Category: Balkans
Balkans 22.08.19 | 13:21

Kosovo’s parliament dissolved, forcing early elections

Kosovo’s parliament voted to dissolve itself on Thursday, a month after prime minister Ramush Haradinaj resigned over a war crime investigation. The move triggers early elections, which will be held amid persistently high tensions with Serbia and international pressure on both sides to renew their...
Balkans 21.08.19 | 12:22

Varvitsiotis: We follow every step Skopje takes

Any new irredentist claims and violation of rule of law could directly affect the EU accession process of the neighboring country, Greece’s Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Miltiadis Varvitsiotis has stated. Varvitsiotis reiterates his stance that they inherited a bad deal that the SYRIZA...
Balkans 19.08.19 | 11:01

Who profited from “Racket”: Boki gave money to Vuk, Djilas, and Bosko, and he even met with Cedo!

The dirty money from the “Racket” affair, which shakes Macedonia and the entire region, went to the Alliance for Serbia (SZS) through Vuk Jeremic, Serbian “Kurir” revealed. Jeremic, who is one of the leaders of the SZS, came to Skopje various times to meet with people close to...
Balkans 19.08.19 | 09:39

Basha: Rama is Balkan’s most corrupt Prime Minister

Chairman of Democratic Party (DP) Lulzim Basha shared a video message announcing that all international reports point to Edi Rama as the most corrupt Prime Minister in the Balkans. Basha accuses his rival of ‘stealing Albania with a bunch of predatory oligarchs and laundering drug and crime money’....
Balkans 08.08.19 | 21:21

Brnabic: Integrated border crossings with Macedonia Albania and BiH to be opened soon

An integrated border crossing with Macedonia will be opened soon, and Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said on Thursday that such crossings will soon be established with Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Prime Minister announced this at a meeting with representatives of the association of the...
Balkans 08.08.19 | 19:45

Vucic: No Kosovo solution if Serbia is humiliated

We are facing difficult talks with the West, which expects a swift resolution of the Kosovo issue, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told Belgrade based TV Prva this morning. Serbian media quotes Vucic as saying that “it is not only a matter of deadline, it is a matter of substance when it comes to...
Balkans 06.08.19 | 15:56

Greece to promote “Macedonia” brand

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appointed on Tuesday Maria Antoniou as head of the prime minister’s office in Thessaloniki, MIA’s Athens correspondent reports. “The prime minister’s office in Thessaloniki must acquire a key role and essence not only in the relations with the...
Balkans 03.08.19 | 15:47

Albania will begin issuing citizenship by blood and birth

The Government in Tirana proposed a law that would allow the issuing of Albanian citizenship to all ethnic Albanians, going back three generations. This would apply to ethnic Albanians living in neighboring countries as well as in the large Albanian diaspora across the world. A Government Minister can...
Balkans 17.07.19 | 20:57

Albania banned television from broadcasting Ceca’s songs

Albania’s Agency for Audiovisual Media (AMA) has warned Albanian national broadcaster not to broadcast songs to singer Svetlana Radatovic (Ceca Velichkovic), the wife of the late Jelko Radvanovic Arkan, after complaints that a minority program broadcast a song the Serbian singer. The decision was...
Balkans 16.07.19 | 10:25

Vucic after meeting with Marcon: I begged him to help us resolve the issue with Kosovo

For France, Kosovo is independent, for Serbia, it is not. We must understand that there are countries that think differently. Macron is one of the few leaders who want to hear us, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told a press conference after meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Belgrade. He...
Balkans 15.07.19 | 10:03

Vucic to Zaev: Greetings comrade …

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, speaking on TV Pink on Sunday evening, among other topics, also referred to the last communication between him and the Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, in relation to the case with the Russian pranksters. According to Vucic, Zaev apologized after the media published...
Balkans 13.07.19 | 16:40

Serbia targeted by foreign intelligence services, Vucic being spied from Macedonia, main center in auto salon

Two months ago, a team of intelligence services was set up in Skopje, which masked their activity by working in a representative office of a major car manufacturer from the West in order to block reaching a compromise solution for Kosovo and Metohija, Serbian lawmaker Milovan Drecun reveals, “Kurir.rs”...
Balkans 12.07.19 | 20:25

Haradinaj also tricked by the Russian pranksters

Russian Television Russia 24 published today pieces of a conversation between Kosovo Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj and Russian comedians Vladimir Kuznetsov (Vovan) and Alexei Stolyarov (Lexus). The recording shows how Haradinaj fell for a prank by this comedy duo back in April, when one of them introduced...
Balkans 12.07.19 | 12:30

Turkey receives first batch of the Russian S-400 system, as NATO protests

NATO officially expressed its concern after Turkey began installing parts of the Russian made S-400 missile system today. The rockets are installed as the new US Ambassador David Satterfield arrived in Turkey, and mere days from the anniversary of the 2016 failed coup against President Erdogan. Turkey...
Balkans 12.07.19 | 11:13

Chalkidiki still being cleared up after powerful storm left six dead and serious damage

The region of Chalkidiki in northern Greece, which is a major destination for Macedonian tourists, is clearing up after the major storm that killed six Russian, Czech and Romanian tourists and injured 23. Greek authorities report that the roads are now completely open, and cleared from fallen pylons...
Balkans 11.07.19 | 15:48

Russian comedians tried to prank Thaci, but failed

Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci admitted that he was targeted by the Russian pranksters, but their attempt was unsuccessful. Thaci told local media that thanks to the government services, the attempt by Russian comedians Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexei Stolyarov was unsuccessful. One cannot talk...
Balkans 11.07.19 | 11:07

State of emergency declared in Halkidiki after severe weather

A state of emergency was declared in the northern Greek region of Halkidiki Thursday after six people died in deadly storms and gale-force winds that hit the area late Wednesday night, Kathimerini reported. Six foreign nationals from Romania, the Czech Republic and Russia, including two children died...
Balkans 11.07.19 | 10:42

Six foreign nationals killed as severe weather hits Greece

Six foreign nationals, including two children, were killed and more than 100 other people injured after gale-force winds, rain and hailstorms struck northern Greece late on Wednesday, uprooting trees and collapsing roofs, authorities said. Television footage showed strong winds sweeping through a restaurant...
Balkans 10.07.19 | 23:05

Haradinaj reacts to Zaev talking about Kosovo’s partition with Russian comedians

After last night’s statement by his Macedonian counterpart Zoran Zaev, Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj reacted that the idea of exchanging territories was still at the table and that Russia and Turkey are behind it, Kosovo’s “Gazeta Express” reports. Kosovo Prime Minister...
Balkans 10.07.19 | 11:58

Tahiri says Mogherini could’ve sparked a war in the Balkans

Former Kosovan negotiator with Serbia Edita Tahiri blamed former EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini that she could’ve sparked a war in the Balkans. Chasing after any kind of solution for the Kosovo – Serbia dispute, Mogherini endorsed the proposal of border changes between the two...
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