Category: Balkans
Balkans 04.08.23 | 22:44

Floods in Slovenia – at least three killed

At least three people have did in the devastatubg fkiids that hit Slovenia today, as a storm front moved through the country. The fatalities include two Dutch tourists killed in the mountains above Kranj.Evacuation orders were given in the low laying areas and citizens fear that the worst is yet to come...
Balkans 29.07.23 | 11:25

Direct flight Skopje – Sarajevo will be introduced in October

Aegean and Star Alliance will launch a direct flight Skopje – Sarajevo in October. The two capitals will be linked by three evening flights a week, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Balkans 25.07.23 | 15:55

Britain will pay four million pounds annually to Albania to take home its murderers and rapists

According to the recently ratified agreement between Great Britain and Albania, Britain will pay Albania four million pounds annually to take home the 200 most dangerous ethnic Albanian criminals, condemned in Britain for heavy crimes, such as murder, robbery, rape, drug smuggling, Albanian media inform. Among...
Balkans 20.07.23 | 10:19

Major storm hits Croatia and Serbia

A devastating storm is inflicting casualties and serious damage on Croatia and is moving toward Serbia. The storm killed at least three people in Zagreb, where it tore off roofs and toppled trees. It wrecked havoc across the areas of Srem, Macva and Podrinje, and late on Wednesday evening began to pound...
Balkans 19.07.23 | 19:30

US will do what it takes to prevent the secession of Republika Srpska from Bosnia

Balkan envoy Gabriel Escobar said that the US will do all it takes to prevent the secession of Republika Srpska from Bosnia. Escobar was testifying before the Congress, where he was asked about increasing separatist moves from Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik. He warned that Republika Srpska would be...
Balkans 17.07.23 | 18:15

Strong forest fire prompts evacuations in Greece

Several settlements east of Athens have been evacuated after a major forest fire. Over 150 firefighters, including a unit from Romania, and several planes are fighting the fire. Greece is at serious risk from forest fires every summer due the heat and the strong winds.  
Balkans 14.07.23 | 21:58

Albanian man planned to smuggle weapons into Macedonia

Albanian police seized a cache of weapons in the city of Pogradec, on lake Ohrid. The weapons were supposed to be smuggled into Macedonia. The cache consisted of one light machinegun, one automatic rifle, two semi-automatic rifles, and a significant quantity of ammunition. It was found in the stall of...
Balkans 13.07.23 | 12:58

Fistfight broke out in the Parliament of Kosovo

A fist fight broke out in the Parliament of Kosovo, after Prime Minister Albin Kurti was splashed with water at the pulpit. Opposition members of Parliament provoked Kurti, but were met with fierce reaction from the representatives from his VV party and immediately fists began to fly. Speaker Glauk Konjufca...
Balkans 12.07.23 | 20:06

European Parliament supports adding Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen group

With a significant majority of 526 votes in favor and 57 opposed, the European Parliament supported the idea of adding Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen group. The two countries were shamed earlier this year when their requests were rejected, because of their failures to uphold the rule of law. According...
Balkans 08.07.23 | 17:44

Angry Vuchikj spoke to French colleague Macron: Kosovo doesn’t even conceal the violence over the Serbian community

The President of Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vuchikj, had a phone conversation with his French colleague Emmanuel Macron, after which he informed on his Instagram account that it was a serious debate about the situation in Kosovo. “The violence over the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija is not even...
Balkans 04.07.23 | 18:21

Bulgarian historians believe that their civilization has influenced the Egyptians

Bulgarian archeologists are advancing a theory that their ancient civilization has influenced ancient Egypt. According to Bulgarian media outlets, a team lead by professor Ana Raduceva has spotted similarities between the prehistoric sites in Bulgaria and those in Egypt. “Some of the objects found...
Balkans 03.07.23 | 17:57

Bill Clinton visits Albania

Former US President Bill Clinton is visiting Albania, for a meeting with Prime Minister Edi Rama. This evening Clinton will receive a grand welcome in downtown Tirana. He is remembered fondly by the Albanians for launching the Kosovo War against Serbia, that eventually led to independence for Kosovo.
Balkans 02.07.23 | 08:53

EU measures against Kosovo go into effect

EU measures against Kosovo went into effect as the Government there is being punished for its refusal to allow the Serbian municipalities to organize into an association. Kosovo will no longer be invited to high level meetings and will be left out of a 2.1 billion EUR investment fund for the region....
Balkans 03.06.23 | 14:34

Cocaine seized in Greece was trafficked by a gang with ties in Macedonia

Over 160 kilograms of cocaine were seized in Greece, after a police operation coordinated with the United States and Macedonia. A total of 14 people were arrested in Macedonia and Greece, all allegedly linked to the drug transport. The raid is part of a broader operation that began in May, when 104 kilograms...
Balkans 17.04.23 | 14:26

Albania: Two Macedonian compete for the position of Mayor of Pustec

Two Macedonians are in the running for Mayor of the  municipality of Pustec in south-east Albania, which is majority ethnic Macedonian. Incumbent Mayor Pali Kolefski from the Macedonian Alliance for European Integration party is candidate of the coalition led by the ruling Socialist Party of Prime Minister...
Balkans 17.04.23 | 12:49

Kosovo and Serbia call on each other to implement their obligations from the Ohrid treaty

Kosovan Prime Minister Artan Grubi urged Serbia to begin implementing its sharee of obligations from the agreement that was recently reached in Ohrid. This is in response to calls from his Serbian counterpart Ana Brnabic that Kosovo must begin implementing its own big obligation from the treaty –...
Balkans 15.04.23 | 16:27

Greece: Four people killed in an accident caused by migrant trafficker who was trying to flee the police

Two Greek drivers and four illegal immigrants were killed in a head-on collision near Alexandropouli. The accident happened when the police tried to intercept a van that was transporting migrants. The driver tied to flee and hit a local car. Both drivers were killed as were four of the 10 migrants in...
Balkans 04.04.23 | 09:24

Bulgaria: Borisov won the elections but can’t form a Government

The results of the elections in Bulgaria were declared. The GERB-SDS coalition won the elections, with almost 670,000 votes, ahead of the PP-DB coalition with about 620,000 votes. Both groups will have about 70 seats in Parliament – well short of the 121 seats needed to form a Government. The nationalist,...
Balkans 03.04.23 | 12:03

Bulgarian nationalist party wins third place in the elections

The elections in Bulgaria propelled the nationalist Rebirth party to third place. Kostadin Kostadinov’s pro-Russian outfit went ahead of the Turkish DPS party, and placed itself behind only the leading GERB party and the PP-DB coalition. This could mean trouble for Macedonia, if any of the leading...
Balkans 03.04.23 | 09:45

Another deadlocked election in Bulgaria

Bulgaria had another inconclusive election, the fifth in three years. The conservative GERB party of Boyko Borisov is practically tied with the youth-urban coalition of PP and DB led by Kiril Petkov. Both groups are going to have about 70 seats in Parliament, far below the 121 votes needed to form a...
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