Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Marina Abramović needs a new adjective. “Epic”, the one she has chosen to crown her new performance work, ...

Marina Abramović turns 80 next year, and the world’s most influential performance artist is not slowing down. She brings sex, ritual, and the supernatural to the UK, in a provocative reenactment of ...

SHANDAKEN, NY — The Phoenicia Library will celebrate the music and dance of the Balkan peninsula with a free festival of musical and choral groups playing and singing odd meters and unusual scales and ...

Balkan crime groups are working with Brazilian cartels to turn West Africa into a gateway for Europe’s cocaine market, a new report warns – saying the trade is driving corruption, local drug use and ...

NEW YORK — Balkan food manufacturer Djerdan Burek has acquired Balkan Bites, a startup producing Southeast European “comfort foods.” Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The ...

During the past week’s heatwave in Europe, scorching temperatures reached as high as 46.6 degrees Celsius in Portugal's Mora. The Western Balkan region is facing a severe drought, as a heatwave ...

Kosovo soldiers march next to Skanderbeg statue during the opening ceremony of the military exercise "Defender 2023" in Pristina on May 21, 2023. (Armend Nimani/AFP via Getty Images) ISTANBUL — Amid ...

Three out of four parents support a law requiring parental approval for teens under 16 to download an app (*survey of parents by Morning Consult across France ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Serena Maria Daniels is a former editor for Eater, Midwest region, responsible for coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. She’s a longtime Detroiter, by way of the West Coast and has been ...

You know what they say: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But if you’re bored of toast and over oats, it might be time to start thinking about trying something new, and the hottest ...