Category: Balkans
Balkans 10.06.19 | 10:01

Tsipras officially begins the procedure for the early general elections in Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will officially ask President Prokopis Pavlopoulos to call for early general elections, to be held on July 7th. Tsipras announced the elections after the major defeat his leftist SYRIZA party suffered in the European and municipal elections, where the conservative...
Balkans 09.06.19 | 15:54

Gruevski meets Hungarian official, attends a business event in Budapest

Former Prime Minister and VMRO leader Nikola Gruevski on Friday attended a business promotion event in Budapest, where he lives in political exile. Gruevski also met an official of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, a move which the Ministry described as routine, given the high position Gruevski held in...
Balkans 08.06.19 | 21:48

Mass protests in Albania, President Meta cancels the local elections

Massive opposition protest is taking place in the Albanian capital of Tirana, as President Ilir Meta decided to cancel the municipal elections that were set for June 30th. Police is using tear-gas again to disperse the protesters who are gathered outside the Parliament. Opposition leader Lulzim Basha...
Balkans 08.06.19 | 11:24

Bulgarian police prevents an Islamist attack in Plovdiv

Bulgarian authorities say they’ve prevented an Islamist attack that was being planned in the city of Plovdiv. According to the BGNES news agency, a 16 year old man from the city was detained as he was attempting to put together an explosive device. The elements of the bomb are being analyzed. The...
Balkans 05.06.19 | 22:35

Dacic joins latest Instagram challenge, writes “Kosovo is Serbia” on $100 banknote

Serbian politician and foreign minister Ivica Dacic joined the latest Instagram challenge – to write “Kosovo is Serbia” on a €1 or €5 banknote.   View this post on Instagram   Ceo svet zna da Kosovo je Srbija! #kosovoisserbia #IvicaDacic #sps...
Balkans 05.06.19 | 13:37

UN report: The Balkans has the most polluted air in all of Europe

The United Nations have warned that people in the Balkans breathe the most polluted air in Europe. Concentrations of polluting materials such as PM2.5 and PM10 particles in the air in the Balkans are five times above maximum allowed levels. This, the UN environmental organization reports, affects health...
Balkans 03.06.19 | 14:11

Serbs work for the state five months of the year

During the course of one year, workers in Serbia effectively work five months for the state, with their families having to make do with the left over earnings from the remaining seven months. Experts say many in the country are unaware of the taxes and fees they pay, Serbia N1 TV station reports. In...
Balkans 03.06.19 | 11:42

In new sign of coming right wing backlash in Greece, Kostas Mitsotakis elected Mayor of Athens

Kostas Bakoyannis, from the powerful conservative Mitsotakis/Bakoyannis family, was easily elected as Mayor of Athens yesterday in the second round of the municipal elections. The conservative New Democracy swept Greece, leaving the leftist SYRIZA party in control only of Crete and portending a major...
Balkans 31.05.19 | 18:25

The Netherlands asks the EU to reintroduce visas for Albanian citizens

The Netherlands officially asked the European Commission to reintroduce visas for Albanian citizens visiting the Schengen zone. The move was prompted by the high levels of crime among Albanian immigrants in the Netherlands, an issue which prompted a vote in the Dutch Parliament to end the visa free regime. It...
Balkans 31.05.19 | 10:50

Serbian president slams Kosovo police raid as flagrant violation of Brussels Agreement

The self-proclaimed, unrecognized republic of Kosovo is flagrantly violating the Brussels Agreement and the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA), Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday during a meeting with the Atlantic Council’s delegation, TASS reported. “[Vucic] highlighted...
Balkans 30.05.19 | 19:54

Terrible insult by Ivan Ivanović: Only Albanians live in Macedonia

The TV host of the popular Serbian talk show “Veče sa Ivanom Ivanovićem” in the last show apparently disappointed that the Macedonian jury did not award any points to the Serbian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest, threw a terrible insult at the Macedonians! According to Ivanović,...
Balkans 30.05.19 | 18:59

Thaci said he would not allow a Community of Serb Municipalities to be formed

Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci on Thursday said that he would not allow a Community of Serb Municipalities to be formed because, in his opinion that would mean forming a Republika Srpska in Kosovo, Prisitna media outlets have reported. “It’s true that previously I agreed on forming...
Balkans 30.05.19 | 11:15

Kosovo police released six Serbs arrested in Monday’s raids

Kosovan police released six ethnic Serbs who were arrested during Monday’s police raid in the northern part of Kosovo. The men were arrested for obstructing the arrests of a group of 19 police officers, most of them Serbs, who were arrested on charges of being involved in a criminal organization....
Balkans 29.05.19 | 14:41

EC negative on Bosnia, Turkey, critical of Serbia and Montenego

The European Commission did not recommend granting Bosnia the status of an EU candidate country, due to its not meeting the required criteria. The report also contains criticism for Serbia and Montenegro, who are the two most advanced candidate countries, over their level of respect for the rule of law....
Balkans 29.05.19 | 13:41

International force in Kosovo claims that Serbia was informed of the police raid ahead of time

A spokesman for the KFOR international force in Kosovo said that Serbian authorities were warned in time about the major police operation on Monday, which raised tensions in the region. Serbia mobilized its military and police in response to the arrest of about a dozen ethnic Serb police officers and...
Balkans 28.05.19 | 21:13

Vucic says arrests are an attempt to scare Kosovo Serbs and drive them away

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic qualified the police raid in the majority Serbian northern part of Kosovo today as an attempt to cause fear and panic among the Serbs and to expel them from Kosovo. The raid led to a series of confrontation, in which Kosovan police fired above groups of Serbs in attempts...
Balkans 28.05.19 | 15:03

Shock: The West stands on the side of Serbs, Vucic informed that the Western forces reacted to Kosovo police raid

The West stood on the side of the Serbs. Aleksandar Vucic informed in Parliament that the Western forces reacted to the Rosu action in Zubin Potok. I just received information that the Western forces reacted to the Rosu in Zubin Potok, saying that the action has nothing to do with the fight against corruption,...
Balkans 28.05.19 | 14:54

Greek elections may take place on July 7 instead of June 30

Snap elections in Greece may take place on July 7 instead of June 30 as a result of nationwide university entrance exams, which will be running from June 6 to July 2, Kathimerini reported. After the government’s defeat in European Parliament elections last Sunday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras...
Balkans 28.05.19 | 11:16

Blockade breached, Kosovo’s armed forces move toward Serbian villages!

The situation in Kosovo is becoming more and more alarming, especially in the municipality of Zubin potok. Unofficial sources say that the roadblock set up by Serb citizens has been breached and Kosovo armed forces are moving towards the village of Varag. Gunshots can be heard, and people are in a panic. Serbs...
Balkans 28.05.19 | 11:07

Serbian National Assembly holds special session

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has launched intensive diplomatic activities following the storming of the North by the Kosovo police “Rosu” unit. As Tanjug was told in his cabinet on Tuesday, Vucic has asked Western political centers to restrain Pristina, and made it clear that Serbia...
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