Bosnia-Herzegovina

• May 13, 2026

  Resignation Of UN Envoy Christian Schmidt Highlights International Divide Over Bosnia's Future

  The resignation of the UN High Representative to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt, has exposed deep divisions among key international actors over the future of international oversight in the country more than three decades since the end of the 1990s Bosnian war.

• May 07, 2026

  US Envoy Volz: Balkan Energy Security A National Security Priority For Washington

  The United States sees energy security in the Western Balkans as a national security priority and is stepping up efforts to help the region reduce its dependence on Russian supplies, Joshua Volz, a special envoy for energy integration at the U.S. Department of Energy, told RFE/RL.

• May 04, 2026

  Washington Steps Into Europe’s Energy Gap In The Balkans

  Since US President Donald Trump took office last year, Washington and Brussels have clashed over trade, support for Ukraine, and military spending. Now there's a new battleground: the Western Balkans.

• April 25, 2026

  EU Warns Bosnia US Gas Project Could Threaten 1 Billion Euros In Aid

  The EU has warned Bosnia that designating a US private company as the main investor in a planned gas pipeline could undermine the Western Balkan country's EU accession process and put access to financial assistance from Brussels at risk.

• February 04, 2026

  From Classrooms To TikTok, China's Soft Power Push Expands In The Balkans

  Beijing’s education programs are reshaping perceptions among Balkan youth as soft power spreads beyond infrastructure.

• January 24, 2026

  Chinese-Led Consortium Secures No-Bid Wind Project in Bosnian Serb Entity

  A decision by the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Serb-majority entity, Republika Srpska, to award an approximately $938 million wind power project to a little-known Chinese-Singaporean consortium without a public tender has raised serious concerns.

• January 02, 2026

  Sarajevo, Grozny, And Kabul: Three Wars, Three Childhoods

  From Sarajevo to Grozny to Kabul, three young adults reflect on childhoods shaped by conflict -- and the hopes they carry today.

• January 01, 2026

  ‘Weekend Snipers’: Were Foreigners Paying To Kill Civilians In Sarajevo?

  The question of who targeted the residents of besieged Sarajevo through sniper scopes during the Bosnian War has gone unanswered for three decades

• December 01, 2025

  Chinese Projects Face Rare Legal Setbacks In The Balkans

  A mega–solar power plant in southern Bosnia-Herzegovina was announced as a development project by local authorities. But the Chinese-backed project soon faced local pushback, leading to rare legal setbacks and an investigation into possible land misuse.

• November 23, 2025

  From Mines To Solar Plants, Chinese Projects Face Rare Legal Setbacks In The Balkans

  In a rare instance of public resistance to Chinese-backed infrastructure projects in the Balkans, a tragic workplace death at a solar power plant in Bosnia has sparked a legal battle that halted construction and exposed violations involving illegal workers and environmental concerns.

• November 14, 2025

  Chinese Migrants Increasingly Turn To Balkan Route To Reach Europe

  A small but growing number of Chinese nationals are traveling to the Balkans with the hope of reaching the European Union, and smugglers and local governments have taken notice.

• November 13, 2025

  'Weekend Snipers' Claims Reopen Wartime Trauma In Sarajevo

  For three decades, many people in Bosnia have sought an answer for how and why their loved ones were gunned down by snipers during the war. In recent days, their grief has been reignited by Italian media reports about an investigation being conducted in Milan into so-called "weekend snipers."

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