Bilateral and regional cooperation was the focal point of Tuesday’s meeting in Mostar of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. “There’s a lot of time and many things can happen before the upcoming summit in Sofia. It is vital that we do everything in our power to preserve peace and stability […]
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias beginshis mini Balkan tour and on Tuesday , while on Thursday (April 12) he is to meet FM Nikola Dimitrov in Ohrid. Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not yet officially confirmed Kotzias’s tour, but according to media outlets, Kotzias will hold meetings in Belgrade on Wednesday, on Thursday in Ohrid […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Russian specialists had found no trace of a chemical attack on the Syrian rebel-held town of Douma, after allegations from the international community, AFP reported. “Our military specialists have visited this place… and they did not find any trace of chlorine or any other chemical substance […]
Special Prosecution in Kosovo has indicted 11 people involved in the wiretapping scandal known as the “Pronto” affair. The politicians who have been indicted are former MP Adem Grabovci, current minister Besim Beqaj, MP Zenun Pajaziti, former secretary of the ministry of Interior, Ilhami Gashi, the head of the Democratic Party of Prizren, Njazi Kryeziu, […]
Hungary’s right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban has claimed a landslide victory in Sunday’s general election. Fidesz won almost half of the vote, with 93% of ballots counted, Hungary’s National Election Office said. Mr Orban is a strong Eurosceptic who campaigned on an anti-immigration platform. In a speech to supporters on Sunday night, Mr Orban said […]
Voting is drawing to a close in Hungary, where opinion polls have pointed to a third consecutive term for right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Before the vote, Mr Orban and his Fidesz party were polling at 20 points or more ahead of the far-right Jobbik party and the centre-left Socialists. Polling stations were meant to […]
Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said that Pristina would accept a proposal for Kosovo’s partition if there were no mentors in the talks. “If we talked openly, without any mentors, over Kosovo’s partition, Pristina would accept that proposal, taking into consideration its interests,” FM Dacic told daily Blic. He says that big powers consider […]
Kosovo prosecutors on Friday charged 11 officials of President Hashim Thaci’s ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), including a minister, with political cronyism, AFP reports. The accused “worked in co-perpetration … granting unlawful privileges and advantages” to people seeking posts in government agencies and public firms, a special prosecutor’s office statement said. The selection of PDK members […]
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on April 13, Tanjug reported on Friday. The agency said that the second meeting between the two in the past month and a half would come at Merkel’s initiative. It will take place amid tensions around Kosovo and Metohija and Vucic’s announced “ten-day diplomatic […]
Speaking after his meeting with Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu, Vulin said that negotiations had started to acquire new armaments from the Russian Federation: four Mi-17 transport helicopters, and four Mi-35 attack helicopters. Vulin was on an official visit to Russia, during which he participated in the Moscow Conference on International Security. “Also, we continue our […]
Facebook is facing possible criminal sanctions in Indonesia as police begin to investigate whether the social-media company breached privacy laws and allowed the data of Indonesian users to be improperly shared. Indonesia’s communications minister Rudiantara has asked the chief of the National Police, Tito Karnavian, to investigate the matter after Facebook revealed on Thursday that […]
Macedonia’s Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski met with Slovenian State Prosecutor General Drago Sketa, discussing cooperation in the field of rule of law through experience exchange. The programme of Slovenia’s international development cooperation was presented at the meeting, including project “Support to Macedonia in Chapter 24 – Financial Investigations”. Upon an invitation from Slovenian colleague, the project […]
Brussels has mounted pressure on Kosovo’s leadership for the establishment of the Association of Serbian Communes in Kosovo. EU senior officials said that negotiators from Pristina and Belgrade will sit down in Brussels to draft the status of the Association for which Serbia and Belgrade had agreed 5 years ago. The senior EU official, Angelina […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to hold talks with President Donald Trump in Washington on April 27, Bild reported. Details of Merkel’s second official trip to the U.S. during Trump’s presidency are still being worked out , the German newspaper said Thursday, citing officials it didn’t identify. A government spokeswoman declined to comment. The timing would allow Merkel and […]
We are more concerned after the briefing of Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on the pace of Athens-Skopje name talks, Giorgos Koumoutsakos, the shadow foreign minister of Greek opposition party ‘New Democracy, said on Thursday. ‘The New Democracy holds to its position that the solution must be complex, comprehensive and final, namely one that will meet […]
Close associates of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras are contemplating on a larger majority vote of 180 MPs instead of a simple majority of 151 regarding the possible name agreement in the parliament, MIA reports from Athens citing Greek media. “If there is an agreement on the FYROM name, the PM’s associates are discussing to […]
Lt General Evgeny Buzhinsky said diplomatic tensions risk becoming ‘worse than the cold war’ – and claimed the West is trying to overthrow Vladimir Putin’s government. A retired Russian general has warned that the fallout from the Salisbury attack could trigger “the last war in the history of mankind”. Lt General Evgeny Buzhinsky said diplomatic […]
On 17 May, Bulgaria will host the EU Summit with countries of Western Balkans, which is expected to finalize an agreement on transport, energy and digital connections in this region. While everything seemed to be on the right tracks, the Bulgarian rotating presidency of the EU has faced the refusal of five countries which have […]
Fugitive Russians in the UK are effectively “hostages” of Western spy agencies, the father of Alexander Litvinenko, an intelligence officer who was poisoned in London a decade ago, told RT, sharing his insight on the Skripal case. Walter Litvinenko used to support the theory of Russia’s involvement in the 2006 poisoning of his son, Alexander, […]
Opposition MP Georgios Koumoutsakos has criticized the Greek government over the name talks, saying they only confirm the existing impasse, MIA reports from Athens. “As far as we know, there are serious complications. In fact, Kotzias’ visit to the neighboring country started and ended with the landing at the airport in Skopje. In addition, the […]
