort to counter Russian and Chinese influence in the Balkans and Eastern Europe. British PM Truss to attend European political summit in Prague -source 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Syrian Ramez Rizk, also coming form Turkey, said he planned to go to Belgium after a tough journey through the Balkans. Czech police nab smugglers in new border checks as migrant flows spike 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Moscow has often been accused by the West of exploiting the divisions by tacitly supporting Dodik’s separatist policies, and to destabilize Bosnia and the rest of the Balkans through its proxies in Serbia and Bosnia. Bosnian Serb separatist leader blasts West, praises Russia 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z The order addresses people who threaten international stabilization efforts in the Western Balkans. U.S. sanctions ‘brazenly corrupt’ Bosnian state prosecutor 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z If you don’t read carefully, you could end up with canceled flights and an unexpected stay in Montenegro because Austria no longer accepts travelers from the Balkans. Perspective | I’ve worked remotely from 14 countries. Here’s what I learned. Russia has long been accused of trying to destabilize the Balkans anew — including Bosnia and Herzegovina. At UN, Russia’s war in Ukraine is both text and subtext 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Moscow has often been accused by the West of seeking to destabilize Bosnia and the rest of the Balkans through its proxies in Serbia and Bosnia. Putin meets Bosnian Serb separatist leader, praises Serbia 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Moscow has often been accused by the West of seeking to destabilize Bosnia and the rest of the Balkans through its allies in Serbia and Bosnia. Bosnian Serb separatist leader blasts West, praises Russia 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z "He didn't know the difference between the Baltics and Balkans. One aide was saying he knew nothing about so many things, it was startling to them even after they spent time in his presence." Trump aides were stunned by his ignorance on key issues: “He knew nothing about so many things” 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Ukraine became an official EU candidate country in June while numerous Western Balkans nations have been in the process of trying to join the bloc for years. UK considers joining new European nations club 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z L.A. couple facing prison for stealing $18 million in a pandemic relief scam took a private jet to the Balkans and vanished into a posh town on the Mediterranean. Southern California woman used prisoners' names to steal $515,000 in pandemic aid, feds say 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z The western Balkans comprise Serbia, Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Kosovo, all of which are aspiring to join the European Union. Serbia, Albania, North Macedonia agree to share surplus energy, food 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z And although it was not his intention to liquidate the Soviet empire, he presided over an extraordinary five months in 1989 when the Communist system imploded from the Baltics to the Balkans. Your Wednesday Briefing 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z The idea behind the deliberate sinking was to at least slow down the Soviet advance in the Balkans. Danube drought reveals parts of hidden WWII history 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z When people in Turkey think about “fraternal relations, they think about Muslims in the Russian empire, in the Balkans — they really don’t think about the Muslims of the Ottoman Middle East,” he said. With nationalism rising, Turkey turns against refugees it once welcomed 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z The tensions soared last month from a dispute over travel documents and license plates, and have raised concerns about instability in the Balkans, where multiple wars were fought amid the breakup of Yugoslavia. Serbia’s leader says EuroPride won’t happen due to threats 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z The Danube is Europe’s second largest river and serves as a border for multiple countries, especially in the continent’s Balkans region. Nazi ships from WWII surface in Danube River during Europe’s intense drought 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z The Balkans and the Adriatic Sea have lately seen increased military, intelligence and propaganda activity by Moscow, which considers the region of its strategic interest because of its access to the Mediterranean. In sign of support, U.S. bombers fly over Dubrovnik, Balkans 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z These platform planks were designed to appeal to those who felt that the Clinton administration’s initiatives in the Balkans and Africa had unnecessarily entangled the United States in the conflicts of foreign nations. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Countries in the Balkans and sub-Saharan Africa were hit hardest. Russia’s war at 6 months: A global economy in growing danger 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z He also said Russia has used the same playbook before on Syria and the Balkans and said online disinformation is a major part of Russia's strategy. UK spy chief says Putin is losing information war in Ukraine -The Economist 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z There are fears in the West that Russia could encourage Serbia into an armed intervention in northern Kosovo that would further destabilize the Balkans and shift at least some attention from its war in Ukraine. EU-mediated Serbia-Kosovo meeting ends without agreement 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z In parts of the Balkans, half of all Roma women ages 20 to 24 are married before age 18, compared to around 10% nationally, he said. UN investigator: Contemporary slavery extensive and in China 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z As a small measure of stability was brought to the Middle East, violence erupted in the Balkans. