Category: Balkans
Balkans 28.05.19 | 11:03

Haradinaj: The police action was law enforcement, I urge Serbs to preserve peace

Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said Tuesday that the action of the Kosovo Police in the north is only law enforcement and nothing else, and called on Serbs to preserve peace. “The police action is against people involved in illegal trafficking, organized crime and other crimes,” Haradinaj...
Balkans 28.05.19 | 10:10

Serbian Army and police put on alert over Kosovo events

The Serbian president has ordered the Serbian Army to be put on full combat readiness. The same has been done by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP). This comes after the Kosovo police “Rosu” unit stormed the north of Kosovo and Metohija. The MUP has put its special units on full alert....
Balkans 27.05.19 | 21:38

Tsipras: We lost a battle but the war still lies ahead

SYRIZA lost a battle but the war still lies ahead, Greek Prime Minister and party leader Alexis Tsipras said on Monday, addressing the Central Committee meeting following the sweeping losses experienced in Sunday’s Europarliament, regional and local elections. Thanking the voters who supported him,...
Balkans 26.05.19 | 23:55

Tsipras admits defeat to critic of the Prespa treaty, will allow early elections

Tsipras promises early elections in Greece An ashen faced Alexis Tsipras announced that he will be calling for early elections to be held, after his SYRIZA party was badly defeated by the conservative New Democracy party in the European and municipal elections. The move brings Kyriakos Mistotakis, an...
Balkans 26.05.19 | 21:41

Kammenos tells Tsipras that he lost because of the Macedonia name issue

Greek nationalist politician Panos Kammenos was apparently amused by the defeat his former coalition partner Alexis Tsipras suffered in the European and municipal elections held this evening. SYRIZA committed suicide in Prespa, Kammenos tweeted. Kammenos was a strong critic and ineffectively opposed...
Balkans 26.05.19 | 20:32

Tsipras defeated in Greece, big win projected for the main opponent of the Prespa treaty

The Greek ruling leftist SYRIZA party suffered a significant defeat in the European elections. According to the initial results, the conservative New Democracy party led by Kyriakos Mitsotakis is projected to beat SYRIZA by eight percentage points, which would significantly weaken the Alexis Tsipras...
Balkans 26.05.19 | 12:58

Macedonian drove his bus into an overpass in Plovdiv, sheared it in half

Two Macedonian bus drivers were lucky to escape with their lives as they rammed their bus into an overpass near the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv. Only the two were in the bus at the time of the accident. No serious injuries were reported, but the damage is significant. The driver apparently disregarded...
Balkans 25.05.19 | 18:31

Greeks go to the polls in elections which may affect the future implementation of the Macedonian name deal

Greeks go to the European and municipal elections tomorrow, in a vote that may determine whether the Alexis Tsipras Government will survive until the end of the year or will have to organize early elections. A significant win for the conservative New Democracy could topple Tsipras’ a few months...
Balkans 17.05.19 | 13:17

Zuckerberg celebrates wedding anniversary with wife in Acropolis

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has posted a photograph on social media posing with his wife, Priscilla Cham, on the Acropolis during a trip to Athens for their wedding anniversary. Celebrating 7 years of happy marriage at the temple for the goddess of wisdom,” Zuckerberg said on the popular social...
Balkans 14.05.19 | 14:58

Greek lawmakers give the green light to opening new border crossings to our country

An agreement between Greece and North Macedonia making travel across the border separating the two countries easier, was given the green light to go before the Parliament’s plenary on Tuesday, the ANA-MPA news agency reported. Greek Parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee passed...
Balkans 13.05.19 | 16:34

Edi Rama for TV Pink: I don’t want borders with Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia or Serbia

In an interview with Belgrade-based TV Pink, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Albanians in Albania and Kosovo are brothers who now live in two different countries and they should unite. He pointed out that he wants a region without borders. I don’t want borders with Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia,...
Balkans 09.05.19 | 17:27

Dacic: Serbia talks about compromise, Pristina and Tirana look for ways to create ‘Greater Albania’

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has told the country’s public broadcaster RTS that Serbia is “a small, but not a stupid country.” He added that while Belgrade talks about compromise and dialogue, Pristina and Tirana are looking for ways to create Greater Albania – an expansionist...
Balkans 09.05.19 | 10:40

First Macedonian member of Parliament to be sworn in Albania

Vasil Sterjovski, a seasoned Macedonian rights activist from Albania, is being named member of the Albanian Parliament. Sterjovski’s Macedonian Alliance for European Integration was part of the coalition led by now President Ilir Meta in the 2017 elections. It’s expected that Sterjovski will...
Balkans 08.05.19 | 10:28

Vucic: As long as I am president, I will not recognize Kosovo

Aleksandar Vucic late on Tuesday spoke about possible solutions for Kosovo, but also about expectations from the upcoming meetings in Rome, but also in Tirana. The president was a guest on Serbia’s public broadcaster RTS when he spoke about solutions for Kosovo after the Berlin summit, noting that...
Balkans 05.05.19 | 18:28

Pope Francis blesses the memory of Ss. Cyril and Methodius during his visit to Bulgaria

During his visit to Bulgaria, Pope Francis blessed the memory of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, the medieval missionaries who spread Christianity throughout the Slavic lands. Ss. Cyril and Methodius are patrons of Europe, whose prayer, dedication and apostolic promotion are examples for us and remain, a millennia...
Balkans 04.05.19 | 21:59

Erdogan signals he backs re-run of contested Istanbul vote

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan signaled on Saturday he backs a re-run of mayoral elections in Istanbul which resulted in a narrow victory for the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) for the first time in 25 years, Reuters reports. Erdogan’s ruling AK Party (AKP), which also lost control...
Balkans 29.04.19 | 10:15

Serbian President speaks out in defense of Albanian baker who faced threats over the “eagle sign”

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic expressed his support to Mon Gjuraj, an ethnic Albanian baker from Belgrade, who faced threatening messages after a picture showing off an Albanian symbol was shared online. Nationalist protesters left pig heads in front of his store after the picture, ostensibly of...
Balkans 22.04.19 | 19:23

Serbia pledges 1 million euros for Notre Dame

The Government of Serbia decides to help the reconstruction of fire-stricken Paris landmark the Notre Dame Cathedral with million Euros, the FoNet news agency has reported on Monday, citing a Government statement. The statement added that this donation “confirms a centuries-long friendship with French...
Balkans 20.04.19 | 15:55

Large group of ISIS camp followers returned to Kosovo

A group of 110 family members of Albanian Islamists were returned to Kosovo yesterday from Syria, where they accompanied ISIS fighters. The group includes four fighters, 32 women and 74 minors, including nine orphans. The fighters will be detained for initial 48 hours, Kosovan security sources said. It...
Balkans 19.04.19 | 13:40

Athens installs Alexander the Great statue

Athens on Friday installed its first Alexander the Great statue, a project mired in bureaucratic delays for nearly three decades. The 3,50-metre (11.5-foot) equestrian statue of a young Alexander, cast in bronze, was erected in central Athens opposite a statue of Lord Byron. According to the city of...
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