Eight years of independence, celebrations and protests in Kosovo
Kosovo celebrates on February 17 2016 its eighth anniversary of Independence, amid celebrations by the majority and protests by the opposition.
Read more
Kosovo
Love for Clintons lingers in Kosovo, as country awaits US elections
In Kosovo’s capital, Pristina, the name Clinton is ubiquitous. Bill Clinton Boulevard bisects the city, on which a 10-foot effigy
Read more
Freedom House: Government dysfunction among Balkan countries, migrant crisis pressure on EU principles
The world was battered in 2015 by overlapping crises that fueled xenophobic sentiment in democratic countries, undermined the economies of
Read more
Balkan migrants fear deportation as Germany tightens asylum laws
Germany is tightening its migration laws in response to the huge numbers of refugees arriving on its borders, with several
Read more
European Parliament votes SAA with Kosovo
The European Parliament voted on January 21 2016 in favour of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) between the European Union
Read more
Anti-government protest turns violent in Kosovo
Kosovo’s worst political crisis since declaring independence from Serbia in 2008 deepened Saturday, with thousands of opposition protesters taking to
Read more
The Balkan route to Western Europe for Yugoslavia guns
Many weapons on Europe’s black market come via the Balkans. The terrorists in the Paris attacks allegedly used such weapons.
Read more
The Jihadi who got cold feet
VOA’s Jeff Swicord visited Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo to examine radical extremism in the Balkans. This is the third
Read more
Seeds of Jihad planted in the Balkans
VOA’s Jeff Swicord visited Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo to examine radical extremism in the Balkans. This is the second
Read more