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Video Shows Hungarian Police Firing Tear Gas and Water Cannon at Migrants
Hungarian police fired tear gas and water cannon at protesting migrants demanding they be allowed to enter from Serbia on Wednesday as a border crackdown by Budapest turned violent.
Demining Experts Called to Croatia's Border as Migrants Reroute
After Hungary closed its borders, hundreds of migrants are now crossing into the European Union via Croatia, and authorities are concerned about minefields left over from the country's 1991-95 war.
Marching Through Police Lines: Breaking Borders (Dispatch 3)
VICE News joined hundreds of migrants and refugees in Hungary as they attempted to march through police lines and continue on their journey to Western Europe.
Police Resistance at the Gateway: Breaking Borders (Dispatch 2)
VICE News speaks with refugees caught on the Hungarian-Serbian border, prevented from continuing their journey into Europe by the police.
From Chaos to Calm: 24 Hours With Migrants and Refugees in Macedonia
The situation on Macedonia’s southern border briefly resembled a low-level war zone as police tried to stop thousands of people from entering.
Haunting Photos of Serbia in the Aftermath of War
Matt Lutton's six years in the Balkans resulted in this dark, moving portrait of life after the upheaval of the 1990s.
Sea Dance's Founders are Harnessing the Power of Rave to Prevent Another Balkan War
"That the people here are great, normal people who are the same as everybody else. They just want to do what all young people want to do."
In Photos: Laying to Rest Srebrenica Victims Two Decades After the Massacre
Photographer Srdjan Veljovic documented a somber ceremony that saw 136 Srebrenica victims buried on the 20th anniversary of the massacre.
Migrants Crossing Balkans Face Routine Police Abuse and Extortion
A report released on Tuesday by Amnesty International claims that migrants and asylum seekers taking the Balkans route are being let down by a flawed EU system.
Kosovo Rejects Special Court to Prosecute Organ Harvesting and Other Alleged War Crimes
A measure to create a special court for Albanian ex-guerrilla leaders accused of human rights violations during the war against Serbia fell five votes short in Kosovo's Parliament.
Raging Gun Battle With 'Armed Group' Kills Eight Police Officers in Macedonia
Macedonian officials said 14 members of the unidentified “armed group” were also killed in a shootout in an ethnic Albanian enclave near the Serbian border.
Balkan Wartime Rape Victims Continue to Face Hardships Decades After Conflict
The Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s were notorious for the use of sexual violence as a war tactic, but years later, women in countries like Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo struggle to seek justice against the men who raped them.