Category: Balkans
Balkans 19.10.21 | 18:35

Varhelyi: EU has to deliver for Macedonia and Albania by year’s end

European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi on Tuesday presented the 2021 Enlargement Package, which includes progress reports for Western Balkan countries and Turkey, to the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affair (AFET) and called for opening of EU negotiations with...
Balkans 19.10.21 | 15:17

Hungary and Serbia begin reconstruction of a 150 years old railway link

Serbia and Hungary began work today on reconstructing the 150 years old railway line linking Subotica and Szeged. Leaders Viktor Orban and Aleksandar Vucic were at the opening ceremony in Horgosh today to mark the beginning of the major infrastructure project. This project is characteristic for all Orban...
Balkans 14.10.21 | 12:55

Kosovo PM Kurti dismisses the idea of joining the Open Balkan/Mini Schengen initiative

Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti again dismissed the idea of having his country join the so-called Open Balkan/Mini Schengen initiative with Macedonia, Serbia and Albania. At the Economist conference in Skopje today, Kurti said that all such initiatives need to be part of the EU integration, and not...
Balkans 13.10.21 | 18:48

Kosovo and Serbia on the brink again

Tensions are high in the north of Kosovo, after Kosovo-Albanian police shot and badly wounded a Serbian man. Six Kosovan police officers were injured and three persons were arrested in the incidents that broke out during a police raid ordered by the Kosovan Government. The incidents shortly after Kosovo...
Balkans 06.10.21 | 18:31

Michel: There is a debate within the EU on its capacity to accept new member states

EU leaders reiterated on Wednesday that Western Balkan countries belonged in the EU and that they understood their frustration with the slow enlargement, but again failed to give a time frame for their accession. European Council President Charles Michel said the EU’s presence must be more tangible...
Balkans 06.10.21 | 11:22

Kurz calls for faster integration of the Western Balkans

In Ljubljana, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz called for the EU integration process to the sped up. If there is no date to open accession talks, that means that the pace is slowing down, Kurz said. But he warned that France remains skeptical especially ahead of its presidential elections.
Balkans 06.10.21 | 11:19

Szijjarto: If the EU doesn’t integrate the Balkans, others will

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto insisted that the Balkans can’t be treated as the “back yard” of Europe, with no progress in its European integration. Szijjarto added that the other EU member states seem unaware of the security threats that are coming from the Balkans if...
Balkans 03.10.21 | 10:39

Slovenia proposes that all Balkan countries are admitted to the EU by 2030

Slovenia is proposing that the European Union admits all Balkan countries by 2030, the Financial Times reports. The proposal is expected to be raised at the coming EU summit with the Balkan countries, but took other EU member states by surprise given the problems the region and the EU are facing. Accession...
Balkans 01.10.21 | 23:23

Hungary and Serbia open their new gas connector

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and the Serbian Police Minister Aleksandar Vulin opened the gas inter-connector that will supply Hungary with gas delivered through the newly built Russian trans-Balkan pipeline. Deliveries begin today, Serbian media reported. Hungary signed a 15 years long...
Balkans 01.10.21 | 10:01

Greece extends COVID-19 travel rules for another week

Greece has extended the COVID-19 entry rules for another week, which include travelers to provide mandatory vaccination certificate and fill out online the PLF (Passenger Locator Form), or if they’re travelling with only negative PCR test results to undergo additional mandatory testing at borders,...
Balkans 29.09.21 | 16:49

Bulgaria could have an even more fractured Parliament after the November elections

Polls show that seven parties will win seats in the Bulgarian Parliament at the November elections. Boyko Borisov’s GERB party leads with 21.4 percent. The ITN protest party that was in top two in the inconclusive elections in April and July, has now collapsed to fourth place with just 12 percent...
Balkans 19.09.21 | 11:02

Bulgaria: Borisov’s party opens lead, Plevneliev refused to run for another term as President

The conservative Bulgarian GERB party rose to the top in the polls ahead of the elections in November, amid a drop in popularity for the main protest party – ITN – which challenged GERB’s leader Boyko Borisov. After two inconclusive elections in which ITN was neck and neck with GERB,...
Balkans 16.09.21 | 15:42

Who is Albin Kurti: A covert radical, spent time in Serbian prison, the Americans overthrew his first government

A Kosovo delegation led by Prime Minister Albin Kurti is paying Thursday a visit to Macedonia for a joint session with the Macedonian government. Their arrival in Skopje caused chaos in the city and incredible crowds and dismay. Kurti is a frequent guest in the country, and he mostly came when he was...
Balkans 16.09.21 | 13:45

We will not give in, street violence has never brought anything good, says Jansa after protests in Ljubljana

Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa has spoken out against the protests against the strict COVID measures, which escalated into clashes with the police. The protest against the measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus took place Wednesday in Ljubljana, and the Slovenian Prime Minister...
Balkans 15.09.21 | 18:17

Bulgaria will hold another round of elections on November 14th

Bulgaria will hold another round of early general elections on November 14th, along with the regularly scheduled presidential elections. This will be the third general election in the country this year, after the first two attempts led to inconclusive results and a Parliament narrowly divided between...
Macedonia Balkans 14.09.21 | 18:23

Merkel expresses sorrow Macedonia was not allowed to open its EU talks, says Europe is held hostage to nationalism

During her meeting with Balkan leaders in Tirana, Albania, outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel again expressed her sorrow that Macedonia and Albania were not allowed to open their EU accession talks. Merkel said that the two countries met the criteria to open the accession talks, but that the Bulgarian...
Balkans 08.09.21 | 16:51

Bulgaria to donate Pfizer vaccines that expire in 22 days to Macedonia

The Bulgarian National Assembly ratified an agreement for donation of 51,480 Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines to the Republic of Macedonia, BTA reports. The vaccines, set to expire by 30 September 2021, are worth 1,560,635 leva (EUR 800,000). The Bulgarian lawmakers also adopted on first reading bills for donation...
Balkans 07.09.21 | 11:06

Bulgarian census system hacked on the first day

The electronic system used for the census in Bulgaria was hacked today, on the first day of the electronic portion of the census. The Bulgarian interim Government said that it expects the problem to be overcome quickly. The in-person portion of the census is expected to begin in ten days.
Sport Balkans 04.09.21 | 19:25

Modern new stadium in Backa Topola rivals those in much larger cities

The famous Hungarian team Ferencvarosh came to the grand opening of the new football stadium in the Serbian town of Backa Topola, to play against the home team TSC. The small city of 15,000 now has a modern stadium that sits 4,500 that serves as the envy of much larger cities. Fifteen million EUR went...
Balkans 02.09.21 | 19:51

Future Speaker of the Albanian Parliament speaks Macedonian

Albnaina Prime Minister Edi Rama nominated a Macedonian language speaker Lindita Nikola as the next Speaker of Parliament. Nikola is married to dean Ligor Nikola, who is an ethnic Macedonian, from the area of Golo Brdo in Albania. The future Speaker was Mayor of an administrative unit in the capital...
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