Those in the EU waiting room are getting restless
Frustration growing in Western Balkans over ‘stagnating’ EU membership process
Serbia
Balkan war criminal found hiding in Ireland jailed for kidnap and torture
Vojislav Buzaković was convicted in a Croatian court of abducting and torturing villagers and prisoners in the early 1990s
Serbia: 13 killed after railway station roof collapses
Cranes and bulldozers sifted through wreckage in city of Novi Sad alongside dozens of rescuers and construction workers
‘I cannot sell this land. It belongs to my children’: Serbian village fights mining deal
Sleepy settlement rises up against plan to source lithium for batteries that power phones and cars in the EU
Holidays in a heatwave: A survival guide for Irish people heading abroad
Temperatures soaring above 40 degrees in Europe puts holidaymakers at higher risk of short-term and long-term injury
‘Pockmarked with bullet holes’: To visit the Balkans is also to ponder the unheeded lessons of history
Balkans Letter: On a trip through Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, thoughts of Palestine and Ukraine are not far away
‘There’s no trust’: Tensions flare up in Kosovo 25 years on from brutal war
Return of violence to Balkan region follows a year of deteriorating relations between Kosovo and Serbia
Eight police injured, 38 detained in Serb opposition protest over election
Thousands gather in Belgrade to demand annulment of polls ruled unfair by international observers
EU demands Serbia reforms after reports of election fraud
Thousands protest in Belgrade after president Aleksandar Vucic secures parliamentary majority
Serbian elections marred by ‘uneven playing field’, say international observers
Vote buying, media bias and involvement of president among shortcomings cited by monitoring mission
Make no mistake, this will be a more eastern, more Balkan EU. What will that mean for Ireland?
Ireland has been consistent in its support for Ukrainian accession and offering humanitarian assistance to Ukrainian refugees. However, such support is about to be tested as the implications of what a bigger, poorer EU means come into focus
Police in Bosnia arrest seven Serbs suspected of taking part in Srebrenica massacre
About 100,000 people were killed and about two million people were moved from their homes during ethnic cleansing campaigns in Bosnia
Kosovo: Four killed in shootout between police and gunmen
Kosovar police in armoured vehicles move into village of Banjska following clash with ethnic Serb gunmen
Police in Kosovo surround 30 gunmen in monastery after officer killed
Prime minister lays blame for violence on ‘masked professional’ fighters from neighbouring Serbia
‘My most traumatic experience at that point was going to UCD’: Writer Kevin Power finds inspiration in Belgrade
For author Kevin Power, a weird and wonderful literary trip to Serbia provided plenty of inspiration
Serb hardliners making a comeback in northern Kosovo amid growing frustration with leadership
Political stand-off increases security risks in western Balkans as relations between Pristina and Belgrade deteriorate
Kosovo designates two Serb groups as terrorist organisations
Government move could fuel further ethnic tensions in country’s volatile north
Kosovo PM claims three police officers ‘kidnapped’ by Serb forces
Albin Kurti criticises Nato-led international peacekeepers for lack of official explanation as to what happened to three border officers
Kosovo PM presents plan to defuse tensions in Serb-majority area following unrest
Serb identified by the Kosovo Albanian interior minister as an organiser of assaults on Nato peacekeepers during May protests
Tens of thousands gather in anti-government protest in Serbia
Demonstration marks one month since two school shootings amid public concern at culture of violence
UN appeal court increases sentences for Serbs convicted of war crimes
Milosevic allies Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic lose appeal at The Hague over crimes in 1990s Balkans wars
Ethnic Serbs gather in northern Kosovo town after clashes with Nato peacekeepers
Recent clashes have provoked fears of renewal of region’s bloody conflicts and prompted Western military alliance to send in additional troops
Nato sends 700 more troops to Kosovo, puts battalion on standby in case riots spread
Secretary general Jens Stoltenberg urges both sides to de-escalate, refrain from ‘further irresponsible behaviour’ and return to EU-backed talks
Explainer: Why Kosovo’s stand-off with Serbs goes on 15 years after statehood
Simmering tensions in the region have intensified more recently
Nato peacekeeping troops hurt as ethnic Serbs clash with police in Kosovo
Violence is latest incident as tensions soar with Serbia putting country’s military on high alert and sending more troops to border
Serbia orders army to Kosovo border after protest clashes
Five Kosovo police and 10 protesters injured in dispute over mayoral election
‘The promotion of war criminals is all over TV. There’s a glorification of violence and no sanction for it’
In the aftermath of two mass shootings, many are questioning Serbia’s media and political culture, as Margaret Ward reports from Belgrade.
More than 13,000 weapons collected as part of Serbian amnesty following mass shootings
Authorities put amnesty in place after two shootings that left 17 people dead, many of them children
Risk mass shootings will increase in Europe, experts warn
Cultural influence from the US and availability of weapons named as risk factors after two mass shootings in Serbia
Serbia to tighten gun laws following second mass shooting
President says people shot at ‘wherever they were’, a day after boy (13) used father’s guns to kill eight fellow pupils and a guard at a school
Serbia school shooting: Boy who killed nine people meticulously planned the attack, police say
Eight pupils and a security guard die in Belgrade elementary school
Serbia, Kosovo reach agreement to implement EU-backed deal normalising ties
Two countries in EU-backed talks for nearly 10 years since Kosovo declared independence in 2008
More Ferdinand than McGrath: Andrew Omobamidele very much the modern defender
Kildare native fits the modern mould of tall, ball-playing centre half to a tee
All eyes on Cristiano Ronaldo again as Portugal come to town
Jason Knight hoping Ireland can keep Man United star quiet for the duration this time
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