STORY: Shemsi Gara spent 30 years digging in a Kosovo coal mine, churning up toxic dust that got into his airways. Outside of the mine, local coal-burning power plants spewed fumes over his village.

Framed by rolling hills and farmhouses, the emerald waters of Potpecko lake were once a picturesque fishing spot in western Serbia. But recently, the smell itself was enough to turn away visitors from ...

OBILIC, Kosovo/BELGRADE (Reuters) - For 30 years, Shemsi Gara operated a giant digger in a Kosovo coal mine, churning up toxic dust that covered his face and got into his airways. Home life wasn't ...

While the coronavirus pandemic preoccupies Washington, the Trump administration is inadvertantly stoking a new conflict in the Balkans. In a hastened effort to forge a settlement between Serbia and ...

Air pollution protestors in Bosnia-Herzegovina make their voices heard. Much of the Balkans region is suffering from poor air quality, with many pointing the finger at Chinese investment in ...

Worst floods in over a century in the Balkans bring offers of international aid as hig water surges threaten more homes. Paul Chapman reports Advertisement 1:04 1:02 1:19 Advertisement 0:49 0:55 0:23 ...

While the Middle East threatens to make the Balkans ‘last week’s crisis’, the region continues to bubble away with more problems than local and international mediators can seemingly juggle. Much of ...

The Western Balkans are notoriously difficult to fathom. The evolving regional map of countries, borders, ethnicities and faiths is so complex that it requires more preparation to cover than other ...

HORGOS, Serbia (AP) — Afghan migrant Zaher Rajawi can't believe his bad luck. He's stuck only a few short steps from European Union soil in a Balkan refugee camp that is gradually turning into a ...