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Despite their striking rapprochement and joint resentment of the West, the Balkans – like the Middle East or Caucuses – remains an arena in which Moscow and Ankara compete rather than cooperate.

Supporters and opponents of a referendum on changing Romania's constitution, to define marriage in strictly heterosexual terms, are already busy campaigning for the vote.

Orthodox clerics, Kremlin dignitaries, diplomats and Bosnian Serb leaders hailed Monday's consecration of a new Russian church and cultural centre in Banja Luka - seen as symbol of Russia's 'soft power' in the region.

Zagreb county court sentenced former Serb paramilitaries Dusan Zarkovic and Bogdan Jednak to 15 years in prison each for taking part in the killing of 21 Croats in Josevica in central Croatia in December 1991.

Some former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters have expressed anger after seeing their names on a list of people who allegedly falsely registered as war veterans.

US Defense Secretary James Mattis on Monday in Skopje called for a 'yes' vote in the forthcoming referendum on the Macedonia-Greece 'name' deal – before voicing concern about 'Russian influence' in the campaign.

The former Bosnian Army commander in Srebrenica, Naser Oric, is being retried for war crimes over the killing of three Serb captives in 1992 after being acquitted in his original trial.

The Orthodox Church in Russia has retaliated against what it sees as imminent moves to grant the Church in Ukraine independence from Moscow.

Socially conservative advocates from Croatia and Serbia have come together to promote their causes at the World Family Congress held in Moldova.

In a rare interview with a UK newspaper, Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik says his country is disillusioned with Europe – and the feeling appears to be mutual.

When two ministers praised two Croatian war criminals last week, it highlighted senior officials’ moral failure to accept that these men were convicted of terrible crimes or to show the slightest respect for those who died.

A team of UN experts recorded data using ground-penetrating radar in an attempt to detect the presence of human bones in potential wartime mass graves at five locations in Kosovo and Serbia.

The contradictory reactions to proposals to resolve the Kosovo issue through border changes has exposed the international community’s confusion over what its priorities are.

Resettled in Serbia after 14 years without charge in Guantanamo, Yemeni Mansoor Adayfi says he now faces eviction and deportation.

Dozens of LGBT activists and their supporters, protected from potential attackers by a police cordon, walked through the centre of Belgrade in the annual Pride parade on Sunday, demanding more visibility and equality.

September’s Belgrade Pride Week boasts more events than ever, as its organisers work towards more legal reforms and greater inclusion of the LGBT+ community in mainstream society.

Kosovo’s Special Prosecution indicted 12 members of the government’s commission to verify Kosovo Liberation Army veterans amid claims that thousands who never fought in the war have been falsely registered as ex-guerrillas.

An unmistakable message of support for the country’s opposition pro-Russian Socialists has echoed throughout the World Congress of Families in Chisinau.

The Oktobarski Salon, Belgrade’s biennial exhibition of visual arts, promises to be the biggest yet – with a high-powered roster of artists like Yoko Ono, Anselm Kiefer and Olafur Eliasson.

Former Bosniak Territorial Defence fighter Izet Arifovic was sentenced to ten years in prison for murdering civilians in the Srebrenica and Bratunac areas in 1992, and Suad Smajlovic jailed for a year and two months for mutilating the corpses.