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Montenegro was a success story in troubled Balkan region – now its democracy is in danger

Conflict & Justice

Western leaders learned the hard way 25 years ago that conflict in the Balkans can become ethnic cleansing. Add Russia into the mix, and Montenegro’s new problems are US and European problems, too.

A crowd of people are shown standing outside, many holding cell phones, with classical European buildings in the distance.

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits Croatia

Natural disasters
french soccer players at the world cup

French national soccer players of immigrant ancestry face harsher critics at the World Cup

Sports
A migrant carrying a child waits to cross the border with Croatia near the village of Berkasovo, Serbia, Oct. 19, 2015. Women face assault, harassment and sexual violence at every step of the way along the European migrant trail, including on European soi

As the European migrant trail has gone underground, the threat of sexual violence has increased

Conflict
Migrants wait for food distribution inside an abandoned factory close to the Croatian border near the town of Sid, Serbia, Dec. 19, 2017. There are about 8,000 refugees and migrants stranded in Serbia, a result of a tougher European border policies that f

Migrants stuck in Serbia play a desperate ‘game’ to reach the EU

Conflict
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poison in The Hague

Convicted war criminal drinks ‘poison’ in court, dies

Justice

A Bosnian Croat wartime commander has died after ingesting ‘poison’ after a verdict was upheld at The Hague.

Maja Žirovčić rearranges the hand-painted shoes she's designed with co-founder, Ljudmila Mihajlović.

Bows and glitter: Young entrepreneurs choose their tools to confront the struggling Croatian economy

Arts

Surrounded by students who would later leave Croatia in pursuit of more successful jobs, Ljudmila Mihajlović and Maja Žirovčić never dreamed that their hobby would one day become a business.

Migrants warm themselves next to a fire as they wait to cross the border from Croatia into Slovenia.

Migrants in Europe spend days trapped in freezing rain

Conflict

The flow of migrants and refugees into Europe is not slowing down. Thousands are sleeping at bottlenecks along various international frontiers. Cold, driving rain is creating what the UN is calling a real humanitarian crisis.

Croatian mine warning field

Refugees streaming into Europe now have a new challenge: Landmines in Croatia

Conflict

Croatia becomes the latest country to officially shut its borders to refugees. For refugees sneaking into the country, there’s a major risk: abandoned landmines leftover from the Balkan wars of independence.

Migrants walking through cornfields near Sid in Serbia, trying to reach Croatia

Refugees seek a new route to Europe — around Hungary

Conflict

Hungary is doing its best to prevent refugees and migrants from the Middle East and beyond from entering its territory. Yet thousands of people are still on the move. So many are seeking routes around Hungary. One stop is the border between Serbia and Croatia.

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