In 2024, trade in goods between the EU and its six Western Balkans partners was worth over €83 billion – involving €48.8 billion in exports and €34.6 billion in imports. Over the last decade, the ...

Without a credible rule of law, US and European energy investment in the Western Balkans becomes harder to insure, finance, ...

The Balkans experienced a turbulent 2025, with political upheavals, natural disasters, tragic incidents, and social unrest shaping the year. In Serbia, anti-government demonstrations continued ...

The EU-Western Balkans summit on Dec. 17 in Brussels brings together European Union leaders and their counterparts from six ...

Türkiye's state-run aid agency has restored more than 80 Ottoman-era structures in the Balkans as part of its efforts to preserve the common historical and cultural heritage of the empire's 550-year ...

Funding to tackle misinformation and cyber-attacks, and boost democracy, cut from £40m to £24m ...

It also hailed efforts to finance the modernization and harmonization of border crossings and called for further ...

Should all the countries of the Western Balkans join the EU at the same time, as Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has ...

Whenever political instability looms in the Balkans, the habitual response is to call for more E.U. and U.S. engagement. Like many War on the Rocks authors before me, I too have been guilty of penning ...

When we talk about foreign fighters joining ISIS much of the focus is on Western Europe, but proportionally more come from the Balkans. NPR's Scott Simon talks with security analyst Adrian Schtuni.

No one wants a Balkans arms race, even if it’s a “mini” one. Last May, when Croatia bought a dozen used Rafale fighter jets for $1.2 billion, the Associated Press described it as part of a “mini arms ...

A small team of local scientists are fighting rapid industrialization, misinformation and more to save Europe’s iconic cat Emily Soreghan Dime Melovski gestures at lynx displayed in a hunter’s lodge ...