Category: Balkans
Balkans 13.02.19 | 19:14

Haradinaj declares Mogherini an “enemy of Kosovo”

Kosovan Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj declared EU foreign policy and security chief as an “enemy of Kosovo” because of her position that the country must drop the high tariffs it imposed on Serbian products. Kosovo’s success can’t be tied under Mogherini’s timetable. Nobody...
Balkans 13.02.19 | 14:34

Thaci denies secret meetings with Vucic

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has told Radio Television of Albania he did not have any secret meetings with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. Kosovo-based broadcaster RTK is reporting this. “I met with President Vucic at various meetings of leaders and at various ceremonies outside the cameras,...
Balkans 13.02.19 | 14:08

Katrougalos: New era of good, bilateral and friendly relations between two countries begins

Greece’s Alternate Foreign Minister Georgios Katrougalos in an interview with the Greek radio Sto Kokkino on Wednesday said that the Prespa Agreement opens a new era of good, bilateral and friendly relations between the two countries, MIA’s Athens correspondent reported. Katrougalos explained...
Balkans 13.02.19 | 12:02

Albania to ratify Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol on Thursday

The Albanian Parliament will ratify Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol on Thursday. The session will be attended by the Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi. “The Parliament Speaker of the Republic of North Macedonia, Talat Xhaferi will pay a working visit to the Republic of Albania where...
Balkans 13.02.19 | 10:44

US officials criticize Pristina for ignoring advice on tariffs

Three US officials have criticized Pristina for ignoring Washington’s advice to revoke the 100 percent tariffs on goods from Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, the KoSSev portal reported. “After our requests to suspend the tariffs went unheeded, we have decided to take steps to show our concern, including...
Balkans 12.02.19 | 16:54

Vucic: If I had lost in a referendum as Zaev, I would resign

Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic said in an interview with TV Happy that there is no solution for Kosovo and Metohija if it is not accepted by the majority of Serbs, Tanjug reports. He added that no solution is currently being discussed because there are no talks between Belgrade and Pristina. “I...
Balkans 11.02.19 | 16:10

Haradinaj and Rama have the highest salaries in the region

The prime ministers of Kosovo and Albania, Ramush Haradinaj and Edi Rama, have the highest salary compared to their counterparts in other countries in the region, the World Bank said in a report. However, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic has the lowest salary in the region. The prime ministers of Macedonia...
Balkans 11.02.19 | 12:55

Mitsotakis sends message to Skopje: I will use the right to veto

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, during his speech in Kozani, spoke seriously to the Prime Minister and to the results of the Prespa agreement, while he estimated that Greece would hold parliamentary elections on 26 May Under the Prespa agreement, the government of SYRIZA found against all Greeks, not only in Macedonia...
Balkans 11.02.19 | 10:17

Athens to send Note Verbale to Skopje

Athens will send a Note Verbale to Skopje on Monday, informing that Greece has ratified the Prespa Agreement and the NATO Accession Protocol, says Alternate Foreign Minister Geirgios Katrougalos, MIA reports from Athens. Greece’s alternate foreign minister, in an interview with the state-run ANA-MPA,...
Balkans 10.02.19 | 19:50

Serbian opposition begins Parliament boycott

Serbian opposition parties intend to boycott the Parliament unless their demands are met and conditions for free and fair elections are prepared. We don’t want to continue being part of the facade of democracy and to legitimize a totalitarian regime which suffocates all critical thinking and treats...
Balkans 09.02.19 | 11:28

Foreign Minister Zaharieva hopes Bulgarian Parliament will ratify Macedonian NATO accession as early as next week

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva announced that the Bulgarian Parliament may ratify Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol as early as next week. The Greek Parliament ratified the protocol on Friday evening, as provided among the few Greek obligations in the Prespa treaty. It is in Bulgaria’s...
Balkans 08.02.19 | 21:18

Greek Parliament approves Macedonian NATO accession protocol

Greek Parliament ratified the Macedonian NATO accession protocol this evening, wtih 153 votes in favor. It was the same margin with which the socialist Tsipras Government ratified the Prespa treaty, under which Macedonia is supposed to change its name into North Macedonia, while Greece undertakes to...
Balkans 08.02.19 | 16:08

Karakachanov: Macedonia to fulfill its obligations under the agreement with Bulgaria

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Krasimir Karakachanov said that if North Macedonia wants to become a full member of NATO and the European Union must fulfill the commitments it has made in the agreements with Bulgaria and Greece, Bulgarian media report. In a statement for the Bulgarian...
Balkans 08.02.19 | 15:50

Greek Parliament set to vote on Macedonia’s NATO protocol

Greek lawmakers are set Friday to approve Macedonia’s NATO accession. Greek opposition parties reject the move, arguing that the name deal, which will end a 27-year dispute, concedes too much to Macedonia. But the left-led government in Athens controls enough seats in parliament to win the vote,...
Balkans 07.02.19 | 16:46

Thaci: Inclusion of Presevo, Medvedje and Bujanovc in the territory of Kosovo is logical

Speaking about the final agreement with Serbia, President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci said a creative solution is required which would guarantee that the interests of the two sides will be fulfilled as well as those of the U.S., NATO and EU. Thaci thinks inclusion of Presevo, Medvedje and Bujanovc in the...
Balkans 07.02.19 | 13:57

Two children rescued from rubble of Istanbul apartment building

Two children, a girl aged 5 and a boy aged 2, were saved from the ruins of the eight story building which collapsed in Istanbul on Wednesday. The girl, Havva Tekgoz, was rescued after spending 18 hours under the ruins. A total of 43 people lived in the building, and some are still not accounted for. Two...
Balkans 07.02.19 | 11:13

Greek Parliament begins procedure to ratify Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol

Greek Parliament begins deliberating the NATO accession protocol for Macedonia today. Under the Prespa agreement, it is now up to Greece to ratify the protocol, and with that to remove the veto it imposed on Macedonia’s NATO accession in 2008. The protocol, which the Greek Ambassador to NATO signed...
Balkans 06.02.19 | 21:20

Two dead, six injured in Istanbul building collapse

Two people were killed and six wounded in the collapse of a seven-storey building on Wednesday, the Istanbul governor said in a statement. People remain trapped under the rubble, the governor said, without giving an exact number. The building was located in Kartal, a densely populated district on the...
Balkans 06.02.19 | 18:51

EU health official slams Greek minister for defying smoking ban

The European Union’s top health official hit out at Greece’s deputy health minister for publicly defying the country’s smoking ban, saying in remarks published on Tuesday the practice was shameful, Reuters reported. EU Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis, in Athens to mark World Cancer Day,...
Balkans 05.02.19 | 20:26

Greek President Pavlopoulos threatens to block Albania’s EU accession

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos threatened Albania with blocking its accession to the European Union, if the Albanian authorities don’t immediately improve their treatment of the Greek minority in the south of the country. The threat comes just as Greece is expected to stop blocking Macedonia’s...
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