MAN Truck & Bus said it had stopped taking tyres from Chinese Linglong’s Serbian plant last month after reports alleging the exploitation and possible trafficking of Vietnamese and Indian workers, but ...

Pollution and sand extraction are destroying the Vardar River in North Macedonia, say the boatmen who sail its waters every year. As an organiser of the annual Gemidzii or ‘Boatmen’ regatta on North ...

As the country’s strongest ethnic Albanian party, long used to power, is forced into opposition, some fear it may retaliate by stoking ethnic tensions and blocking institutions. For the first time ...

The Bosnian state court confirmed the acquittal of Borislav Paravac, a post-war Serb member of Bosnia’s tripartite presidency, clearing him of taking part in wartime attacks that killed several ...

The Central Election Commission has again refused to accredit the Belgrade-backed Srpska Lista party for parliamentary elections, triggering harsh reactions from Western diplomats. Srpska Lista’s ...

The car parts industry has become crucial to the North Macedonia economy, but low wages are keeping some would-be workers away. Kosta Atanasov was on the verge of quitting his native North Macedonia ...

Efforts to provide teachers and books in the Roma language culminated last year with the opening of a library of Roma-language books in Prizren – and interest in it has grown ever since. Arzu Cukici ...

As the 30th anniversary of the start of the siege of Sarajevo is commemorated, a new book showcases posters from the 1992-95 Bosnian war, explaining how graphic design was used for resistance, ...

All 35 defendants and the representatives of the three companies who are being tried for the deadly fire at the Pulse nightclub in Kocani in March pleaded not guilty. Hearings start for one of the ...

Three decades later, and with war raging in neighbouring Ukraine, it’s worth remembering the sparks that ignited the conflict over Transnistria. Thirty years ago, in March 1992, people on both sides ...

Thousands of women participated in the wars in the former Yugoslavia, and a few have been convicted of brutal crimes, but female fighters’ role in the Balkan conflicts is often overlooked. This post ...

Former communist countries in Southeast Europe face catastrophic depopulation, with far-reaching social and political consequences. Young people are leaving. Fertility rates have collapsed. Societies ...