The Balkans

As war rages in Ukraine, more than a thousand miles away in Bosnia observers are warning that Russia is fanning the embers of separatism which could spell trouble for the deeply divided Balkan country.

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Bosnia late Friday and was felt across the Balkans, the US Geological Survey said.

Bulgaria's foreign ministry said Friday that it would expel another Russian diplomat on suspicion of spying, just two weeks after the Balkan country declared ten Russian diplomats 'persona non grata'.

Two former Serbian spy chiefs in Slobodan Milosevic's regime were convicted Wednesday of crimes against humanity and war crimes in the 1990s Balkans wars after a retrial by a UN court.

The Balkan state, where more than half of the 1.8 million population is under the age of 25, has recorded 54.2 fatalities per million people resulting from Covid-19 in the past week -- just ahead of second-placed Colombia. While new infections during the same period are better, Kosovo also tops that chart if the range is expanded to a month.

Novak Djokovic, who recently tested negative for coronavirus after testing positive during his Balkans charity event, on Wednesday said that he still was not sure if he would play the US Open.

Dominic Thiem took part in the Belgrade leg of the exhibition event organised by Novak Djokovic where social distancing was minimal and matches were played in front of thousands of fans.

World number one Novak Djokovic joined Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki in contracting COVID-19 following the Adria Tour event which saw minimal social distancing.

Novak Djokovic addressed 4,000 fans packed into the Novak Tennis Centre on the banks of the Danube in the first leg of his Balkans charity tennis tournament.

Dean Nicholson was pedaling up a hill in Bosnia, near the border of Montenegro, when he heard a plaintive meow. The Balkans had a surprise in store for him, in the form of a feline and fellow traveler. He called her Nala

Montenegro's government on Thursday defended its contribution to peace in response to a verbal attack from US President Donald Trump, who said this week that the tiny Balkan nation's "aggressive" people were capable of triggering "World War III".

A short hike from the fishing village of Brijesta, where the Croatian mainland's rocky coastline across the bay melts into the Adriatic, a four-story concrete pier scrapes the blue horizon.

Madina will never know London, the city her Afghan family hoped to reach. The six-year-old's body lies in a Serbian grave after she was struck by a train at the Balkan country's border.

India enjoyed an all-win day at the AIBA Women's Youth World Boxing Championships with five of the country's pugilists advancing to the quarterfinals after contrasting victories on Tuesday.

Casemiro put the reigning European champions in front on 24 minutes on a steamy summer's night in the Balkans and Isco doubled their lead seven minutes into the second half after a one-two with Gareth Bale.

As war rages in Ukraine, more than a thousand miles away in Bosnia observers are warning that Russia is fanning the embers of separatism which could spell trouble for the deeply divided Balkan country.

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Bosnia late Friday and was felt across the Balkans, the US Geological Survey said.

Bulgaria's foreign ministry said Friday that it would expel another Russian diplomat on suspicion of spying, just two weeks after the Balkan country declared ten Russian diplomats 'persona non grata'.

Two former Serbian spy chiefs in Slobodan Milosevic's regime were convicted Wednesday of crimes against humanity and war crimes in the 1990s Balkans wars after a retrial by a UN court.

The Balkan state, where more than half of the 1.8 million population is under the age of 25, has recorded 54.2 fatalities per million people resulting from Covid-19 in the past week -- just ahead of second-placed Colombia. While new infections during the same period are better, Kosovo also tops that chart if the range is expanded to a month.

Novak Djokovic, who recently tested negative for coronavirus after testing positive during his Balkans charity event, on Wednesday said that he still was not sure if he would play the US Open.

Dominic Thiem took part in the Belgrade leg of the exhibition event organised by Novak Djokovic where social distancing was minimal and matches were played in front of thousands of fans.

World number one Novak Djokovic joined Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki in contracting COVID-19 following the Adria Tour event which saw minimal social distancing.

Novak Djokovic addressed 4,000 fans packed into the Novak Tennis Centre on the banks of the Danube in the first leg of his Balkans charity tennis tournament.

Dean Nicholson was pedaling up a hill in Bosnia, near the border of Montenegro, when he heard a plaintive meow. The Balkans had a surprise in store for him, in the form of a feline and fellow traveler. He called her Nala

Montenegro's government on Thursday defended its contribution to peace in response to a verbal attack from US President Donald Trump, who said this week that the tiny Balkan nation's "aggressive" people were capable of triggering "World War III".

A short hike from the fishing village of Brijesta, where the Croatian mainland's rocky coastline across the bay melts into the Adriatic, a four-story concrete pier scrapes the blue horizon.

Madina will never know London, the city her Afghan family hoped to reach. The six-year-old's body lies in a Serbian grave after she was struck by a train at the Balkan country's border.

India enjoyed an all-win day at the AIBA Women's Youth World Boxing Championships with five of the country's pugilists advancing to the quarterfinals after contrasting victories on Tuesday.

Casemiro put the reigning European champions in front on 24 minutes on a steamy summer's night in the Balkans and Isco doubled their lead seven minutes into the second half after a one-two with Gareth Bale.