Category: Balkans
Balkans 02.09.21 | 17:15

Orban: Only way to prevent the EU dispute on migration is to return rights to member states

“The only way to prevent the dispute on migration from destroying the unity of the EU is to give all the rights back to the nation states,” said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at a leaders’ panel discussion at the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF) in Bled, Slovenia, on Wednesday, the...
Balkans 02.09.21 | 12:09

Vucic: Macedonia changed its name and what did it get?

Macedonia even changed its name, it was promised that the negotiation process would start, and did it happen?, asked Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic regarding the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece and the fact that the country’s start of EU accession talks is blocked by Bulgaria. I am...
Balkans 01.09.21 | 16:49

Erdogan vows to wipe out the Balkan branches of the FETO organization

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that the country will continue to go after activists of the Fethullah Gulen network in the Balkans. Erdogan sent out a video message at the opening of the Turkish consulate in Novi Pazar in Serbia’s Sandzak district, in which he issued the warning. Turkey...
Balkans 30.08.21 | 10:51

Thousands of vaccine opponents gather against Greece’s Covid policy

Thousands of vaccine opponents took to the streets in two Greek cities on Sunday to demonstrate against the government’s coronavirus policies. Local media outlets estimated that 3,000 people took part in Athens, and more than 5,000 in the northern port city of Thessaloniki. Some 200 people broke away...
Macedonia Balkans 27.08.21 | 12:13

Greece introduces rapid corona tests for unvaccinated visitors

Greek authorities are introducing mandatory coronavirus tests for visitors from 16 countries, including Macedonia, who have not been vaccinated, or have not overcome the illness. Currently, Macedonian citizens are allowed to enter Greece with proof of vaccination, proof of overcoming the illness, or...
Balkans 27.08.21 | 12:07

First group of 121 Afghan refugees arrives in Albania

The first group 121 Afghan evacuees, including 11 babies, arrived to Albania yesterday. They were welcomed at the Tirana airport by the Albanian Foreign Minister Olta Xhacka and US Ambassador Yuri Kim. Albania agreed to take thousands of Afghans on a temporary basis. The initial group is made of Afghan...
Balkans 24.08.21 | 12:35

Bomb threats in Solun

A number of hotels in Solun (Thessaloniki) received bomb threats yesterday, prompting the police to conduct urgent checks. The threats were sent through email. Greek media report that bomb threats are frequent in the country, but not in such coordinated fashion.
Balkans 11.08.21 | 10:49

Rama: “Open Balkans” erases borders between Albanians

“Open Balkans” is not only a path for the future and prosperity of the Albanian nation, but also a new and great opportunity on the way for Serbia to recognize Kosovo, the Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama wrote on Facebook on the occasion of the initiative which also includes Zoran Zaev...
Balkans 10.08.21 | 19:57

Bulgaria to hold new elections, dispute with Macedonia on a longer vacation

There Is Such a People (TISP) leader Slavi Trifonov said Tuesday in Sofia that his party will not present its draft cabinet to Bulgaria’s Parliament on Wednesday. This decision – unprecedented in Bulgaria’s recent history, came after TISP’s prime minister designate Plamen Nikolov received a cabinet-forming...
Balkans 04.08.21 | 16:59

While Zaev is selling them out, Vucic will pass a law to protect the Serbian language and history

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced that the Parliament will make a decision in the fall on the protection of the Serbian language and alphabet. There will be a special chapter in the law on Serbian history, geography, language, literature. It will be mandatory for all students. All the great...
Balkans 01.08.21 | 20:35

Open Balkans is historic opportunity for region, Vučić tells Politika

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said on Sunday that in circumstances when the EU does not have a clear strategy for the Western Balkans, the regional initiative called Open Balkans is a great opportunity for its signatories to create a different and better future for themselves. Writing in the Politika...
Balkans 31.07.21 | 11:40

New measures in Montenegro: Proof of vaccination, negative test required for restaurant, bar entry

Bar and restaurant entry in Montenegro will as of midnight Friday be possible only with a negative PCR test, a fast antigen test or a certificate of recovery from Covid-19 in the last six months, the country’s health authorities said on Friday. The same conditions will apply to night clubs and discos,...
Balkans 29.07.21 | 23:00

Three killed as fires rage on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast

At least three people have died as a result of fires in Turkey‘s coastal Antalya region, while 183 have been injured, Bekir Pakdemirli, minister of agriculture and forestry, said on Thursday. There were further fires reported in the regions of Mersin, Alanya and Mugla, among others. The state broadcaster...
Balkans 26.07.21 | 21:27

Radev in Austria: Bulgaria is strongest supporter of EU enlargement

Bulgaria is the strongest supporter of EU enlargement, but it cannot allow violation of the rights of citizens of the Republic of Macedonia with Bulgarian self-awareness, said Bulgarian President Rumen Radev during a meeting with his Austrian counterpart Alexander Van der Bellen in Salzburg on Monday. At...
Balkans 25.07.21 | 10:59

Ten passegers killed after a bus from Kosovo crashed in Croatia

At least 10 passengers have died in a tragic bus crash in Croatia. Ten more have been badly injured.  The Kosovo registered bus was taking passengers from Pristina to Frankfurt. It was initially reported that the bus was from Macedonia, but this was quickly denied by the Croatian authorities. The Macedonian...
Balkans 23.07.21 | 11:49

Radev starts consultations on new Bulgarian Government formation, GERB refuse to participate

Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev opened consultations Friday with the parties in the newly elected Bulgarian Parliament ahead of presenting a mandate for the formation of a government. He started with There Is Such a People (TISP) whose 65 MPs make up the biggest group in Parliament. On the back of...
Balkans 21.07.21 | 11:36

New coalition shapes up in Bulgaria, mixed messages for Macedonia

The Bulgarian Parliament voted to appoint Iva Miteva from the ITN protest party as its new Speaker with 137 votes. Surprisingly, Slavi Trifonov’s ITN won the support of the DPS party, which represents mainly the Turkish minority in the country, and which was the target of corruption allegations...
Balkans 19.07.21 | 09:59

From the region only Macedonia and Kosovo repatriate terrorist fighters, others take away their citizenship

The news that the government repatriated Macedonian citizens from Syria upset the Macedonian public as they are members of the ISIS terror group based in Syria. Four terrorist fighters, five women and as many as 14 children were repatriated during the weekend. As we unofficially find out, as many as...
Balkans 16.07.21 | 17:14

There Is Such a People Party to nominate new Bulgarian PM “in due time”

There is Such a People (TISP) party, the winner in the July 11 snap general elections, will put forward a new nomination for a prime minister and a revised government line-up “in due time” but not now. This transpired Friday during a news conference at BTA’s National Press Club where TISP were...
Balkans 12.07.21 | 23:15

TV showman Trifonov narrowly wins snap general elections in Bulgaria

TV showman Slavi Trifonov, whose party narrowly won Sunday’s snap general elections in Bulgaria, surprisingly proposed on Monday a minority government led by a former minister in Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha’s cabinet. The fragmented new parliament appears to have little choice but to accept it, or risk...
Повеќе
Next Page »

Balkans News

.