Migrants trying to enter the EU across its eastern borders are now travelling via a new route, taking them first to Russia then onto the Belarusian-Polish border, a BIRN investigation shows. The 35-year-old S., originally from Syria, has been waiting for over a month in a hotel room in Minsk, …

Becoming an official candidate for membership of the European Union is no longer the cause for celebration it once was. Accession talks remain a long way off and membership will be no magic wand for Bosnia’s ills. On December 15, the European Union awarded Bosnia and Herzegovina with candidate status, …

Aleksandar Vulin is a logical choice as new head of Serbia’s intelligence service; he has a knack for covert operations, is devoted to Vucic and Russia, and doesn’t care what people think of him. The appointment of Aleksandar Vulin as the new head of the Security Information Agency, BIA, is …