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, he added, Russia’s capacity for mischief-making in the Balkans has been severely constrained by the war in Ukraine. Serbia’s Leader Rejects ‘Little Putin’ Label Amid Fears of Russian Meddling 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Kosovo is a small, landlocked country in the Balkans, bordering Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. Kosovo: Why is trouble flaring between Serbs and the Albanian-led government? 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z The Balkans have not escaped the reverberations of the war in Ukraine. Tensions between Kosovo and Serbia: Why NATO is ‘prepared to intervene’ 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z The Western Balkans are an integral part of the European Union and Spain fully backs the region’s integration into the 27-member bloc, Spain’s prime minister said Monday. Spain fully backs Western Balkan integration into EU 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z There are fears in the West that Russia could use Serbia to destabilize the Balkans and thus shift at least some attention from its war in Ukraine. Kosovo delays measure stirring tensions with minority Serbs 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z “Peace and security in the Western Balkans have never been more threatened,” he said. Serbia’s Leader Rejects ‘Little Putin’ Label Amid Fears of Russian Meddling 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z An MP from Mr Vucic's party said Serbia would soon be compelled to begin the "denazification of the Balkans" - using the same language President Putin used to justify his invasion of Ukraine. Kosovo: Why is trouble flaring between Serbs and the Albanian-led government? 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z EU officials have recently sought to encourage governments in the region to move on with reforms amid concerns over Russia’s efforts to boost its influence in the Balkans. Spain’s PM offers support for North Macedonia’s EU candidacy 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z “The EU cannot be conceived without the Balkans,” Sanchez said at the news conference with Albanian counterpart Edi Rama. Spain fully backs Western Balkan integration into EU 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z He left the United States in 2017 to embark on a cycling journey around the world, making stops in Iceland, the Balkans, Morocco and Turkey. Bryan Young, an American volunteer who died fighting in Ukraine, felt called to help. 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia’s strongman leader, Aleksandar Vucic, is fed up with being reviled as a “little Putin” intent on aggression against his country’s fragile neighbors in the Balkans. Serbia’s Leader Rejects ‘Little Putin’ Label Amid Fears of Russian Meddling 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z And now, reminiscent of the early days of Tinseltown, places like the Baltics and Balkans have joined the newest frontiers. There's a Hollywood filming boom in far-flung Europe. Locals aren't so sure it's a good thing 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Sanchez said the war in Ukraine has prompted the EU to rethink its enlargement policies and open its doors to countries in Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans. Spain’s PM offers support for North Macedonia’s EU candidacy 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z “Balkans’ incorporation will strengthen and add EU members.” Spain fully backs Western Balkan integration into EU 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z In return, Malta hopes, more big Hollywood hits — and hordes of tourists — will make their way to the tiny archipelago nation as competition increases for American dollars and crews in the Mediterranean, Balkans and Baltics. Hollywood is heading to Estonia, Bulgaria and beyond. Insiders share how it's happening 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Behind Mr. Vucic’s levity over physical stature, however, lurks a serious question that torments the Balkans and preoccupies Western diplomats. Serbia’s Leader Rejects ‘Little Putin’ Label Amid Fears of Russian Meddling 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Before that, she covered conflict in the Balkans. Your Thursday Briefing 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z "A democratic, secure, and prosperous Western Balkans remains essential to this vision," Biden said in a statement, restating U.S. policy "for a Europe whole, free, and at peace." Albania, North Macedonia finally start EU membership talks 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Unusually hot, dry weather has gripped large swaths of the continent since last week, triggering wildfires from Portugal to the Balkans and leading to hundreds of heat-related deaths. U.K. braces for record-smashing heat after warmest-ever night 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z With Russia vying to maintain its historic influence in the Balkans, the EU has sought to keep alive countries’ bid to join the bloc despite slow progress. EU officials encourage Montenegro to press on with reform 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z “Russia calculates that the more time the West spends sweating in the Balkans, the less time it will spend sweating in Russia’s backyard,” said Vuk Vuksanovic, a researcher at the Belgrade Center for Security Policy. Serbia’s Leader Rejects ‘Little Putin’ Label Amid Fears of Russian Meddling 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z The European Union's justice commissioner, Didier Reynders, noted that war crimes and genocide suspects were still at large from conflicts in places such as Rwanda, Darfur, Syria, Congo and the Balkans. West seeks to coordinate evidence of war crimes in Ukraine 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Households in the Balkans, the Caspian