The Balkan Peninsula is seeing an increase in migrant traffic, particularly by young males traveling to Croatia and beyond, according to officials. Border police officer Gilio Toic-Sintic appeared on Austrian news to warn about an endless “flow of refugees” accumulating in Bosnian towns along the Croatian border as they push on towards the EU frontier. “We have picked up 7,200 migrants... 

On October 21, the parliament of Slovenia approved the use of army units for border protection to limit the influx of migrants from the Middle East. According to Interfax, the Slovenian government announced that the number of refugees had exceeded at the capacity of the state to accept them. As many as 19,400 refugees have entered the 2-million-strong Slovenia since Saturday. The number of refugees... 

Former Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa Former Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa has been sentenced to two years in jail on charges of soliciting bribes in the recession-hit country’s largest defense agreement in 2006. On Wednesday, Slovenian judge Barbara Klajnsek said Jansa had been found “guilty on the charges of giving or receiving bribery or bribery promises in the acquisition of...