Tensions in the Balkans are on the rise, unnerving some who fear that increased nationalism, ethnic rivalries, and weak democratic institutions – mixed with sluggish economies – could be a recipe for deeper crisis and possibly even violence.
RFE/RL: Here are the flash points you should be watching in the Balkans
Macedonian police escort opposition Social Democrats leader Zoran Zaev with his head bandaged after he was injured when supporters of former leading party VMRO-DPMNE entered the parliament following an allegedly unfair vote for a parliamentary speaker in Skopje on April 27, 2017.
