Category: Balkans
Balkans 12.07.21 | 17:47

This is the possible future Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Balkans 12.07.21 | 00:23

Borisov alleges fraud after another inconclusive election in Bulgaria

Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov accused the caretaker Government of rigging the early elections held today, after his GERB party won, but with a very narrow margin over the protest ITN party led by showman Slavi Trifonov. The vote, second this year, was marred by exceptionally low turnout...
Balkans 09.07.21 | 13:33

Karakachanov fears that new Bulgarian government will soften its stance on Macedonia

We will support Macedonia’s EU membership only when it corrects its hostile policy towards Bulgaria. There are serious concerns that the new government will change its policy towards Macedonia, VMRO-BND leader Krasimir Karakachanov told Radio Fokus. Both “Democratic Bulgaria” and “Rise...
Balkans 08.07.21 | 16:11

Orban: If they could have strangled me in Brussels, they would have strangled me by now! If enlargement is neglected, EU will disintegrate!

The enlargement of the European Union should be accelerated, and if the actions leading to enlargement are not taken, the EU will stagnate and eventually fall apart, the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban said Thursday at a joint press conference with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade. In...
Balkans 08.07.21 | 10:16

Greece will not close again, said the Greek Prime Minister

Greece will not take closure measures again because most citizens will be vaccinated, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview with a Greek radio. The unpreparedness of the population to get vaccinated is not only a problem of Greece, but also of a global level. We cannot make vaccination...
Balkans 07.07.21 | 11:26

Kovatchev briefed Jansa on Bulgaria’s position on starting negotiations with Macedonia

The MEP from the European People’s Party Andrey Kovatchev informed the Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa about the Bulgarian position regarding the start of negotiations with Macedonia, BGNES reported. Extremely cordial meeting with the Prime Minister of Slovenia at the beginning of the Slovenian...
Balkans 05.07.21 | 10:41

Number of Covid-29 cases in Greece increases

An increase in new Covied-19 cases between 156 and 266 percent in the past four days compared to a week earlier was registered in Greece, said epidemiologist Gikas Magiorkinis, MIA’s correspondent reported from Athens. Magiorkinis analyzed the official data from Thursday to Sunday via Facebook,...
Balkans 30.06.21 | 09:57

Bulgaria says it will block Serbia over Macedonia, demands Serbia to open Yugoslavia secret services files

Bulgaria has announced that it will block Serbia’s EU accession process because of Macedonia. Namely, the ask Serbia to condemn the crimes committed against the peoples of what Bulgaria calls “enslaved Yugoslavia”. The veto was announced by Angel Dzhambazki, who asked the Speaker of...
Balkans 28.06.21 | 21:48

Vučić, Zaev and Rama to discuss ‘Mini Schengen’ via video conference on Tuesday

On Tuesday, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić is set discuss via video conference with the Prime Ministers of Macedonia and Albania, Zoran Zaev and Edi Rama, ways to improve relations within the ‘Mini Schengen’ regional initiative, his office said in a press release, MIA reports from Belgrade. Vucic...
Balkans 26.06.21 | 12:20

4.7 magnitude earthquake hits Montenegro

An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale hit Montenegro at 1.18 am on Saturday and was felt across southern Dalmatia, the Croatian Seismological Service said in the morning. The epicenter of the tremor was 14 kilometers north of the coastal town of Herceg Novi, the Dubrovački Vjesnik newspaper...
Balkans 15.06.21 | 10:37

Government of Slovenia declares victory over the coronavirus

The Government of Slovenia declared victory over the Third Wave of the pandemic, as only 24 new cases were diagnosed in the past day. This means that the state of epidemic is officially lifted. Some of the restrictions will remain – citizens are still required to wear masks in public indoor spaces...
Balkans 10.06.21 | 11:12

Radev says he supports Macedonia’s EU integration, but did not say under what conditions

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev held Wednesday a video conference meeting with European Parliament President David Sassoli, discussing measures for management of the coronavirus pandemic and EU-related topics, with a focus on the enlargement policy, MIA reports from Sofia. President Radev said Bulgaria...
Balkans 09.06.21 | 10:32

There is not a single photo of Skaljarski gang’s Igor Vukotic who has a Macedonian passport: An accountant with the same name had to change his identity

Igor Vukotic, brother of the leader of the Skaljarski gang Jovica Vukotic is considered a mysterious person in the Balkans. When his name is entered in the search engines, several appear with that name, but none of them is real. The real Vukotic took the deputy position in the Skaljarski gang after Igor...
Balkans 09.06.21 | 09:24

Rama-Yanev meeting: Bulgaria hods to framework position, Albania will not take sides in dispute between Skopje and Sofia

The Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and Albania discussed bilateral relations and current issues on Albania’s European agenda and Albania’s EU path, as well as opportunities for further cooperation of common interest in a number of sectors such as the economy, agriculture, mining, energy and...
Balkans 08.06.21 | 09:29

Stoev confirmed Mickoski’s statements: Sofia stands by the declaration and seeks legal guarantees from Skopje

In a conversation with the ambassadors of the EU member states, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria Svetlan Stoev reaffirmed the Bulgarian position on the European perspective of the Western Balkan countries. Regarding the EU integration of the Republic of Macedonia, Svetlan Stoev stressed that...
Balkans 05.06.21 | 23:02

2,000 citizens from Macedonia and BiH vaccinated in Serbia over the weekend

Free vaccination of citizens from neighboring countries continues in Serbia, with Macedonian citizens flocking to Vranje over the weekend to get the Covid-19 jab, and the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina getting vaccinated in Loznica, RTS reported. According to the Serbian public broadcaster, during...
Balkans 04.06.21 | 17:15

Under the Borisov’s government organ transplants were performed on poor people from Ukraine and Moldova for super rich clients

Bulgaria’s health ministry revealed on Thursday that under the former government of Boyko Borisov the state hospital performed organ transplants on poor live donors for rich “uncles” operating under a false identity for which the ministry has “every reason to believe that they are not relatives,...
Balkans 04.06.21 | 17:05

EU refuses to disclose the contents of the “non-paper” on border changes in Western Balkans

Following a formal request by journalists for insight in the contents of the recent Slovenian non-paper, the EU Council services refused access to the document but confirmed its existence. In the response of the General Secretariat for access to the Slovenian non-paper, the EU Council said: The General...
Balkans 04.06.21 | 09:13

Serbia starts producing Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

Serbia officially starts producing Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine on Friday. The substance needed for the production of the Sputnik V vaccine arrived at Serbia’s Torlak Institute on Thursday. Serbian Minister of Innovation and Technological Development Nenad Popovic said on Thursday that everything...
Macedonia Economy Balkans 30.05.21 | 11:18

Zaev promises billions in investments – again

Few betrayed promise Zoran Zaev made compare to the promised date to begin EU accession talks – the promise of enforcing the rule of law equally comes to mind, or the one about fighting corruption. But this week, it was his grand press conference in which he announced eight billion EUR in investments...
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