Sea region and Sub-Saharan Africa have been hit particularly hard. Bill Gates gives $20 billion to stem ‘significant suffering’ 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Households in the Balkans, the Caspian Sea region and sub-Saharan Africa have been hit particularly hard. Bill Gates gives $20 billion to stem ‘significant suffering’ 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Embassy was reacting to Vulin’s earlier interview with the government-controlled Politika daily in which he said “the only way for the Balkans to remain stable is for the Serbs to live in one state.” US rejects ‘Serbian world’ advocated by Serbian minister 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z “But,” he added, “here in the Balkans, such symbolic things are of huge importance.” Serbia’s Leader Rejects ‘Little Putin’ Label Amid Fears of Russian Meddling 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Still, the new law only highlights the long road ahead to protect such rivers across the entire Balkans from being degraded, diverted and commercialized by people with connections to the region’s corruption-prone political elite. Balkan activists keep fighting for Europe’s last wild rivers 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov speaks to the members of the media as he arrives for a meeting of Western Balkans countries leaders with EU leaders in Brussels, Belgium June 23, 2022. Bulgaria's PP party likely to drop plans to propose new coalition government 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Germany announced the move last month as concerns mount about instability from the Ukraine war spilling over to the Western Balkans. Germany suspends funds over Bosnian Serb secessionist moves - envoy 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Thousands of migrants fleeing wars and poverty in Africa, Asia and the Middle East are stranded in the Balkans, one of the major European routes for those trying to reach Western Europe. 1 migrant killed, 7 injured near Serbia-Hungary border 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z That could include countries wanting to join the EU - such as Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and Western Balkans states. European Political Community: Could UK join a new club of nations? 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z "We want the centre of gravity of our investments to be in Europe," Smejc said, adding that PPF wanted to expand more broadly outside the Balkans, where it is heavily invested. Czech firm PPF aims to exit China, wants partners for Europe acquisitions 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z The alliance faces numerous challenges, from hybrid warfare to the destabilisation of the Balkans to cyber attacks, the militarisation of space and what to do about China's growing military power. Nato summit: Five challenges for the military alliance 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Russia’s war in Ukraine has aroused fears that the turmoil could spill over to the volatile Balkans, where Russia has maintained strong influence among fellow-Slavic Serbs. Bosnian Serb leader prays for Trump’s return, praises Putin 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z European Council President Charles Michel speaks to the members of the media as he arrives for a meeting of Western Balkans countries leaders with EU leaders in Brussels, Belgium June 23, 2022. EU leaders accept Ukraine and Moldova as membership candidates - official 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The stalled enlargement process to include Western Balkans countries in the bloc is also on their agenda. European Union leaders set to grant Ukraine candidate status 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks to the members of the media as he arrives for a meeting of Western Balkans countries leaders with EU leaders in Brussels, Belgium June 23, 2022. Western Balkan countries deserve realistic chance to join EU, Germany says 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Reticence over enlargement has slowed progress towards membership for a group of Balkans countries - Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia - whose leaders will meet their EU counterparts in Brussels on Thursday morning. 'Wind of change' in Europe as path to EU opens for Ukraine 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Awarding Ukraine its EU candidacy status without any feasible progress for the Balkans is also a "bad message" for the region, Kovac said. Balkans losing hope of progress on EU membership 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z It also cut its growth forecast for the Western Balkans, comprised of Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia and North Macedonia, to 3.1%, from 4.1% in January. War and sanctions keep Ukraine and Russia tourists from Adriatic coast 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z On a quest to re-create Joséphine’s long-vanished collection, Gravereaux assembled so many varieties that he soon surpassed the empress, even traveling to the Balkans on his mission to showcase all known roses on the planet. Stop to smell the roses in an unsung corner of Paris 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z About 300 members of 3 Para were due to be deployed to the Balkans in September. Parachute Regiment Balkans deployment cancelled after sex videos 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z Six nations in the Western Balkans also have faced long waits on their EU membership journeys. EXPLAINER: Why Ukraine’s request to join is big test for EU 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z "If countries that aspire to join the EU face delays, they will reorient their policies and then we will have an increase of Russian and Chinese influence in the Western Balkans," he said. Balkans losing hope of progress on EU membership 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z The Western Balkans route thus accounted for almost half the total number of the 86,420 illegal crossings at the EU's