The impending EU carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) could economically impact Western Balkan countries reliant on coal power. As the region seeks exemptions, the transition to clean energy is ...

In this week's newsletter, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak looks at Greenland’s crucial elections and the EU’s continued ...

Since the end of the Balkan Wars in the 1990s, the US has served as one of the main underwriters of stability and development ...

This is her 116th -- and hopefully not final -- Balkans Without Borders blog post. The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL Macedonian authorities responded ...

Between 2019-2022, the Balkan route generated an estimated annual illicit gross income of US $13.9 to 21.4 billion. Drug ...

Milorad Dodik, president of the Republic of Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina, speaks exclusively to The American Conservative ...

The Balkan Peninsula, a crucial crossroads between Europe and Asia, has a storied history marked by the rise of the Byzantine Empire and the iron grip of the Ottoman Empire. From the conquest of the ...

Dubioza Kolektiv is possibly the most internationally famous avant-garde dub rock group from the Balkans. They often humorously comment on social issues via their songs and their latest hit is no ...

The EU ramped up its migration crackdown this week, with a European Commission proposal to fast-track deportations and set up ...

While official reports suggest that the number of people arriving in Europe via the Balkan Route has dropped by almost 80%, data collected by the International Rescue Committee and Diaconia Valdese in ...

Refugee crossings on the Balkan route plummet by 75%—but reports of extreme violence at the Turkish-Bulgarian border raise concerns.

Russia and Ukraine, Israel and Hamas, trade wars between America’s friends and foes —  there has been no shortage of crises ...