Category: Balkans
Balkans 11.12.22 | 12:27

Serbia to ask NATO mission to allow deployment of Serbian security forces in Kosovo

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday that Belgrade will officially request NATO’s peacekeepers, known as KFOR, to let it deploy Serbian army and police in Kosovo, in accordance with a UN resolution, the Anadolu Agency reported. Vucic in his address to the nation read a part from...
Balkans 11.12.22 | 12:05

Local elections in northern Kosovo postponed amid ethnic tensions

Local elections originally planned for Dec.18-25 in northern Kosovo have been postponed until April due to growing ethnic tensions. This was announced by President Vjosa Osmani on Saturday after consultations with the political parties in Prishtina. The exact date would be announced later, he said. The...
Balkans 09.12.22 | 10:43

Tensions in Kosovo on the rise as police deploys in a majority Serbian part of the country

Tensions are on the rise in Kosovo again, after hundreds of Albanian police members entered the majority Serbian northern part of the city of Mitrovica. The Kosovan Government is trying to enforce a ban on the use of Serbian issued license plates in the northern parts of the country where the population...
Balkans 08.12.22 | 19:12

Macedonia is not even mentioned: Greece and Bulgaria will jointly erect a Goce Delcev monument in Banica

Bulgaria and Greece will jointly erect a monument to Goce Delcev in the village of Banica where he was killed, the Bulgarian media have announced. The initiative comes from the Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou. I will support the initiative to erect a memorial to Goce Delcev in the village of...
Balkans 08.12.22 | 18:46

The Netherlands maintains position on blockade: No Schengen for Bulgaria

Croatia has received the go-ahead to join Europe’s passport-free Schengen area in January 2023, Czech Interior Minister Vít Rakušan announced on Thursday. Croatia “really has done everything” to enter the Schengen area, Rakušan said, but expressed his disappointment that Bulgaria and Romania...
Balkans 06.12.22 | 10:52

Várhelyi in Tirana: We offer partnership to the Western Balkans, that’s why this summit is being held here for the first time

The European Commissioner for Enlargement and Good Neighbourhood, Olivér Várhelyi arrived in Tirana, where he was welcomed by Prime Minister Rama, in front of the Congress Palace, where the EU-Western Balkans Summit will be held. Partnership, that is what we offer and that is the reason that this...
Balkans 06.12.22 | 10:40

EU leaders to meet their Western Balkans counterparts in Albania

EU leaders are expected in the Albanian capital Tirana on Tuesday to pay a visit to their Western Balkan counterparts, with migration, cooperation and the consequences of Russia’s war on Ukraine on the agenda. Over 120,000 illegal border crossings were detected along the so-called Western Balkan route...
Balkans 03.12.22 | 11:18

The Netherlands will block Bulgaria’s accession to Schengen area due to corruption and organized crime

The Netherlands will vote next week against Bulgaria’s accession to Schengen and will support the membership of Romania and Croatia, BNT reports. The government in The Hague took the decision at its meeting on December 2. Schengen enlargement is on the agenda of the Council of interior ministers...
Balkans 01.12.22 | 16:03

Was it Macedonian? Velja Nevolja’s witness used an original passport under the name Marinko Tintor, the stamp was put by a certain Jelena

At today’s trial, the witness Srdjan Lalic described in detail the cooperation with Velja Nevolja. He said that he worked for the Belivuk gang but also more broadly for the Kavacki gang. When an elimination was to be carried out, Belivuk and Budimir left for Thessaloniki, most likely via Macedonia...
Balkans 01.12.22 | 13:32

Macedonia remains on Greece list of safe third countries for migrants and refugees

Macedonia and Albania remain on the list of safe third countries for seekers of international protection “who entered the borders of Greece through these two countries illegally”, according to the Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum regarding the new updated annual classification of countries...
Balkans 30.11.22 | 09:26

Bosnia catches up with Macedonia, EU candidate status possible

The European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Oliver Varhelyi, said that if the accelerated process of government formation in BiH continues at all levels, the European Council can already approve BiH’s status as a candidate for membership in the European Union...
Balkans 29.11.22 | 12:13

First Macedonian Language Center registered as a non-governmental organization in Greece

The Centre for the Macedonian Language in Greece is pleased to announce that it has been officially registered as a non-governmental organisation (NGO) by judicial authorities in Greece. The association’s application was approved by the court on 28th July 2022 and the decision was announced in the...
Balkans 29.11.22 | 10:51

The Bulgarian team of the joint historical commission confirmed that the Ohrid Archbishopric was also subject of discussion

After last week’s meeting of the joint Macedonian-Bulgarian Historical Affairs Commission, in which, as its co-chairs, the Macedonian Dragi Gjorgiev and the Bulgarian Angel Dimitrov, pointed out on Friday, the Ohrid Archbishopric and how it is represented in the Macedonian textbooks were discussed,...
Macedonia Balkans 25.11.22 | 14:23

Serbia also got its own “French proposal”

The Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic, met with the President of the French Republic Senate Gérard Larcher, with whom he discussed the improvement of Serbian-French cooperation, the situation in the region and Serbia’s European path, MIA’s correspondent reported from Belgrade. We appreciate...
Balkans 24.11.22 | 10:02

EU: Compromise reached to de-escalate Serbia-Kosovo car plate spat

Kosovo and Serbia have agreed on “measures to avoid further escalation” in a spat over a new car plate regulation by the Kosovo government, EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said late on Wednesday. “We have a deal,” Borrell announced on Twitter following EU-mediated talks in Brussels to...
Balkans 22.11.22 | 09:41

Serbia, Kosovo still at loggerheads after day of EU-sponsored talks

European Union efforts to defuse tensions between Balkan neighbours Serbia and Kosovo fell short at talks in Brussels on Monday. Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti did not accept the bloc’s de-escalation proposal, said EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell after eight hours of negotiations. Serbian...
Balkans 21.11.22 | 11:08

5.5 Magnitude earthquake rattles Crete, no damages reported

A strong earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit northeast of Crete in the early hours of Monday the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) announced, reports the Greek Reporter. The epicenter of the quake was in the sea area between Crete and the islands of Kasos and Karpathos. No damages have...
Balkans 18.11.22 | 10:13

Bulgarian custom officers seized 35 guns and 557,000 euros

Bulgarian customs officers at the “Kapetan Andreevo” border crossing between Bulgaria and Turkey discovered and seized 35 guns and four empty ammunition frames during the control of a van, the Bulgarian Customs Agency said. As MIA’s correspondent in Sofia reported, a minibus with foreign...
Balkans 14.11.22 | 08:46

Natasa Pirc-Musar elected first female president of Slovenia

Liberal candidate Natasa Pirc-Musar is set to become Slovenia’s first female president after she easily won a run-off election on Sunday, results showed. After almost all of the ballots were counted, the trained lawyer and rights advocate who is backed by the ruling left-liberal camp, came in with...
Balkans 13.11.22 | 17:22

Macedonians in Serbia elect members of their new national council

Serbia held Sunday regular elections for members of the national councils of 23 national minorities, including the Macedonian, MIA’s Belgrade correspondent reports. The Macedonian minority held the elections for members of the National Council in Belgrade, in the National Assembly through an electoral...
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