Category: Balkans
Balkans 09.01.19 | 11:38

Haradinaj: 100-percent tax to be lifted when Serbia recognizes Kosovo

Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said after meeting the Minister of Trade and Industry Endrit Shala on Tuesday, that the Kosovo government is interested to rescind the 100-percent tax if Serbia recognizes Kosovo’s statehood. Haradinaj did not want to comment on President Hashim Thaci’s remarks...
Balkans 08.01.19 | 12:06

Joint Turkish-Greek anti-narcotics operation fetches large amount of drugs

Turkish and Greek anti-narcotics forces seized ‘large amounts’ of opiate drugs in Greece’s Piraeus port in capital Athens, according to security sources on Monday. Turkish narcotics police, acting on intelligence that a vessel from Syria carrying drugs was heading for the Greek port...
Balkans 07.01.19 | 11:52

Under pressure from the Trump administration, Thaci pledged to cancel tax on Serbian products

Under pressure from the Trump administration and with President Trump dangling a White House peace ceremony, Kosovo’s president has pledged to take a major step toward resolving an escalating standoff with Balkan rival Serbia, Washington Post writes. Trump has made an unusual direct appeal to Serb...
Balkans 04.01.19 | 14:01

Majlinda Bregu takes office as RCC Secretary General

Majlinda Bregu has assumed her duties of the new Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), following the appointment by the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Foreign Ministers in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia on 23 April 2018. Bregu is an experienced Albanian politician and...
Balkans 03.01.19 | 13:59

Greek consul general in Venezuela found dead in hotel room

Greece’s Consul General to Venezuela, Aggelos Haritos, was found dead in a hotel room in Caracas, Greek television channel Skai reported on Thursday. According to a local journalist who posted the official police report on Twitter, Haritos reportedly suffered brain edema after a heart attack at around...
Balkans 02.01.19 | 13:35

People swim and jump into the water during a traditional New Year’s swim in Slovenia

For the 15th time now, New Year’s Jumps to the sea were organised at the main beach of Portorož at the Slovenian coast. A record number of nearly 700 people participated at the jump to the Adriatic Sea, which showed today a temperature of 11 degrees Celsius. Participants are not only local people,...
Balkans 02.01.19 | 13:16

Erdogan named “the most distinguished world leader of 2018: poll

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was named “the most distinguished world leader of 2018” on Monday in a poll conducted by the Rassd News Network. The online survey was organized by the pro-Muslim Brotherhood news network, which was established in Egypt after the Jan. 25, 2011 popular...
Balkans 02.01.19 | 10:59

Rama: Soon we will have no border with Macedonia, Kosovo is just the beginning

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said in his New Year message that “the opening of the border with Kosovo is just the beginning.” He added that “the same procedure is planned when it comes to Montenegro, Macedonia, and Greece.” “I believe that the border between Albania...
Balkans 02.01.19 | 10:53

Montenegro gives passports in exchange for investment

Foreign investors can now obtain Montenegrin passports based on investments in development projects. The Montenegrin government’s decision on “economic citizenship” came into force on Tuesday, Montenegro-based website CdM is reporting. An investor can get Montenegrin citizenship in...
Balkans 01.01.19 | 18:40

Turkey bans junk food and sweet advertisements that target children

urkey banned the use of promotional gifts included in junk food such as chips, chocolates and candy targeted at children and prohibited them from being advertised during television and radio shows for children, the Trade Ministry announced on Friday. According to the new regulation that aims to stifle...
Balkans 01.01.19 | 18:33

Kosovo PM says Serbia is Russia of the Balkans

Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said on Monday that Serbia is a mini-Russia in the Balkans and threatened to keep the 100 percent tariffs on Serbian goods in place if Belgrade does not change its behaviour. Speaking at an annual meeting with journalists, Haradinaj said that Kosovo was helping...
Balkans 31.12.18 | 12:25

Bosnian Serb protests grow amid anger over mysterious death of student

Special police forces have dispersed protesters demanding the resignation of Bosnian Serb interior minister Dragan Lukac over a student’s death, detaining several people in the north-western town of Banja Luka, Guardian reported. Thousands of protesters gathered on Sunday to accuse Lukac and police...
Balkans 28.12.18 | 14:55

Kosovo President Thaci signs laws on military

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has signed decrees putting into effect the three laws which enable the transformation of the Kosovo Security Forces into a military formation, the Beta news agency reported on Friday. Thaci signed the decrees at a ceremony attended by Security Forces commnader Rahman Rama....
Balkans 28.12.18 | 13:41

Vucic: Who came up with this and what will we sign in Washington?

The president told RTS late on Thursday that he “knows neither who came up with it, nor when Thaci was told this,” and also wondered, “what are we supposed to sign.” As he pointed out, a Kosovo solution is not in sight, and added that he had “stressed this before.” Vucic...
Balkans 28.12.18 | 09:31

Albania’s government fulfills demands of boycotting students

Albania’s government says it has fulfilled the demands of public university students, who boycotted classes for more than two weeks this month, The Associated Press reports. A statement Wednesday said the Cabinet held an extraordinary meeting and decided to meet all the students’ requests. Students...
Balkans 27.12.18 | 13:16

Double controls in Albania-Kosovo customs removed

Interior Minister, Sander Lleshi announced on Thursday that the double control at the Albania-Kosovo border was removed. The Minister informed that the Council of Ministers approved on Wednesday the decision for removing double controls at the “Morine” border crossing point between Kosovo...
Balkans 27.12.18 | 12:05

Thaci: We won the war with Serbia, now let’s win the peace

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci said on Wednesday that Kosovo had won the war with Serbia but now had to win the peace. “We have had a century of hostility with Serbia. We won the war at a great price. Now it’s time to win the peace with Serbia for us and future generations,” Thaci said in his annual...
Balkans 27.12.18 | 09:31

Two injured after explosive device goes off outside church in central Athens

A homemade explosive mechanism blew up outside Aghios Dionysios church in the upscale Athenian district of Kolonaki on Thursday morning injuring a policeman and another man, Greek media reported. The device was placed inside a metallic box discovered by a church employee who notified police, according...
Balkans 26.12.18 | 15:49

Macedonians were “privileged” in the process of obtaining Bulgarian passports

Over 100 mediators worked with candidates for Bulgarian passports who helped collect documents and registration addresses. Macedonians pay 1,000 euros, Kosovars and up to 5,000 euros for Bulgarian passport, claims BTV witness. The Macedonians were priced “privileged” in the process of obtaining...
Balkans 26.12.18 | 14:58

Montenegro to expel monks and priests: report

Montenegro intends to expel more than 30 monks and priests of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti writes. Along with members of their families, this concerns about fifty citizens who work in that country. The newspaper is reporting that under the guise of regulations on...
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