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The Claim

Right-wing and ethno-nationalist movements have grown in Serbia and parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina in recent years.

The Short Version

Multiple recent, credible reports document a revival and heightened visibility of far-right and ethnic-nationalist groups in Serbia and in Republika Srpska, indicating a genuine upward trend since roughly 2023. While some sources merely note the continued presence of nationalism and hard data on membership or votes are limited, the weight of evidence supports an overall rise, not just persistence. The growth is clearer in Serbia and RS than in other parts of Bosnia.

Caveats

  • Evidence for Bosnia largely refers to Republika Srpska; conditions elsewhere in the country are less substantiated.
  • Most sources describe increases qualitatively; hard metrics on membership, electoral share, or organized capacity are limited.
  • Serbia also hosts sizable pro-democracy counter-movements, so nationalist growth coexists with opposing trends.

The Receipts

  1. Serbian Nationalism and the Origins of the Yugoslav Crisis

    United States Institute of Peace

  2. Serbia: Freedom in the World 2025 Country Report

    Freedom in the World 2025 Country Report

  3. Serbia Report 2025

    European Commission Directorate-General for Enlargement

  4. Ekstremni desničari Balkana ujedinjeni protiv NATO-a, EU, migranata, i LGBT populacije

    Radio Slobodna Evropa

  5. Bosnia-Herzegovina Country Report 2025 - Genocide Watch

    Genocide Watch

  6. Integrated Country Strategy (ICS) - Bosnia and Herzegovina

    United States Department of State

  7. Serbia Country Report 2026

    Bertelsmann Stiftung Transformation Index (BTI)

  8. Kako onlajn platforme hrane nacionalizam među mladima na Zapadnom Balkanu | Politika

    Politika

  9. Russia and the Far-Right 4 Serbia.pdf

    International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - ICCT

  10. Democracy Under Siege: The Rise of Anti-Establishment Extremism in Europe and Serbia

    Belgrade Centre for Security Policy

+ 13 more sources — see the full list on Lenz

Filed Under

Bosnia and HerzegovinaEthno-NationalismRepublika SrpskaSerbia

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