Alan Crosby is a senior correspondent for RFE/RL.
Once known as the Balkan region's most diverse and integrated society, interethnic marriages have failed to rebound since the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
A proposed memorial to a former leading Russian diplomat who controversially vetoed a UN resolution marking the 20th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica is angering many in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where ethnic tensions simmer just below the surface.
Ukraine’s heavy reliance on Russian technology impairs its ability to adequately defend against cyberattacks such as the Petya virus ravaging computers around the world and has helped make the country ground zero on the front lines of the global cyberwar.
Fresh off their success of getting the government to back down on dividing a school along ethnic lines, emboldened students say they are now looking to build on their success.
Serbia's Western-educated and decidedly pro-European gay prime minister-designate looks to break taboos and resistance in the conservative heartland of the Balkans.
The Vetevendosje party moves from the fringe to front and center as Kosovo's so-called war faction pays the price for corruption.
Georgia's law enforcement and the former Soviet republic's "repressive" drug laws have come under heavy criticism after a pair of local rappers were arrested on possession charges punishable by decades in prison.
In Europe's newest state, a campaign devoid of major scandals is a marked departure from other recent elections in the Balkans.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said the United States is "no longer interested in guaranteeing Europe’s security" and that the European Union must push for more defense and security cooperation among its members.
In April, Rospotrebnadzor, the Russian consumer rights and protection agency, said it was banning imports of Plantaze wine because of elevated levels of metalaxyl, a pesticide, and particle plastic diphtalata in some vintages.
Most U.S. presidents have made their first trip abroad to nearby destinations like Canada or Mexico. But if there’s one thing Donald Trump has proven over his first four months in office, it's that he’s no conventional president.
Why has a country that spent a paltry $69 million on its military last year become the front line in a diplomatic battle that some fear could edge Europe closer to a military conflict?
Slavko Kalezic is looking to win this year's Eurovision Song Contest with a tune and look that break many taboos in his native Montenegro.
As global and regional powers seek ways to protect civilians caught in the Syrian conflict, humanitarian and other groups question the effectiveness of so-called safe zones.
Scores of demonstrators stormed Macedonia’s parliament on April 28 and attacked several lawmakers after an ethnic Albanian deputy was elected speaker. It's one of the most alarming developments in that Balkan nation since it lurched into political gridlock more than two years ago.
Nightly protests in two capitals, the storming of a parliament, dangerous calls for independence referendums or ethnically based reunification, and a race for outside influence. Those are just some of the things keeping world leaders up at night over the fate of the Balkans.
Amid accusations – and denials -- of Russian meddling in France’s presidential election, one thing appears likely: At least one and possibly two pro-Kremlin candidates will head into a runoff vote.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague has refused Ukraine’s request to impose provisional measures against Russia to block what Kyiv says is Russia's monetary and military support for separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Young Serbs took to the streets in raucous -- and remarkably persistent -- protests following this month's presidential vote.
Worries are rising over the economic and social costs as protests intensify around a lengthy political crisis that has left Macedonia without a government.
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