Albania: Europe’s forgotten Balkan beauty is a new hot spot for 2018

GETTY Unesco world heritage site Berat, which dates back to the 4th century BC True, its beach resorts lack the luxury Mediterranean touch. But this is a tolerant Balkan beauty of a different cast where fiery red Orthodox icons and swirling Islamic mosaics grace holy places side by side, and limestone ridges add a luminous […]

Balkan border cops 'responsible for 75% of violent assaults on children' – MSF

State authorities are responsible for more than 75 percent of violent physical assaults suffered by adolescent migrants in the Balkans, according to a new Médecins Sans Frontières report. The study, entitled “Games of Violence,” covers the first six months of this year and compiles medical data and accounts of abuse suffered by migrants aged 12-37 […]

Serbia warns of new Balkan war if Albania unites with Kosovo

Published time: 22 Apr, 2017 17:36 A senior Serbian government official warned that another war may break out in the Balkans if Albania tries to establish a union with the breakaway region of Kosovo, urging the West to denounce the plan. Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said that the mooted unification between Albania and Kosovo […]

Former Balkan leaders convicted for crimes against humanity get welcomed back to public life

AFP Belgrade (AFP) – Jailed for committing atrocities in the conflict-riven 1990s, Balkan war criminals are being welcomed back to the limelight, resuming political posts, advising top officials and preaching in church. Two decades after the bloodshed that tore apart communist Yugoslavia, the men convicted for their destructive roles are increasingly present in public life, […]