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Arts & Culture - Stage & Street
11/23/2024 3:31:56 PM
Maja Mitic is Serbian. Zana Hoxha is Kosovar. Their adaptation of an ancient Greek tragedy highlights not so much the devastation war inflicts on women but women's capacity to heal and resist.

World - War in Ukraine
3/5/2024 4:05:34 PM
Germany's foreign minister said Tuesday that Western Balkans countries joining the European Union is a “geopolitical necessity” that would make Europe stronger in the face of Russia’s operations against Ukraine.

World - War in Ukraine
8/21/2023 8:45:38 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday landed in Athens for an official visit, the Greek prime minister's office said, and would later join an informal dinner with EU and Balkans leaders.

Al-Ahram Weekly - Opinion
4/11/2023 9:20:03 PM
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been forcing the EU countries to rethink their military spending and defence cooperation.

World - International
10/9/2022 10:17:55 PM
Thousands of people rallied Sunday in Bosnia for the second time in a week, alleging that a pro-Russian Bosnian Serb leader rigged a ballot during a general election in the Balkan country earlier this month.

World - International
10/3/2022 12:56:19 PM
Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik appeared on the path to an electoral win, preliminary results showed Monday, following a chaotic election night that saw his upstart rival also claim victory in a fiercely contested race.

World - International
7/7/2022 9:20:27 PM
A NATO senior official on Thursday said Western Balkan countries don't face an ``imminent threat'' from the war in Ukraine, and are of strategic interest to the Western alliance.

World - International
4/4/2022 11:19:39 AM
An early official count of Serbia's national election on Monday confirmed the landslide victory of President Aleksandar Vucic and his populist party _ important allies of Russia in the volatile Balkans and in Europe.

War in Ukraine - Military
3/24/2022 6:37:50 PM
Germany's foreign minister says Europe needs to beware of Russian efforts to destabilize the Western Balkans against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine.

War in Ukraine - Diplomacy
3/17/2022 8:32:26 PM
Kosovo's president on Thursday asked U.S. President Joe Biden to help Kosovo become a NATO member at a time that Russia is making efforts to destabilize the Balkans.

World - International
1/3/2022 4:30:12 PM
Serbia's president on Monday praised another shipment of arms from Russia despite fears in the Balkans that the country's recent military buildup could lead to more tensions in the war-scarred European region.

World - International
1/2/2022 11:39:59 AM
Abandoned shops and mostly empty streets offer few signs of life in North Macedonia's Valandovo, where young people are fleeing in large numbers hoping to find a better life abroad.

World - International
11/23/2021 3:59:04 PM
The number of people trying to enter Europe without authorization has risen significantly this year to surpass migrant border crossing figures from 2019, before restrictions imposed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic severely limited travel, the European Union's border and coast guard said Tuesday.

World - International
10/6/2021 6:26:34 PM
EU leaders on Wednesday refused to set a timeline for granting the Western Balkan nations membership, despite reassurances to the region the bloc remained committed to letting them join.

World - International
10/6/2021 10:05:00 AM
European Union leaders gathered Wednesday to reassure six countries in the Balkans region that they could join the trading bloc one day if they meet its standards, but the presidents and prime ministers are unlikely to give any signal about when the nations might advance in their quests.

World - International
1/6/2021 10:39:45 AM
What is already clear is that Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia will lag far behind the EU's 27 nations and Britain in vaccinating their people

World - International
12/17/2020 5:07:29 PM
The United Nations has warned in previous years that people in all major cities across the Western Balkans face alarming levels of air pollution that are reducing their life expectancies

World - International
8/30/2020 7:17:52 PM

World - International
7/7/2020 8:27:16 PM

World - International
11/27/2019 6:45:06 PM
The death toll in Albania has risen to 28, with hundreds injured and local and international rescuers still digging through rubble in search of survivors

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