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Lawyers say they are trying to locate witnesses, and potential suspects, among the thousands of Syrians who have sought refuge in the Netherlands since the uprising against Bashar al-Assad began in 2011.

A new play aims to address the prejudices and social stigmatisation faced by people who were raped or sexually assaulted during the Bosnian war, its director Anes Osmic explains.

Montenegro faces mounting debt worries and tough accession talks with the European Union, but an autumn congress of the ruling party looks set to dominate 2019.

Thousands of Serbian protesters gathered again on Saturday in Belgrade for new anti-government protest, warning that they will not give up their demands.

Truck drivers from across Southern and Eastern Europe have vowed to block the centre of Brussels to voice their anger with new EU rules that they say will undermine their competitiveness and lose them their jobs.

As Belgrade braces for renewed anti-government marches on January 5, activists and political scientists are wondering – and not always agreeing – on where the movement should lead.

The hugely popular travel guide has listed Novi Sad in Serbia and Zadar in Croatia among its ‘top ten cities’ worth seeing in 2019.

Kushtrim Koliqi, a Kosovo film and theatre director and human rights activist, says he’s trying to use art and culture to make war victims’ voices heard and honestly address the traumas of the past.

Instability is likely in both the economy and politics – with few predicting that Romania will make much of an impact during its six-month stint at the head of the EU.

As opposition leaders accuse the Bosnian Serb authorities of using repressive methods to curb the protests over David Dragicevic's unsolved murder, his father, Davor, remains missing. 

Three suspects in the murder of Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic in January 2018 will remain in custody for two more months, the Court of Appeals in Pristina ruled.

Recent arrival’s stabbing on New Year’s Eve while guarding an exclusive townhouse in London’s luxury Mayfair district dismays Britain, as partner says he had come ‘for a better life’.

The independently-run Image of War photography museum opened in 2018 in Zagreb with an exhibition depicting the horrors of the 1991-95 conflict in Croatia - leaving some of its visitors in tears.

To mark the centenary of the end of World War 1, the Bulgarian National Archives has published a selection of soldiers’ diaries, giving a glimpse of the fear and deprivation they endured.

The outcome of the local elections and the handling of a worsening economic crisis will dominate Turkey’s agenda in 2019 – and impact on its ‘soft’ power in the region.

Cities across the Balkans rang in the New Year with spectacular firework displays and family friendly music concerts in public squares.

In a busy year, with a lot of events and political crises in the region, we uncovered corruption scandals, networks of far-right groups, secret smuggling routes – and brought our readers important but underreported stories about vulnerable groups in society. 

Republika Srpska police arrested several people on Sunday as they prevented the latest in a series of daily protests in Banja Luka over the unsolved death of a young man called David Dragicevic from continuing.

From ajvar to trilece, the favourite dishes of the Balkans put the region’s unique history of cultural exchange on a plate.

Despite promises to reopen investigations and pressure from Brussels for progress, EU candidate state Montenegro did not instigate a single new war crimes case in 2018, while senior wartime officers remain unprosecuted.