Kosovo
It Sure Looks Like Europe Came Damn Close to Another War Last Month
Police and NATO officials tell VICE News that the Serbia-linked gunmen who staged a deadly attack in Kosovo were part of “something bigger” – but what?
A Deadly Monastery Siege Threatens to Unravel Years of Relative Peace on NATO’s Southern Flank
Tensions are rising in Kosovo after gunmen killed a cop in an attack blamed on an infamous Serbian politician and gangster with links to Belgrade. “Russia is thrilled,” a NATO intelligence official in the region told VICE News.
Dozens of Soldiers Injured After Molotov Cocktails Thrown During Protests
Demonstrators armed with clubs, rocks, homemade fire bombs and stun grenades attacked Kosovo police as well as NATO peacekeepers.
The Inside Story of Europe’s Weirdest Crypto Mining Boom
Crypto was meant to set the world free from the old worlds of centralised banks and strongman politics, but in a small and often neglected corner of Europe, a Bitcoin mining boom showed how historic forces are difficult to shake off.
Trump’s Attempted Shadow Diplomacy in the Balkans ‘Could Get People Killed’
After Trump said he had dispatched an "envoy" to the Serbia-Kosovo border, one NATO intelligence officer told VICE World News: “Clowns can be very dangerous, as evidenced by how many small children are terrified of them."
This Is What It's Like to Live in a Country ‘That Doesn't Exist’
6.5 million people across Europe are trying to live normal lives in countries mostly unrecognised by the rest of the world.
The City Where Each Side Completely Ignores the Other
In Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbs and Albanians live right next to each other, but never mingle.
Photos from Serbia's Love Parade for Vladimir Putin
The government organised a large rally to keep the Russian president happy and on their side.
Turkey’s spy agency has secretly abducted 80 Turkish citizens living abroad
“No matter where they run or how much they run, we will go after them.”
Kosovo opposition party blasts Parliament with tear gas to stop border vote
Members of the Self-Determination Movement set off three tear gas canisters in the chamber
An Energy War in the Balkans Has Slowed Europe’s Electric Clocks by 5 Minutes
Serbia and Kosovo can't decide who will pay their energy bills, and it's disrupting Europe's power grid.
The Pettiest Restaurant in the World
A Serbian restaurant only serves food from countries that don't recognise Kosovo's independence.