Category: Balkans
Balkans 03.04.23 | 08:27

Milo Djukanovic defeated after three decades in power, Jakov Milanovic is the new President of Montenegro

Powerful Montenegrin ruler Milo Djukanovic was defeated in the presidential elections, and will step down from power for the first time in over three decades, during which he has ruled officially or unofficially. Djukanovic was defeated by young opposition candidate Jakov Milatovic, which prompted celebrations...
Balkans 02.04.23 | 10:14

Montenegro: Djukanovic fights for his political survival

Montenegro holds a second round of presidential elections that will determine whether Milo Djukanovic will maintain his hold on power after unprecedented three decades. He’s facing Jakov Milatovic, who bested other opposition candidates in the first round and courts the youth vote with promises...
Macedonia Balkans 29.03.23 | 12:46

Bulgarian minister: EU negotiations will be opened when Macedonia changes the Constitution

Macedonia has no deadlines for implementing the requirements in the French proposal, which was a condition for the European Union to give us the green light for the screening process, which will last until the end of this year, emphasized the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria in an interview with...
Balkans 29.03.23 | 09:04

Bulgaria to financially help Macedonian Bulgarians who want to sue the state

In an interview with Bulgarian national television, Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikolay Milkov said there is an escalation and increase in tensions with Macedonia. In recent months we have witnessed various actions that are hostile and inconsistent with the understanding and contractual basis....
Balkans 28.03.23 | 11:05

EU called on Belgrade and Pristina to respect the Ohrid Agreement

European Union institutions, with the support of EU leaders, will take the first steps towards the implementation of the Ohrid Agreement together with Kosovo and Serbia in the coming days, European Commission spokesperson Peter Stano told the BETA agency. The spokesperson of the high representative of...
Balkans 25.03.23 | 19:37

Vucic meets Hungarian Prime Minister Orban in Belgrade, discusses geopolitical situation and plans

In Belgrade, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó, with whom he discussed the development of the geopolitical situation, assessments, plans, new projects and cooperation, MIA’s correspondent in Belgrade reported. “With...
Balkans 21.03.23 | 12:16

State Department: Corruption, gender-based violence of concern in Albania, Kosovo

According to the latest United States Department of State report published Monday, corruption and gender-based violence remain critical issues for Albania and Kosovo, Euractiv reported. In Albania, deficiencies with the independence and integrity of the judiciary, a lack of independent media, and ongoing...
Balkans 21.03.23 | 10:01

Escobar: Ohrid agreement aimed at regional reconciliation and accelerated EU membership for Western Balkans

The U.S. has once again shown that it fully supports Macedonia’s EU membership and wants to see the country become an EU member as soon as possible, but it is also closely following Kosovo and Serbia’s actions for the implementation of what has been agreed in Ohrid, and will continue to provide active...
Balkans 20.03.23 | 10:12

United States welcomes EU-facilitated accord between Kosovo and Serbia

The United States welcomes the accord Kosovo and Serbia reached through European Union facilitation on the implementation of their February 27 Agreement on the Path to Normalization of Relations, according to a press release from the US Department of State. We commend the President of Serbia and the...
Balkans 19.03.23 | 18:25

Unprecedented pressure on the Serbian president in Ohrid: All evening they told me, “come on Vucic, sign”

It is important for us to no longer depend on the will of Pristina. I will soon visit Kosovo and Metohija. They told me all evening, come on, Vucic, sign, the Serbian president said about the marathon meeting in Ohrid. I have unbearable pain in my right hand and I only sign with my right hand, it will...
Balkans 19.03.23 | 12:18

Rama on Kurti-Vucic meeting in Ohrid: Let’s hope that the agreement is not another Balkan trickery

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama expressed the hope that it will not be “another Balkan trickery” in connection with the harmonization of the Annex agreement for the normalization of mutual relations between Serbia and Kosovo in Ohrid, with the mediation of the EU.
Macedonia Balkans 19.03.23 | 10:21

Vucic-Kurti meeting in Ohrid ended without full agreement, but there is hope

The almost 12-hour meeting in Ohrid between Vucic and Kurti ended late last night. Vucic and Kurti discussed the European proposal – an agreement consisting of 11 points. We expect details of yesterday’s marathon talks in Ohrid to be announced at any moment. After the meeting, visibly tired,...
Balkans 15.03.23 | 16:01

Bulgaria is facing Bankruptcy, says its Ministry of Finance

Bulgaria is threatened with bankruptcy. There is a serious problem in maintaining fiscal stability, Novinite reports. There is a risk of a change in the existing exchange rate of the leva against the euro. Our accession to the Eurozone has to be postponed indefinitely. Borrowing from the IMF may be...
Balkans 15.03.23 | 10:32

Kurti: I expect an agreement with Serbia in Ohrid

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti said that he is optimistic that an agreement will be reached between Kosovo and Serbia at the upcoming meeting in Ohrid. The implementation plan should be discussed in Ohrid, and perhaps not only in Ohrid. I am an optimist, but whether the meeting will succeed or not,...
Balkans 14.03.23 | 10:21

Bulgarian lobbyists demand that EU declares “Day of Bulgaria for the rescue of Jews”

Bulgaria apparently wastes no time in presenting its truth about the deportation of the Jews and uses (abuses) EU membership. The latest initiative comes from Bulgarian lobbyists headed by a certain Dzerasi who sent an initiative to the EU to declare “Day of Bulgaria for the rescue of Jews”. The...
Balkans 14.03.23 | 09:34

A witness told how they killed the criminals with Macedonian passports in a restaurant in Athens

At yesterday’s hearing in the trial of the Velja Nevolja group, the witness Bojan Hrvatin described in detail how Igor Dedović and Stevan Stamatović were killed. This is important for us because these two members of the Skaljarski gang who were killed in Athens in a restaurant had Macedonian...
Macedonia Balkans 13.03.23 | 11:32

Bulgarian activist threatens Pendarovski

The President of Macedonia, Stevo Pendarovski, justifies Nazi Germany for the death of 11,000 Jews, accusing that there is no place for Nazis in the European Union! And Pendarovski will be separately held responsible for his neo-Nazism and soon he will understand that!” Viktor Stojanov, president...
Balkans 11.03.23 | 16:11

Jews ask Bulgaria not to distort history, Iotova announced a museum dedicated to their “rescue”

Today, Macedonia marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the persecution of the Macedonian Jews in the Treblinka camp. On this very day, announcements are coming from Bulgaria that it also wants to be part of the history of the persecution of the Jews, but made up in its own way. In particular,...
Balkans 11.03.23 | 08:06

Andrey Kovatchev claims in the EP that Bulgaria saved the Jews, not that it sent them to Treblinka

MEP Andrey Kovatchev in the European Parliament organizes meetings with parliamentarians in which he claims that Bulgaria saved the Jews from Macedonia and Bulgaria. The event was held on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. .
Balkans 10.03.23 | 11:20

EU Council gives Kosovo green light for visa-free travel

European Union countries have agreed on Thursday to allow Kosovo citizens to travel to the bloc without a visa, pending the formal approval by the European Parliament. “Kosovo has made great efforts to improve its security and migration management and to align its visa policy with that of the...
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