borders in the period, Frontex said. Illegal entries into EU from Western Balkans more than doubled in May - Frontex 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Scholz said that “the Western Balkans are of strategic importance” for Germany and that his country is “serious” in supporting European integration of the region. Germany’s Scholz tries to unblock North Macedonia’s EU bid 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z The chancellor has made the Western Balkans' EU accession, in order to ease growing regional tensions and counter Russian and Chinese influence, a foreign policy priority. Scholz calls for EU to open accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Scholz, on a visit to the Western Balkans, also pressed Serbia to join Western sanctions against Russia despite its historic and current ties to Moscow, which supplies most of Serbia’s energy needs. Scholz: Serbia, Kosovo must recognize each other to join EU 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z "Too many EU governments think we can keep handing the Balkans new demands and say: come back when you're done," said a senior EU diplomat involved in the talks. Balkans losing hope of progress on EU membership 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z The agency did not give a reason for the surge but added that most of the people detected had been in the Western Balkans for some time before seeking to enter the EU. Illegal entries into EU from Western Balkans more than doubled in May - Frontex 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Mitsotakis' initiative underscored how Greece has been trying to boost its role in the Balkans as it has emerged from a financial crisis that tarnished its image. Greek PM says EU must integrate Western Balkans by 2033 -Politico 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Scholz’s government, which took office in December, has made the Western Balkans’ EU accession a foreign policy priority. Scholz heads to Western Balkans to help EU membership bid 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Mitsotakis called for an “active commitment” from the EU that the Western Balkans’ accession bids will be accelerated. Scholz: Serbia, Kosovo must recognize each other to join EU 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z The joke reflects a wider malaise across the Balkans about the prospects of its six members - Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia - ever joining the EU. Balkans losing hope of progress on EU membership 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Subsequent books focused on the Rwandan genocide, turmoil in the Balkans, the legacy of the Vietnam War in Laos and the cycle of violence in the Gaza Strip. Dervla Murphy, intrepid author of travel books, dies at 90 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z “The Western Balkans must be part of the European Union,” he said. Weary waiting for EU, Balkan trio boost regional integration 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z There has been violence in Europe since World War II, Milley noted, citing bloodshed in the Balkans and Georgia, “but this is one of a different order of magnitude in size, scale and scope.” Milley equates ‘horrors’ in Ukraine with suffering during World War II 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z Others have come from Bangladesh and Thailand, Central America and the Balkans. The angry White populist who paved the way for Trump A draft of the summit statement seen by Reuters showed that EU leaders will again give "full and unequivocal commitment to the EU membership perspective of the Western Balkans." Balkans losing hope of progress on EU membership 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z “The Western Balkans as a European region is as close as it can be,” Kluge said. Balkan companies see 'near-shoring' opportunity with global supply woes 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The initiative of the three countries, which has been dubbed “Open Balkans,” began in 2019. Weary waiting for EU, Balkan trio boost regional integration 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Security Council that 26 years after the Dayton peace agreement was signed Bosnia is “at a crossroads,” and what happens and how the international community reacts “will resonate throughout the western Balkans.” Top global official: Bosnian Serbs are trying to `secede’ 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z “The Balkans is a region of 65 million people, and we can do so much more.” Balkan leaders meet to support gas project rivaling Russia 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Some EU governments, particularly in France, the Netherlands and Denmark, fear a political backlash in member states over migration from the Balkans and have sought to increase reforms. Balkans losing hope of progress on EU membership 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Ekrem Turajlic, a director at Bosnia’s largest pharmaceuticals company, Bosnalijek, which exports mainly to Russia, the Middle East and the Balkans, was also optimistic about expanding a network of European buyers. Balkan companies see 'near-shoring' opportunity with global supply woes 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z “How’s that? I mean, is diversity the strength of the Balkans? No.” How Tucker Carlson stoked white fear to conquer cable 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z "We must ensure that, alongside Ukraine, the Western Balkans and countries like Moldova and Georgia have the resilience and the capabilities to maintain their sovereignty and freedom." Push Russia out of whole of Ukraine, says Truss 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Varma added that an upcoming conference on the Western Balkans to be organized in June will provide “an opportunity to start rethinking the EU’s enlargement policy.” Reelection bolsters France’s Macron as powerful player in EU 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Nearly $400 million in new foreign military