From coal plants to airports and bridges, China is forking out for investments across the western Balkans, laying groundwork for a new battle for influence on the European Union's fringe. The West has long eyed Russia as its chief rival in this turbulent corner of ...
Srebrenica survivors applaud life sentence handed to Radovan Karadzic by appeals judges
Relatives of victims of the Srebrenica massacre applauded the life sentence delivered Wednesday against Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic for genocide and war crimes during the 1990s. A panel of appeals judges in The Hague increased Karadzic's original 40-year sentence for the atrocities during ...
Migrants brave Bosnia's bitter winter wilderness, and wolves, to cross into EU
Their shoulders hunched against the bitter cold, dozens of migrants tramped towards Bosnia's border with Croatia, trying to cross illegally into the EU along a route that days earlier almost claimed the lives of a similar group. About 30 men, women and children, some dressed ...
Kayakers from across Europe join protests to save Balkan rivers from 'dam tsunami'
Kayakers from across Europe took to Bosnia's Vrbas river on Monday to protest against a boom in dam construction across the western Balkans that campaigners say threaten to cause irreparable environmental damage. The kayakers joined activists and local people who have been campaigning for years ...
Campaigners say hydropower dam plan threatens Europe's last wild rivers
Plans to build about 3,000 hydropower plants in the Balkans in the next few years endanger Europe's last wild rivers and some of the most important biodiversity hot spots on the continent, campaigners say. Stretching from Slovenia to Albania, critics say the hydropower boom threatens ...
Verdicts in war crimes trials are vital to remind us that such injustices can and do occur, and that those who commit them will be held accountable for their misdeeds.
Forward Manuel "Nolito" Agudo scored two first-half goals to lead Spain to a 3-1 win over 10-man Bosnia in a warmup match for the European Championship on Sunday. The two-time defending champion prevailed despite playing with a depleted squad and with coach Vicente del Bosque ...
Justice has finally been served to former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who has been found guilty of genocide by a U.N. tribunal.
Srebrenica survivors say verdict on Karadzic too lenient, too late
Survivors of the Srebrenica massacre said the 40-year prison term handed down on Thursday to Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic for war crimes and genocide was not tough enough and came too late. "I am so disappointed," said Bida Smajlovic, 64, who watched a ...
First U.N. chief from Africa Boutros Boutros-Ghali dies at 93
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, a veteran Egyptian diplomat who helped negotiate his country's landmark peace deal with Israel but then clashed with the United States when he served a single term as U.N. secretary-general, died Tuesday. He was 93. Boutros-Ghali, the scion of a prominent Egyptian Christian ...
Tokyo steps up security after Islamic State tells supporters to attack Japanese missions
The militant group made the threat against several missions in an English-language magazine circulated on the Internet.
Stone-throwing crowd chases Serb leader from Srebrenica ceremony
A crowd throwing bottles and stones chased Serbia's prime minister from a ceremony in Bosnia on Saturday marking the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, underscoring the depth of anger over Belgrade's continued denial of the crime as genocide. Bodyguards whisked Aleksandar Vucic through angry ...
