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Propping up an ethnically based political system is no way to prepare the former Yugoslav republic for entry to the bloc
Inflation raises costs in many European resorts, survey finds
Foreign minister warns Brussels not to look at Balkans ‘with a magnifying glass’ and at Kyiv ‘with rose-tinted glasses’
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Unseen boundaries are the ones with the most life-changing consequences, argues Maxim Samson’s illuminating collection of case studies
Bloc’s seven-year budget is rapidly burning through cash
General election maintains entrenched divisions between main ethnic groups
Germany’s domestic borrowing plans revive criticism of uneven spending
High representative seeks to unblock four-year paralysis that threatens country’s fragile stability
Nato and the EU have done well to contain rising tensions between Serbia and Kosovo, but deep-seated problems persist
Milorad Dodik denies his pursuit of more autonomy threatens the entire western Balkans
Sanctions should be placed on secessionist politicians who threaten to undermine national sovereignty
Washington acts over secession threats seen as risk to peace accords
Hardline Serb Republic leader advances cause for separate army, judiciary and tax authority from Bosnia
The US and Europe are complicit in the dismal politics of ethnic partition
Group developing Vares deposit embarks on biggest such fundraising by a London-listed miner this year
Serbs boycott Balkan nation’s government while Russia challenges UN’s role in international oversight
Instability and antagonisms pervade the region a quarter of a century after the Yugoslav wars
The Bosnian director discusses her film Quo Vadis, Aida?, about the Srebrenica massacre, ahead of this weekend’s Baftas
The 1995 peace deal was supposed to be a catalyst to repair relations but instead it has cemented ethnic divides, say critics
The Bosnian town witnessed the worst atrocity of the Balkan conflict. Twenty-five years on, its residents remain divided
Bosnian Muslims remember the massacre and lament the growing narrative of genocide denial
Governments face mounting criticism and mass protests over handling of pandemic
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