financing will also go to 15 other nations in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans, the official said. Blinken, Austin pledge return of U.S. diplomats, more security assistance on Kyiv visit 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z The CIA flew him from the Balkans to Kabul and threw him incommunicado into a small cell with a bucket for a toilet for four months, in a prison called the “Salt Pit.” EXCLUSIVE Ex-CIA analyst says she ‘got bloodied’ in tangled U.S. war on Al Qaeda 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z It will not be easy to haul the Russian dictator before an international tribunal to be judged for his genocidal assault, as was Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic after the vicious Balkans war in the 1990s. Ukraine: The moral imperative intensifies 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Serbia’s rapid military buildup in the region that was at war in the 1990s has worried its neighbors and raised fears in the West of new possible bloodshed in the Balkans. US urges Serbia to join sanctions against its ally Russia 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z The U.S State Department, which supports Schmidt, said that Russia's actions in the Western Balkans undermine support for the region's European integration and erode the political will for democratic reforms. Russia suspends financing of Bosnia peace envoy's office 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z It also transferred a mountain of evidence and cases against lower-ranking suspects to their home countries in the Balkans. Bosnians warn Ukrainians: It’s a long journey to justice 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z It duped the Germans into redeploying entire regiments away from Sicily to Greece and the Balkans. Operation Mincemeat: The Welsh drifter who helped end WW2 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z The United States imposed sanctions on seven more people from the western Balkans. World Digest: April 11, 2022 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z The veiled operation this weekend came amid Western concerns that an arms buildup in the Balkans at the same time as war is raging in Ukraine could threaten the region. China says ‘regular military supplies’ delivered to Serbia 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said last week that talks on Albania's and North Macedonia's EU accession needed to start as soon as possible because any delay would make the Western Balkans vulnerable to outside influence. Albania seeks to pursue EU membership separately from N. Macedonia 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z "Vucic is remarkably good at delivering on things that ordinary Serbs want to see," says James Ker-Lindsay, a Balkans specialist at the London School of Economics. Serbia's President Vucic performs balancing act as he seeks re-election 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z The unit served in the Balkans, Chechnya, and the 2014 Russian intervention in the Donbas region of Ukraine, and regularly took part in Red Square parades in Moscow. The heavy losses of an elite Russian regiment in Ukraine 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z This will allow investigators to build cases more rapidly than in previous theaters of war crimes, such as the Balkans or Sudan or Rwanda, all in the 1990s and early 2000s. Analysis: Many denounce war crimes in Ukraine, but justice is slow. Why this time may be different 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Though she was a hawk about the Balkans, Albright’s gift was for the personal side of diplomacy. Opinion | Madeleine Albright shaped a generation of foreign policy leaders 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z As ambassador to the United Nations from 1993 to 1997, she regularly advocated for a tough U.S. foreign policy, most notably in response to Milosevic’s violent ethnic cleansing campaigns in the Balkans. Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of state, dies of cancer at 84 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z At the United Nations and the State Department, she lobbied — not always successfully — for muscular multinational responses to thwart a new generation of tyrants, from Haiti to Rwanda to the Balkans. Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of state, dies at 84 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z While the world’s eyes are focused on the devastating war in Ukraine, Osmani said that “we must not lose sight of the fragile situation we face in the Balkans.” Live updates: US officers to help screen refugees in Europe 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z "We are exposed to persistent efforts by Russia to undermine Kosovo and destabilise the entire Western Balkans," Osmani wrote. Kosovo president asks Washington for help in joining NATO 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Borrell repeated again that “this is the moment to reinvigorate the enlargement process and to anchor the Western Balkans firmly to the EU.” Borrell: EU to help Western Balkans’ war-affected economies 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z “This is the moment to reinvigorate the enlargement process and to anchor the Western Balkans firmly to the EU,” Borrell said following talks in North Macedonia with the country’s prime minister, Dimitar Kovachevski. EU’s Borrell says Western Balkans’ accession a priority 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z This drone incident serves as an unwelcome reminder of the Balkans Wars and will certainly jolt Croatia's authorities out of any sense of complacency. Mystery drone from Ukraine war crashes in Croatia 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z “We are exposed to persistent efforts by Russia to undermine Kosovo and destabilize the entire Western Balkans,” she wrote. Live updates: US officers to help screen refugees in Europe 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z She added that the war in Ukraine was proof of the