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Tensions Mount in the Balkans as Bosnia and Herzegovina Threatens to Fracture - Alexandar Djorovich / SNA / IMAGO

Putin's Brothers Tensions Mount in the Balkans as Bosnia and Herzegovina Threatens to Fracture

With the world focusing on Ukraine, the Kremlin is continuing its efforts to destabilize the Balkans – with the eager assistance of Serbs in the region. The country of Bosnia and Herzegovina is at particular risk. By Walter Mayr

Bosnian Serbs Are Playing with Fire - AFP

The Fragile State of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian Serbs Are Playing with Fire

Bosnian-Serb leader Milorad Dodik is stoking the nationalist flames in his country and would like to secede from Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a dangerous path in an explosive region. What can the EU do? By Walter Mayr, Alexander Sarovic und Lina Verschwele

Montenegro's Scenic Coast Spoiled by Greed - Stevan Kordic

Corruption and Cruise Ships Montenegro's Scenic Coast Spoiled by Greed

Montenegro is the only country in the world to describe itself as "ecological" in its constitution. But the exploitation of its Adriatic coastline, where developers are given free rein, tells a different story. Von Keno Verseck

Talk of Shifting Kosovo's Borders Sparks Concern - Agron Beqiri/ REUTERS

Playing with Fire Talk of Shifting Kosovo's Borders Sparks Concern

Twenty years after the end of NATO's intervention in the Balkans, the relationship between Serbia and its former province of Kosovo remains tense. Senior figures are talking about shifting Kosovar borders, setting a potentially dangerous precedent. Von Walter Mayr

Tensions Rising in Balkans as Hopes for EU Future Fade - Armin Smailovic / DER SPIEGEL

Europe's Backyard Tensions Rising in Balkans as Hopes for EU Future Fade

Fourteen years after being told they had a future in the European Union, countries in the Western Balkans are losing hope. Meanwhile, Turkish and Russian influence in the region is on the rise. So too is the nationalist rhetoric of old. Von Walter Mayr und Jan Puhl

Don't Forget the Western Balkans - HAZIR REKA/ REUTERS

Opinion Don't Forget the Western Balkans

Following the Brexit vote, attention in the EU is likely to shift to internal debates on the future of European integration. But it's important that Europe not forget the Western Balkans, for whom the prospect of membership in the bloc is an important motivator for peace. Von Sarah Wohlfeld

Yugoslavia 1991 How Can a War Start If Nobody Wants It?

Twenty-five years ago, Yugoslavia's best-known musicians gave a concert in Sarajevo. Those in attendance were sure of one thing: There should not and would not be a war. Then all hell broke loose. A new project is looking for people who were at the show. Von Carolyn Braun, Marcus Pfeil und Danijel Visevic

A Prisoner in My Own City - Milan Trivic

The Yugoslav War A Prisoner in My Own City

Before the war, Milan Trivic worked for a Yugoslavian broadcaster. Along with a few rock musicians, he came up with the idea for a peace concert. Once war broke out, he lost everything. Milan Trivic's story in his own words.

Answers to the Ten Most Important Questions - MICHEL EULAR / ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Yugoslav War Answers to the Ten Most Important Questions

What brought about the wars in former Yugoslavia? What role did ethnic tensions play? Did war criminals get punished? Answers to the most important questions.

Sharia Villages Bosnia's Islamic State Problem

Radical Islamists have found a new refuge in Bosnia. They recruit fighters, promote jihad and preach a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam -- just across the border from the European Union. Von Walter Mayr

Refugee Crisis Pushes Europe to the Brink - DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP

New Fences on the Old Continent Refugee Crisis Pushes Europe to the Brink

Even as Chancellor Merkel continues pursuing a deal with Turkey, Austria and its Balkan neighbors to the south have taken things into their own hands. With fences going up across the region, Greece is in trouble and the EU can't figure out what to do. By SPIEGEL Staff

A De Facto Solution Takes Shape in the Balkans - Simela Pantzartzi/ dpa

Refugee Crisis Disunity A De Facto Solution Takes Shape in the Balkans

Angela Merkel is still hoping for a European solution to the refugee crisis. But with patience running out, Austria has joined countries on the Balkan Route to impose Plan B. But with the closure of borders, the situation in Greece is becoming dangerous.

Mass Migration What Is Driving the Balkan Exodus?

More than a third of all asylum-seekers arriving in Germany come from Albania, Kosovo and Serbia. Young, poor and disillusioned with their home countries, they are searching for a better future. But almost none of them will be allowed to stay. Von Susanne Koelbl, Katrin Kuntz und Walter Mayr

Merkel Concerned about Russian Influence in the Balkans - © Kevin Lamarque / Reuters/ REUTERS

Putin's Reach Merkel Concerned about Russian Influence in the Balkans

Berlin has begun to see Moscow as an adversary rather than as a potential partner. The German government is concerned about efforts by Russian President Vladimir Putin to increase his influence in the Balkans. Stopping him, however, could prove difficult. Von SPIEGEL Staff

'We'll Get You' An Albanian Boy's Life Ruined by Blood Feuds

Blood feuds still exist in Albania and those involved have to live a life in hiding. They include people like Leonard Qukaj, who has left his home only rarely in the last four years for fear of being murdered by a rival clan -- or by his own uncle. Von Katrin Kuntz

Dams Threaten Europe's Last Wild Rivers - Ulrich Eichelmann / RiverWatch

Hydropower Struggle Dams Threaten Europe's Last Wild Rivers

Europe's last remaining wild rivers flow through the Balkans, providing stunning scenery and habitat to myriad plants and animals. But hundreds of dam projects threaten to do irreparable harm to the region's unique biospheres -- to provide much needed electricity to the people who live there. Von Philip Bethge

Europe's Flailing Capital of Kitsch - Till Mayer

Macedonian Makeover Europe's Flailing Capital of Kitsch

The Macedonian government has spent huge sums turning its capital, Skopje, into a neo-baroque architectural nightmare. The project's gaudy excesses camouflage a disastrous economy and troubling record on human rights. Von Till Mayer

Yugoslav Tribunal Overturns Croatian Guilty Verdicts - AFP/Courtest of the ITCY

Surprise from The Hague Yugoslav Tribunal Overturns Croatian Guilty Verdicts

The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague on Friday overturned the convictions of two Croatian generals for committing war crimes during the 1990s break-up of Yugoslavia. While Croatia has hailed the decision, Serbia is calling the decision "scandalous."

'Germany Is a Role Model for Us' - ATTILA KISBENEDEK/ AFP/Getty Images

Croatian Prime Minister Milanovic 'Germany Is a Role Model for Us'

Despite the euro crisis, Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic is steering his country on a course toward European Union membership with great enthusiasm. In an interview, he discusses Zagreb's planned EU accession in July 2013 and his view of European leaders' efforts so far in managing the euro crisis.

Albanian Tourism Project Puts Beds in Bunkers - Stefanie Pretnar

A Night under Concrete Albanian Tourism Project Puts Beds in Bunkers

The Balkan country of Albania has hundreds of thousands of disused communist-era bunkers and a booming tourist industry. Now a joint German-Albanian project has put the two things together -- and is converting a bunker into a backpacker hostel. Von Julia Stanek

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