On Oct. 8, 1912, the tiny Kingdom of Montenegro declared war on a weakened Ottoman Empire, kicking off what is now known as the First Balkan War. Three other Balkan states in league with the ...

Sunday marks the 113th anniversary of a swift and decisive military operation that permanently brought the monastic community ...

The First World War was an unprecedented catastrophe that killed millions and set the continent of Europe on the path to further calamity two decades later. But it didn’t come out of nowhere. With the ...

As always in the Balkans, things were complicated. Religious and sectarian divides were layered on top of ethnic animosities dating back to the great population movements of the medieval period. While ...

James Pettifer presented his new book on the Kosovo Liberation Army Monday. KAYLA NOGUCHI FOR THE HOYA Oxford University professor James Pettifer spoke about his experience covering the Balkan War for ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Russia may be planning to ignite a war in the Balkans to distract from its ongoing fight with Ukraine. “Pay attention to the Balkans. Believe me, we are ...

It took Germany exactly three weeks to conquer Yugoslavia and Greece. To most of Britain, Australia and the U.S., that seemed a matter for profound gloom. But although the campaign had been lost, ...

PRIJEPOLJE, Serbia -- Atifa Memovic last saw her husband two decades ago, but she remembers it as if it were yesterday. It was snowing so Fikret, a railway worker, was wearing a lined jeans jacket and ...

Former "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" star Orlando Bloom and Liam Neeson have signed on to star in an as-yet untitled film based on the book "Fools Rush In," reports Variety. Based on a ...

The Hague-based war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia handed down its most high-profile verdict yet, Thursday sentencing former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to 40 years in jail after ...