After decades working as a journalist, including eight years as the director of RFE/RL's Balkan Service, Gordana Knezevic is leaving the RFE/RL due to illness and relocating to Canada to be closer ...

In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled ... Good Friday is recognised as a mournful day in which flags in homes and businesses around the country are ...

Israel is set to free more than 600 Palestinian prisoners as officials postpone the release. NBC News' Hala Gorani reports on how both sides are looking to move on to the next phase of the ceasefire.

As the new US administration ramps up plans to deport illegal immigrants, Western Balkan countries likely to receive some of them are mulling how to deal with convicted criminals arriving with ...

The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

The interest of Turkish tourists in destinations in Balkan countries such as Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia continues to increase, according to representatives of top tourism bodies in Sarajevo and ...

Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they lacked family and “roots,” the latest antisemitic statement from the Russian leader since his 2022 ...

Thousands converted and were baptised, and the Christian faith continued to grow and expand from that point on. In Greek Orthodox doctrine, Pentecost was the fulfilment of Jesus’ mission on Earth and ...

raising concerns of poultry industries throughout the Balkan region The leadership of the Orthodox Church in North Macedonia on September 12 expressed support for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church ...

Progressive Washington state lawmakers have introduced a bill that could remove George Washington from the state flag. House Bill 1938 aims to create a committee that will design a new state flag ...

Hamas’s proposal comes as Israel’s foreign minister said negotiations for a second phase of the Gaza deal will begin this week.