Political rights and the Yugoslav wars When talking about political safeguards for ethnic groups in the Western Balkans, it is important to point out that disputes over ethnic rights and ...

The country was melded together after World War I from six major Slavic groups and its post-communism breakup has largely followed ethnic lines ... created in the Balkans since 1989.

The match was interrupted before the end of the first half with the appearance of a small flying object – a drone – carrying a flag and map of the ... metaphor of the Balkans as a powder ...

LJIPJAN, Serbia and Montenegro -- Naser Bytyci and Branko Smilic are dentists who pulled teeth from fighters on opposite sides of Kosovo's ethnic war ... All over the Balkans region, the violence ...

Contingency Planning Memoranda identify plausible scenarios that could have serious consequences for U.S. interests and propose measures to both prevent and mitigate them. The risk of renewed ...

T he complex relationship between Serbia and Kosovo remains a significant point of tension in the Balkans, rooted in historical grievances, ethnic divides, and geopolitical maneuvering. Kosovo ...

The comment, I think, reflects the broad and growing gap between the things politicians in the Balkans are spending most of their time on -- ethnic disputes and arguments about ancient history ...

In Macedonia, political figures from the large Albanian minority are calling for the federalization of the state along ethnic lines ... after the United States downgraded its presence in the Balkans ...

Ahead of the judgement Wednesday of Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic, here is a timeline of the 1990s Balkans conflicts ... with bickering between ethnic groups and surging nationalist sentiments.