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, ...

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, leaders ...

When Bruce Strong first arrived in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, he was struck by how much life had moved forward since the haunting images of war that once defined the region. The ...

A 30-metre-high monument by sculptor Vojin Bakic celebrating the World War II defeat of fascism was blown up during the 1990s war in Croatia, but it’s now been recreated as an electronic art ...

SARAJEVO -- Violent war criminals are buying their way out of prison time in Bosnia-Herzegovina, exploiting a loophole that the Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe (OSCE) and others ...

The former supervisor of an infamous Bosnian prison camp during the Balkan Wars of the 1990s was arrested in the Boston area this week on charges of fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship by making ...

In the Adriano Theatre in Rome the Blackshirts roared. First they roared with laughter. Then with anger. Then with exultation. Benito Mussolini was speaking, and he was in good form. “I have come to ...