Bosnia lags behind the rest of the Western Balkans in terms of its strategy on countering terrorism, particularly how to handle fighters returning from foreign wars. Trailing its Western Balkan peers, Bosnia has yet to prepare a report on the implementation of its five-year counter-terrorism strategy, which expired in late …

The negative effects of the coronavirus pandemic and internal political fights could paralyze the country next year – and encourage even more people to leave, experts warn.

Far-right extremism in Slovakia is not limited to Marian Kotleba, though the neofascist leader has, more than anyone else, helped radicalisation go mainstream. Carrying a brown oak coffin and chanting slogans like “Matovic to jail”, “Matovic is a virus” and “We won’t be vaccinated!”, hundreds of protesters led by Marian …