Category: Balkans
Balkans 24.03.22 | 19:42

Kosovo declares a day of mourning for Madeleine Albright

Kosovo declared Friday a day of mourning for former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who died on Wednesday from cancer. Albright was instrumental in the US led military intervention against then Yugoslavia, that forced the Serbian army to withdraw from Kosovo and led to an international protectorate...
Balkans 24.03.22 | 16:44

Borisov compared himself to Navalny

Former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said that he is the Buglarian “Alexey Navalny”, alluding to the Russian dissident who is kept in a penal colony. Borisov is charged with corruption by EU prosecutor Laura Kovesi and was briefly arrested last week. Borisov now says that the actual reason...
Balkans 20.03.22 | 16:51

Russian gas supplies to Europe expected to remain stable

Russia will continue to supply Europe with natural as through the Balkans and the Turkish Stream pipeline, and through Ukraine, its Gazprom company said Balkan countries are concerned after after Bulgaria said that it will not renew its contract with Gazprom when it expires at the end of this year. Turkish...
Balkans 19.03.22 | 23:51

In a move that could affect the whole of the Balkans, Bulgaria plans to give up on Russian gas

Bulgaria announced it will not renew its contract with Gazprom for deliveries of Russian gas, and that it will look for other suppliers, Finance Minister Asen Vasilev said. Bulgaria receives all of its gas from Russia, and has a 10 year contract that expires at the end of 2022. It already gave up on...
Balkans 19.03.22 | 18:16

Vucic and Orban were among the first passengers on the Chinese funded high speed rail link between Belgrade and Novi Sad

The first train crossed along the new Belgrade – Novi Sad high speed railroad today, in just a little over an hour. The new railroad is part of a major project to build a high speed rail link between Hungary and Serbia, and further south deeper into the Balkans. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic...
Balkans 18.03.22 | 12:19

Petkov: The arrest of Borisov and his associates shows that no one is above the law

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said Friday in a video message released by his government’s press service that the arrest of former prime minister Boyko Borissov shows no one is above the law. As MIA reports from Sofia, Petkov said in the message that the European prosecutions is currently...
Balkans 18.03.22 | 09:58

Borisov was arrested hours after the arrival of European Prosecutor Kövesi, a friend of Katica Janeva

It will be known today whether former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov remains in detention. He could be detained for up to 24 hours, as required by the law there. Lawyer Lyudmil Rangelov hopes Borisov will be released after the 24-hour detention. He must be released at around 10 pm at the latest....
Balkans 17.03.22 | 21:07

Boyko Borisov arrested!

Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov was arrested today, after an international investigation that was coordinated with European prosecutors. Prime Minister Kiril Petkov announced the arrest with a tweet declaring that “No-one is above the law”. So far the details of the investigation...
Balkans 15.03.22 | 18:53

Just gratitude from the EU: Brussels doesn’t plan to help countries in the region that have backed sanctions on Russia as compensation for the damage

Brussels says it is grateful to the Western Balkan countries for backing EU sanctions on Russia, but does not say it plans to compensate for the damage that those countries could suffer as a result of this alignment with EU measures, “Politika” has learned. Asked by Macedonian media whether...
Balkans 14.03.22 | 11:18

These are the prices: Macedonia no longer has the lowest fuel prices in the region

The average retail price in the region of gasoline BMB 95, from February 28 to March 6, was 1.49 euros per liter, writes bizportal.rs. Besides Greece, priced at 1.94 euros, the highest price of gasoline is Albania -1.62 euros, then Croatia-1.57 euros, Montenegro -1.54 euros, Romania -1.5 euros, Serbia...
Balkans 11.03.22 | 10:29

Zagreb hit by a drone apparently lost over Ukraine

The Croatian capital of Zagreb was hit by what appears to be a Soviet made drone overnight. It’s believed that the large flying device was being used in the war in Ukraine, where both sides are equipped with Soviet made drones, but control was lost and it glided across Hungary to fall in Croatia. No...
Balkans 09.03.22 | 17:46

50 human rights organizations demand that Bulgarian Prime Minister Petkov apologizes for the deportation of Macedonian Jews

About 50 organizations for religious freedom and human rights in the world sent a joint letter to Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, asking him to apologize for the deportation of Macedonian Jews, on the occasion of 79 years since their deportation, which is marked on Friday, Voice of America writes. They...
Balkans 03.03.22 | 18:48

Montenegro about to beat Macedonia in the “race” to elect the third ethnic Albanian Prime Minister in the Balkans

Macedonia is widely expected to have an ethnic Albanian Prime Minister in the coming years, if the SDSM – DUI coalition holds firm and SDSM keeps the promise it made to DUI. This would mean that a third Balkan country is led by an ethnic Albanian – after Albania and Kosovo who are majority...
Balkans 03.03.22 | 18:32

Petkov and Mincev hit with snowballs by nationalists as they praised the treaty that would’ve created a Greater Bulgaria

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and Parliament Speaker Nikola Mincev were met with a volley of snowballs and angry chants from pro-Russian Bulgarian nationalists when they visited the Shipka battle memorial today for the anniversary of the Treaty of San Stefano. The days is a national holiday in...
Balkans 03.03.22 | 11:21

Bulgaria observes Treaty of San Stefano according to which they consider Macedonia to be Bulgarian

Bulgaria is observing its national holiday today – 144 years since the end of the Russo-Turkish liberation war, which began its renewal as an independent state, MIA reports from Sofia. The treaty was signed in the suburbs of Istanbul – San Stefano on February 19 / March 3, 1878, on the birthday...
Balkans 25.02.22 | 20:53

Vucic: Serbia supports Ukraine’s territorial integrity, won’t impose Russia sanctions

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday evening that Serbia stands for peace and respect for international law – and also considers it wrong to violate the territorial integrity of any country, including Ukraine – but will not impose sanctions on Russia in line with its own interests. Reading...
Balkans 23.02.22 | 19:20

Mitsotakis voices support for EU’s Intergovernmental Conference with Albania and Macedonia

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, after meeting with his Romanian counterpart Nicolae Ciucă during an official visit to Romania, said they had agreed to work together to convene the first Intergovernmental Conference on Albania and Macedonia as soon as possible. The Western Balkans was one of...
Balkans 22.02.22 | 21:33

Bulgarian Prime Minister Petkov meets delegation of Bulgarians from Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov met Tuesday with organizations and associations of Bulgarians in Macedonia, saying their rights are his and the government’s priority, MIA reports from Sofia. According to MIA’s correspondent in Sofia, the meeting was held on their initiative, and Prime Minister...
Balkans 17.02.22 | 14:23

EU repulsed by Dzhambazki’s fascist salute, sanctions to be initiated

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola will initiate sanctions procedure against Bulgarian MEP  after he gave a Nazi salute in the European Parliament on Wednesday. MEPs from across the political system were shocked by Dzhambazki’s action and reacted angrily to his gesture as he was leaving ...
Balkans 14.02.22 | 12:51

Bulgaria wants to ban our country from celebrating October 11 as national holiday

For example, it is still there celebrated as a holiday, as they call it, when the first rifle fired against the Bulgarians in October. If you do not change anything from the previous regime of Tito’s Yugoslavia, you cannot enter the EU with the same ideology, because that ideology is directly directed...
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