A brief guide to the war in the Balkans 1991 - 1999. BBC Homepage. Skip to ... The former Yugoslavia was a Socialist state created after German occupation in World War II and a bitter civil war ...

By Clare Nuttall in Glasgow Over the past two decades, organised crime groups from the Western Balkans have firmly embedded themselves in South America’s cocaine trade, transforming into key ...

Veterans from opposite sides of the brutal Balkan wars of the 1990s have paid their respects to the victims of the worst massacre in Europe since World War II. The small group of former fighters ...

Balkan Floods Expose Deadly Mines From 1990s Civil War. ... A map showing a land mine field is seen in the water during heavy floods in the village of Prud, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Tuesday.

Officers carried out a pre-dawn sweep that netted 10 suspects in Bosnia and five in Serbia, including the brother of a jailed warlord, ex-militia members and ...

What we did in the Balkan war / Halberstam gets the inside story By Liz Smith , Newsday Aug 22, 2001 "The Democrats always want a small army, but want to send it everywhere, ...

Serbia is fast becoming Russia’s Balkan hostage. Moscow is adamant that any Serbian moves toward NATO accession will not be tolerated and could result in the replacement of Vucic.

Lord Haw-Haw counters claims by Britain and France that Germany intends to attack the Balkans. ... 1940: The Balkans. Video, 00:01:19 WW2 Propaganda broadcast - 1940: The Balkans. Published. 13 ...

Ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, also known as Victory Day, were held across the Balkans on Friday. With wreath-laying ceremonies and tributes to the fallen ...

Bosnia and Serbia are struggling to recover from the worst flooding in a century, after three months of rain fell in just three days in the Balkan countries. At least 40 people have died in Bosnia ...