The Balkans are one of those rare corners of Europe where history, nature, and culture collide in the most spectacular ways.

In recent months, questions have grown about how far governments are willing to go to maintain control. Serbia now finds itself at the center of a troubling debate. Serbian intelligence services have ...

By Tatyana Kekic in Belgrade Serbian prosecutors said on June 19 they had obtained evidence suggesting a student group planned to stage a simulated “sound cannon” incident at a major protest last year ...

The story travelled fast because it fitted an existing narrative. Serbia's president had long been cast in the role of Europe's designated authoritarian: too close to Moscow, insufficiently ...