Category: Balkans
Balkans 09.07.19 | 16:56

New Greek government sworn in

Greece’s new conservative government was sworn in on Tuesday, a day after new Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis took office vowing to turn the page on a decade of economic crisis. The 51 members of the new government swore the oath of office on the Bible in a ceremony led by the Archbishop of...
Balkans 09.07.19 | 15:19

War of words between Serbia and Bulgaria over Kosovo escalates further

The war of words between Serbia and Bulgaria over Kosovo continued to escalate, with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov demanded a public apology from Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and told Serbia it will not join the EU until it recognizes Kosovo. Dacic summoned our ambassador to tell him...
Balkans 08.07.19 | 13:14

Kyriakos Mitsotakis sworn in as Greece’s prime minister

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the leader of the conservative New Democracy (ND) party, was sworn in as Greece’s new prime minister on Monday, just 15 hours after voting ended. In a swift move, the result of Sunday’s elections was formally submitted to President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Mitsotakis was prime...
Balkans 08.07.19 | 10:28

Borisov: I know how painful is the Kosovo issue for the Serbs

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said he did not allow Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva to react sharply to the statement of her Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic because, as he noted, “he knows how painful is the Kosovo issue for the Serbs”. Borisov said this at Sunday’s...
Balkans 07.07.19 | 22:05

Tsipras calls Mitsotakis to concede defeat

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras conceded defeat in the early general elections held today, in which the opposition conservative New Democracy party won a convincing victory. Projections show that New Democracy will have at least 155 seats in Parliament, giving it the majority needed to form the next...
Balkans 07.07.19 | 16:14

Haradinaj grateful after Borisov asked the new EU foreign policy chief Borrell to recognize Kosovo

Kosovan Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj expressed gratitude to his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borisov for taking Kosovo’s side in the dispute with Serbia. Borisov called on the Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell, who is about to be named EU foreign policy chief, to amend his position on Kosovo’s...
Balkans 07.07.19 | 10:54

Greeks go to the polls in election expect to reflect on the Prespa treaty

Greeks go to the polls today in the early general elections which are widely expected to be a rebuke of the ruling far left SYRIZA party and to bring the conservative New Democracy back in power. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras suffered a drubbing at the recent municipal and European Parliament elections,...
Balkans 05.07.19 | 14:48

Borissov: The European perspective for the Western Balkans has no alternative

The key word is trust – this is what we need to work for, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said in his speech at the Berlin Process Summit in Poznan, the government press office said. The European perspective for the Western Balkans has no alternative, he said. “It is a guarantee for...
Balkans 03.07.19 | 22:19

EU rejects Dutch request to re-introduce visas for Albanian citizens

The European Commission rejected the Dutch request to re-introduce visas for Albanian citizens who wish to visit EU member states. The Dutch Parliament voted to demand this move on May 31st, but the ultimate decision making lies with the European Commission. The public in the Netherlands was angered...
Balkans 02.07.19 | 17:40

Albania’s Meta proposes parliamentary and presidential elections

Amidst a political crisis which has been lasting for the past six months, the Albanian president, Ilir Meta proposed the holding of parliamentary and presidential elections today as the only way solution to this crisis. The head of the Albanian state said that October 13 must be the date on which these...
Balkans 01.07.19 | 10:47

Edmond Temelko lost the elections in Pustec, the new mayor is Pali Kolefski

Edmond Temelko lost the local elections in Albania. Pali Andon Kolefski of the Socialist Party is the new mayor of Albanian municipality of Pustec, which is mainly populated by ethnic Macedonians. Kolefski defeated Temelko with 780 votes more. After 12 years the municipality of Pustec returns under the...
Balkans 29.06.19 | 10:25

Trump to appoint Yuri Kim as new US Ambassador to Albania

President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate Yuri Kim of Guam, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Albania, The White House informed. Ms. Kim is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Counselor, and has served in the Department of State...
Balkans 28.06.19 | 19:26

Police nab Greek smuggler with 13 migrants in fake ambulance

Greek police said on Friday they have arrested a driver transporting 13 migrants crammed into a fake ambulance. The 58-year-old driver led police on a wild chase near Thessaloniki, with blue lights flashing on both the ambulance, painted to appear like a medical vehicle, and the pursuing patrol cars. Police...
Balkans 27.06.19 | 11:08

Temelko in the race for mayor of Pustec for the fourth time

The candidate for mayor of the municipality of Pustec from the Macedonian Alliance for European Integration (MAEI), Edmond Temelko, as part of the election campaign, is holding meetings with the residents of Leska, Zrnosko, Globocani, Dolna and Gorna Gorica and other settlements. In the local elections...
Balkans 19.06.19 | 15:34

Albanian opposition protesters burn election material in a school to prevent the municipal elections

Political tensions in Albania have taken a turn to the worse after anti-Government protesters set fire to a school in Shkodra yesterday, to prevent the municipal elections from taking place on the 30th. The opposition Democratic Party rejects the elections and demands a technical Government to replace...
Balkans 18.06.19 | 14:38

Albanian President threatens to use the army to stop the Prime Minister from holding municipal elections

Albanian President Ilir Meta threatened to use the army and stop Prime Minister Edi Rama from holding municipal elections on June 30th. Meta declared the elections invalid, but Rama is ignoring his decision and wants to go ahead with the vote, even though the main opposition parties also reject the elections...
Balkans 18.06.19 | 11:33

Rama threatened to sue German journalist who published wiretaps accusing him of vote rigging

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama threatened to sue a German journalist who published wiretaps alleging Rama’s involvement in vote rigging and other criminal conspiracies. I decided to sue this journalist to German courts and in that blessed country, where justice is not a game of investigation...
Balkans 16.06.19 | 16:35

Albanian opposition says the municipal elections will turn into a political funeral for Prime Minister Rama

Albanian opposition leader Lulzim Basha said that the large protest planned for June 30th, the day of the planned municipal elections, will mark the “political funeral” of Prime Minister Edi Rama. Basha’s conservative Democratic Party has been in the streets for months, protesting Rama’s...
Balkans 14.06.19 | 11:18

Albanian Prime Minister’s convoy attacked by protesters (VIDEO)

Protesters pelted the convoy carrying Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama with rocks in the city of Librazhd. Police had difficulty containing the crowd from stopping Rama’s convoy. Rama managed to avoid the bulk of the crowd by using side roads. Several protesters were injured after being hit by...
Balkans 10.06.19 | 10:30

Romanian Defense Minister will assume control over a WWI grave site where Hungarians were attacked last week

The Romanian Ministry of National Defence is taking all the necessary steps to formally assume administrative control of the Uz Valley military cemetery, after the incident last week when Hungarians who came to honor their World War One dead, the V4 news agency reported. Romanian nationalists threw rocks...
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