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The Balkans has a long and colourful history sitting between western and eastern Europe and at the gateway to the near east.

As a result of the Balkan wars from 1912 to 1913, Serbia’s area almost doubled from 18,650 to 33,891 square miles, and its population jumped from 2.9 million to 4.5 million.

The hot phase of the war could end within 1–2 years, and about 30% of Ukrainian refugees may return home. — Ukrinform.

Balkan Wars. Showing 1 - 10 of 10 Results. Home / Archives. Greek prince assassinated before army. ATHENS, Oct. 7, 1908 (UP) - Dispatches just received here apparently confirm the Constantinople ...

United Nations appeals judges have significantly expanded the convictions of two allies of late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, holding them responsible for involvement in crimes across ...

A UN war crimes trial in The Hague in 1998, before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and its successor began leaving the prosecution of crimes during the 1992-95 ...

Croatia only gained independence in 1991, during the bloody Balkan war which lasted until 1995 and its population is just under four million, ...

On this day in 1995, at the height of the war in the former Yugoslavia, the Bosnian Serb army captured what was supposedly the UN "safe area" of Srebrenica. In the ensuing days, thousands of Bosnian ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — U.N. appeals judges on Wednesday significantly expanded the convictions of two allies of late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, holding them responsible for ...

The appeals ruling brings to an end the longest-running war crimes prosecution dating back to the Balkan wars of the early 1990s. Milosevic was put on trial for his alleged involvement in ...