A glimpse at a map suggests that Trieste, tightly ringed by Slovenian territory and sitting at the northeast corner of the Adriatic, more properly belongs to the Balkans. This is not to say that ...

The New Year is round the corner and people all over the world are looking forward to the uncanny predictions of the 'Nostradamus of the Balkans', the blind Bulgarian mystic, Baba Vanga.

After decades working as a journalist, including eight years as the director of RFE/RL's Balkan Service, Gordana Knezevic is leaving the RFE/RL due to illness and relocating to Canada to be closer ...

Google Maps is likely your go-to app for getting from point A to point B, but it's more than a navigation tool. Whether you're finding places, checking public transit schedules, or exploring new ...

For people living in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, last year ended with some good news - the government of the Bosniak- and Croat-dominated entity increased the minimum wage, boosting ...

Montenegro is holding three days of mourning after a gunman killed 12 people, including two children, in the city of Cetinje – the worst mass shooting in the country’s history. Detectives ...

The authorities in the small Balkan country reported after a search that the gunman, whose rampage followed a bar fight, had been found dead. By Alan Yuhas A gunman killed at least 12 people ...

Sevdalinka, often referred to as the Balkan Blues, is a melancholic urban love song dating back to the 16th century. It is a mix of South Slavic oral poetry and the music of the Ottoman Empire.

Its capital, Nuuk, is closer to New York (some 2,900km or 1,800 miles) than Copenhagen ... in 1991 in an Associated Press report. Some world maps today can be misleading in terms of how large ...

The food world has been inundated with rising food costs, and that’s spiked prices for many restaurants. Unfortunately, customers’ paychecks haven’t kept pace with the cost of inflation, and ...

It doesn’t matter if you’re working from home or the office. As 11 a.m. approaches, the only meaningful thought racing through one’s mind is “what’s for lunch?” Sure, one could finish ...