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Barcelona 1992: New participants, new Olympic dreams

The 1992 Barcelona Olympics was marked by openness and unity after a long period of controversy and conflicts. The political changes in the world in the late 1980s and early 1990s allowed the Olympics to take place without a boycott for the first time since 1972. The Olympics also coincided…

Radio France Internationale

‘They hit me so hard I lost consciousness’: Serbian opposition politician tells of secret service ordeal

Arrest of pro-west politician Nikola Sandulović, who dared to apologise over Kosovo crimes, exposes tensions still festering in the Balkans

The Guardian - UK

Serbia's army proposes bringing back the draft as tensions continue to rise in the Balkans

Serbia's military wants to reintroduce obligatory military service as tensions continue to rise in the Balkans

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The Guardian view on state capture in Serbia: a problem for the Balkans and for the EU

Editorial: Flawed elections confirm Europe is being strung along by a government intent on an authoritarian, ethno-nationalist agenda

The Guardian - UK

Serbian election: another win for the Serbian Progressive Party will threaten peace in Europe

The outcome of Serbia’s parliamentary elections on December 17 will have profound implications for peace in Europe. Though somewhat obscured by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and more recently the crisis in Gaza, tensions in the Balkans have risen sharply in recent months. Should Serbs reelect the main party of…

The Conversation

Ukraine and the Western Balkans top Blinken agenda for NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is turning his attention to Ukraine, NATO and the Western Balkans after weeks of intense focus on Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza

The Independent UK

Ukraine and Moldova have taken a huge step towards EU membership – but these hazards lie ahead

The European Commission has confirmed its support for opening the formal accession process for Ukraine and Moldova to become members of the European Union and for other nations in the western Balkans to move forward with their own bids.

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US imposes new sanctions over Russian oil price cap violations, Kremlin influence in the Balkans

The U.S. Treasury has levied a new round of sanctions on firms and ships that used U.S. service providers to carry Russian crude oil in violation of the multinational price cap — and imposed another set of sanctions on a group of Balkan people and firms tied to Kremlin influence…

The Independent UK

Turbulence in Balkans over renaming of Dubrovnik airport

Croatians and Serbs at odds after name of airport changed to 18th-century polymath Ruđer Bošković

The Guardian - UK

EU Commission backs formal membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova

Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia have received positive news about their bids to join the European Union – but countries in the volatile Balkans…

The National (Scotland)

Ukraine gets good news about its EU membership quest as Balkans countries slip back in the queue

Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia are moving forward in their quests to join the European Union

The Independent UK

Kosovo and Serbia in crisis talks as regional tension escalates thanks to Russian meddling

Kosovo’s prime minister, Albin Kurti, and Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vučić, are scheduled to meet this weekend for the first time since Nato decided to send about 600 more peacekeeping troops into the Balkans early in October to mitigate some of the region’s growing tensions.

The Conversation

EU - Balkan summit opens in Albania with 'greater convergence' on the agenda

Leaders from the Western Balkans and several European countries are meeting for an annual summit in the Albanian capital Tirana, with few concrete decisions expected amid heightened tensions across the region.

Radio France Internationale

‘A climate of violence’: Serbian football ultras in spotlight after Kosovo monastery siege

Few places in the Balkans reveal the volatile ethnic politics of the region as much as stadiums

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At the migration crossroads: Germany tightens grip on Polish border

In 2021, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko began letting migrants cross his country's border into Poland to retaliate against EU sanctions. Poland strengthened its border controls, but the number of illegal migrant crossings into Germany has been surging in recent months. The Brandenburg region in eastern Germany now finds itself at…

LiveScience

Europe's oldest known village teetered on stilts over a Balkan lake 8,000 years ago

The village likely dates to the time of Europe's first farmers, who arrived from Anatolia about 8,000 years ago.

The Independent UK

Greece fires - live: Jet2 and Tui scrap Rhodes flights as firefighters in race to stop inferno spreading

Temperatures to remain high in Italy, Greece and across the Balkans even as heatwave eases in France and Spain

The Independent UK

Rhodes wildfires: Terrified tourists evacuated from Greece hotels amid Europe heatwave chaos

Temperatures to remain high in Italy, Greece and across the Balkans even as heatwave eases in France and Spain

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The Independent UK

A child and a woman die in Serbia as a second deadly storm rips through the Balkans this week

Local media in Serbia say that a 12-year-old boy and a woman have died during another deadly storm that ripped through the Balkans this week

The Independent UK

A Croatian firefighter has died in a storm that swept the Balkans, bringing the toll to 6 dead

A Croatian firefighter has died during a deadly storm that swept the Balkans after a heatwave, brining the death toll to six, officials say

The Guardian - UK

Weather tracker: temperatures to intensify in Europe as new heatwave hits

Spain, Italy, Greece and parts of Balkans to be worst affected, with some areas braced for possible 48C

The Guardian - UK

‘Everyone I met was lovely’: readers’ favourite student trips

Our winning tipster splashes out in Berlin, while road trips in the Balkans and Canada provide great student travel memories

Daily Mirror

The night Nikola Jokic's incredible journey from war-torn Serbia reached NBA climax

Denver Nuggets superstar and Finals MVP Nikola Jokic was born in northwest Serbia just as the war in the Balkans was coming to an end and now he's an NBA champion

France 24

‘I don't want Russian provocations,’ says Georgia's Zurabishvili

The biggest war in Europe since 1945 has prompted several countries to try to speed up their integration with the West. Those include Ukraine itself but also nations in the western Balkans, as well as Moldova and Georgia, which has been knocking on NATO's door for many years. The former…

The Guardian - UK

Court widens war crimes convictions of former Serbian security officers

Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović lose appeal at The Hague over crimes in 1990s Balkan wars

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