need of further rapprochement between the Western Balkans and the European Union. Germany's Baerbock stresses need to bring Bosnia closer to Europe 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Consequences from the war, including higher energy prices, were affecting poorer countries like those of the Western Balkans. Borrell: EU to help Western Balkans’ war-affected economies 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z “We are concerned for neighbors Moldova, Georgia, and the Western Balkans,” he said. After Ukraine, Europe wonders who’s next Russian target 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z To allow Ukraine to leapfrog over the others would stir passions in the Western Balkans where several are awaiting a nod. With Ukraine war, Europe’s geopolitical map is moving again 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z There have been fears that tensions over the war in Ukraine could spill over to the volatile Balkans, which went through a series of ethnic wars in the 1990s. Russians living in Serbia join rally against Ukraine war 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z “The Balkans moved millions of people but over a very long period of time,” Grandi added. Refugees are moving through Europe at fastest rate since WWII, UN says 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z These countries are in the heart of Europe, in the Western Balkans, and have also been courted by Russia, so fast-forwarding other, new applications over theirs is seen as not only unfair but potentially dangerous. Ukraine War Forces a Question: How Far East Does Europe Go? 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z He then turned his attention east to the Mediterranean area and the Balkans—and to the ultimate prize, the Soviet Union. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Its involvement in the Balkans provides a leading illustration of this role. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The proposal, due to be approved this coming Thursday, is the first time the EU had used a mechanism drawn up after the 1990s war in the Balkans. Dramatic call with Ukraine leader prompted historic EU move to provide arms 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Separately, it was announced that two of Sberbank Europe's units in the Balkans would be taken over. ECB orders European arm of Russia's Sberbank closed, Austria's FMA says 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z I spent two decades as a war correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans, where I covered the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo. War is the greatest evil: Russia was baited into this crime — but that's no excuse 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z The Russians came to the aid of Slavic people in the Balkans who rebelled against the Ottomans. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This is in line with the EU's temporary protection directive for refugees, drawn up after the 1990s war in the Balkans but never used until now. Ukraine's refugees: How many are there and where might they go? 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z And reading Cyrillic did help when I had the chance to cover some of the war in the Balkans. Perspective | Now we get to see why our parents fled from the Russians — in real time 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Or the Congo civil wars, the carnage in the Balkans, Liberia and Sierra Leone, and so on? Opinion | A World Moving Toward Autocracy 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z "It's to send in non-uniformed troops to stir up trouble, part of 'sub-threshold warfare'. I'm worried it will spill over into the Balkans." Ukraine: Where does it go from here? 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Austria-Hungary and Russia both tried to dominate in the Balkans, a region in southeast Europe. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He supported US military action in the 1990s to deal with ethnic conflicts in the Balkans. Ukraine conflict: Why Biden won't send troops to Ukraine 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z "A generation ago, the UK saved the lives of thousands of families from the Balkans through an evacuation and resettlement programme," they said. Ukraine invasion: Charities urge UK to welcome thousands of refugees 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z He denounced past U.S. military interventions in Syria, Iraq, Libya and the Balkans. Analysis: Putin’s war imperils global security arrangements 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z He warned that Bosnia and the Balkans must not become “a playground for actors outside Europe.” EU mulls ways to stop the possible breakup of Bosnia 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Within the Balkans, the intense nationalism of Serbs, Bulgarians, Romanians, and other ethnic groups led to demands for independence. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She was 67 when the siege of Sarajevo began in April 1992, one of the darkest episodes in the wars that raged across the Balkans as Yugoslavia disintegrated amid ethic and religious rivalries. Greta Weinfeld Ferusic, survivor of the Holocaust and the siege of Sarajevo, dies at 97 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z The Balkans and Eastern and Central European countries are generally less vaccinated. Mask mandates continue to fall as Fauci says U.S. may be approaching ‘normality’ 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Some diplomats in Sarajevo see opportunities in the Western Balkans for Russia to make mischief. Bosnia shivers as ghost of nationalism returns 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Clinton created a “European Vietnam” in the Balkans and encouraged mass shootings by undermining American values. Opinion | Newt Gingrich started us on the road to ruin. Now, he’s back to finish the job. 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z |
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