Self Determination Party in Kosovo has held a series of meetings with its supporters all over the country under the slogan “Down with this government of thieves”. In the numerous meetings that he has had with party faithful, chairman Albin Kurti has demanded “fresh elections to put an end to this regime”. In last night’s […]
Leaders of Kosovo and Serbia will meet on April 29 in Berlin at the invitation of Germany and France. This was confirmed on Wednesday by Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vucic, who said that he was invited in Berlin along with this country’s Prime Minister, Ana Brnabic. Meanwhile, Kosovo’s president Hashim Thaci and Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj […]
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva told Parliament on April 10 that the country’s reaction to a claim by her Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu that Ankara had intervened in the Religious Denominations Act amendments had been appropriate and acute. Presenting a demarche to Turkey was the most acute reaction, Zaharieva said. Bulgaria had given clear diplomatic […]
The Albanian delegation, which is participating in the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly session, taking place from 8 to 12 April in Strasbourg, has had a meeting with Croatian deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Marija Mejcinovic Buric. During this meeting, the Croatian senior official has praised the reforms that Albania has launched and said […]
Kosovo’s Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has announced today his decision to fire minister for Administration and Local Government, Ivan Teodosijevic. PM Haradinaj said that he had taken this decision following the use of hate speech by minister Teodosijevic against Albanians and NATO. The Serb minister had earlier declared that NATO had committed genocide on Serbs and […]
Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Krassimir Karakachanov’s VMRO party said that it would register on April 9 for European Parliament elections, becoming the second of the “United Patriots” nationalist grouping to do so separately from its partners. Parties and coalitions intending to participate in Bulgaria’s May 26 2019 European Parliament elections have until April 10 to […]
“We in the European Union can live safe and stable only if we do more for security, stability and regional reconciliation in the Western Balkans”, said Michael Roth, state secretary of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In an interview for Deutsche Welle (DW), Roth has stressed that he was “satisfied over the fact that […]
Rumors of holding new elections in Istanbul! While the count of invalid ballots in Istanbul continues, the difference between the winner Ekrem Imamoglu and the ruling party candidate, Binali Yildirim, has fallen to about 15,000 votes from 23,000, but everyone agrees that as things stand at the moment, the difference can not to change in […]
11 years ago, two months after the proclamation of independence, parliament also ratified the country’s Constitution, which came into effect on 15 June 2008. The Constitution is the most important legal document which guarantees fundamental rights and freedoms for citizens of this country. The Constitution defines Kosovo as a secular state. This document has 14 […]
North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov is confident in country’s European perspective – North Macedonia’s success in the European integration is a success for entire region. Dimitrov, who is paying working visit to Berlin, said on Facebook that the next two days are crucial to the country’s European prospects. “The next two days, key meetings […]
Turkey has demanded from authorities in North Macedonia to extradite individuals suspected of being members of FETO organization. PM Zoran Zaev said that authorities in Skopje will act in compliance with the International Convention for Extradition and the country’s legislation. He said that they’re examining the requests made by Turkish authorities, but without specifying if […]
The number of asylum seekers from Kosovo in EU member countries has seen the biggest decline among all countries of Western Balkan region. According to the latest report issued by EPIK, in 2018 there were only 4970 asylum seekers from Kosovo, whereas in 2015 this number was 72480. EPIK institute says that the number of […]
Greece’s Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis stated that the Government has not fully explained the positive aspects of the Prespa Agreement. In an interview with the Greek newspaper Documento, Speaker Voutsis says that instead of explaining the agreement to the people, the Government has put it on standby, believing that the positive aspects of the deal […]
Media outlets in both countries have recently reported that hundreds of refugees are staying on the Greek side of the border with North Macedonia in an attempt to cross this border. According to authorities in North Macedonia, rumours spread on social media has led to a high concentration of refugees on the border. Refugees want […]
Kosovo and Serbia have entered the final phase of dialogue which aims at normalizing ties between the two countries. However, this process of dialogue has recently come to a halt and no meetings have taken place between the presidents of the two countries in the past four months. This stalemate has worried EU representatives. EU […]
A bishop from the “Macedonian Orthodox Church” will accompany a Bulgarian Orthodox Church delegation to Jerusalem at Easter 2019 to fetch the “Holy Fire”. This emerged at a meeting between Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and Bulgarian Orthodox Church Stara Zagora Metropolitan Kiprian, who heads the church’s commission on relations with the church in North […]
33 MEPs from 16 countries support Zaev and Tsipras to be nominated for Nobel Peace Prize. This is the first time that such a pioneering agreement, like the Prespa Agreement, is being reached in the Balkan region, write the MEPs from 16 countries and six political groups in the European Parliament, who signed a letter […]
Opposition in Albania held another demonstration in front of the country’s parliament today where there were violent clashes between opposition’s supporters and the numerous police forces that were there to maintain order. Meanwhile, demonstrators also threw smoke bombs and other strong objects towards law enforcement officers. Police on the other hand used water cannons to […]
The visit that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held in Skopje yesterday has triggered a debate and was also commented by presidential candidates during the meetings that they had with voters. VMRO-DPMNE presidential candidate, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova was critical about the fact that the national anthem was not played and the Republican Guard was not present […]
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras came carrying this message in his first official visit to North Macedonia that was done without an official welcome, allegedly because of the delegation’s delayed flight. Tsipras assessed that this visit presents an important and historic day for us and for the Balkans, that a lot of time has been […]
