One of the Yugoslav People’s Army commanders in the region was Rear Admiral Krsto Durović, a Montenegrin who had spent his life working in Croatia, married a Croatian and planned to retire to the ...

Ever since Tito’s break with Russia, allied strategists have sought a way to fit Communist Yugoslavia into the pattern of Western defense. Last week, in a new Balkan Entente, the way was found.

That Montenegro, a NATO ally, can be thus captured by Russia reflects the failure of Western diplomats to resolve outstanding Balkan issues from the violent break-up of former Yugoslavia 30 years ago.

It was largely as an expression of this feeling that in 1934 four Balkan nations—Turkey, Yugoslavia, Greece and Rumania—formed the Balkan Entente. The Entente’s simple, appealing slogan ...

The president of Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic defied rulings by the international envoy to Bosnia, whose role is to ...

A Bosnia court on Wednesday sentenced Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik to one year in jail and ordered him to step down as president of the country's Serb-dominated region for six years ...

The Western Balkans has long been perceived as Europe’s troublesome backyard. A source of instability and conflict, dismissed with a mixture of condescension and fatalism. Looking to history, ...

“You are a champion in regional cooperation. And this is also very important,” said Kos, a Slovenian, referring to the once ...