Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj has reiterated his stance that the idea of border changes with Serbia is dead and that this idea may only be revived through some violent scenario in the north of the country. Haradinaj made this comment in reaction to president Hashim Thaci who criticized the PM for his populist declarations […]
Thirty years old. Victoria Marinova, a journalist. From Bulgaria. She was raped and brutally killed. Why? Authorities investigate the possibility of a crime connected to her reports since her latest professional research had been related to corruption cases. She was murdered in Bulgaria, in the northern town of Ruse on the Danube river. Her body was found in a […]
Nato’s Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg declared today that KFOR offers a safe environment for all communities in Kosovo, including Serbs, and that this mission does everything to support the process for the normalization of relations. Stoltenberg, who is holding a visit to Serbia, has said that dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia is the best platform […]
Нема да дозволиме да ја продадат нашата Македонија. Јас секогаш поддржував дека не можеме на Скопје да му го дадеме името Македонија, бидејќи едноставно, од тој момент сите, официјално ќе ги нарекуваат, не Северномакедонци, Горномакедонци, туку само Македонци, рече поранешниот грчки премиер Андонис Самарас, во неговиот говор пред членовите на Комората во Кавала, на свеченото […]
Nationalist leader Milorad Dodik is leading in the race for the Serb seat of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s three-member presidency. His victory is a blow to the fragile unity of the country created after the brutal civil war, Deutsche Welle reports. With over 85 percent of ballots counted, Bosnian Serb nationalist leader Milorad Dodik declared victory as the […]
NATO strongly supports the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and all efforts that will result in reducing of tensions and solving problems, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said. He arrived in Belgrade yesterday and in an interview with Pink TV, stressed that NATO had excellent dialogue with Serbia and respects the decision not to be part of the Alliance. […]
Настојуваме да ги убедиме и пратениците, но и самиот Панос Каменос дека овој договор треба да биде изгласан и од него и од пратениците на Независни Грци, бидејќи е во корист на интересите на народите, вели министерот за дигитална политика на Грција, Никос Папас, во интервју за грчката државна телевизија ЕРТ. Во случај да се […]
Насловната страница на познатиот британски весник „Гардијан“, во која вели дека референдумот во Македонија бил уште една победа за Русија, ја натера руската амбасада во Скопје да реагира. На својот профил на Твитер, амбасадата возвраќа дека медиумот си игра со репутацијата што ја има. „Почитуван ‘Гардијан’ (и другите западни медиуми), обвинувајќи ја Русија за неуспехот […]
Резултатот од референдумот во Македонија, кој беше одбележан со масовен бојкот, ЕУ треба да го сфати како „сигнал за тревога“ за заканата што ја претставуваат антиевропските сили на Западниот Балкан, изјави денеска црногорскиот претседател Мило Ѓукановиќ. – Продолжувањето на проширувањето (на Унијата) е од клучно значење за Западниот Балкна и за ЕУ, оцени Ѓукановиќ во […]
Премиерот на Република Македонија Зоран Заев и неговиот грчки колега Алексис Ципрас се меѓу фаворитите за Нобеловата награда за мир. Ова за грчката агенција АНА-МПА го изјави Виктор Нумелин, спрецијален уредник за Нобеловите награди на шведската новинска агенција ТТ. – Тешко е да се каже кој е кандидат, а кој не е. Јавна тајна е […]
President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci has met in New York with the Croatian president, Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic. During this meeting, the pair has discussed about the idea of border changes in the Balkans. “The meeting with president of Kosovo, Thaci where we discussed the relations between Belgrade and Pristina and the latest idea for border […]
The Greek Parliament has a majority to ratify the Prespa Agreement, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said Thursday after a meeting with his German counterpart Heiko Maas. FM Maas visited Macedonia earlier this week as part of his regional tour, where he held talks with top state officials. Maas and Kotzias discussed the Prespa Agreement […]
Serbia will benefit the most if Serbs and Albanians reach an agreement and solve problems once and for all, says Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in an op-ed in Belgrade daily “Blic”. Vucic says the two sides need to overcome the “provincial mentality” and realize this is a new era for the entire Balkans and Serbia. […]
In his annual State of the Union speech, President of European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker reflected on the European integration of the Western Balkans. “We need a fortright attitude towards the accession of the Western Balkans. Otherwise, our immediate neighbourhood will be shaped by other actors”, he said. “We must find unity when it comes to […]
The leader of Greece’s junior coalition party, Panos Kammenos, reiterated on Tuesday his MPs would not support a name deal with the Republic of Macedonia if it comes to parliament for a vote. “If this agreement reaches the point of coming to Greece’s Parliament we don’t have the popular mandate to continue to stay in […]
Bartholomew I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, as primus inter pares among the heads of the several autocephalous churches that make up the Orthodox Church, has the right to decree the autocephaly of local churches, a fact that has recently been confirmed at the council of the patriarchs in Constantinople. The issue became important after Bartholomew I indicated […]
The head of the European Initiative for Stability, Gerald Knaus says that the debate for border changes between Kosovo and Serbia is a dangerous one and could spark conflicts in the Balkans. “The idea that the best solution of the problems with the minorities is by removing minorities or by changing borders, has always been […]
I think the Prespa Agreement is a good and fair deal, university professor Marilena Koppa writes in a column for the Greek daily Efimerida ton sidakton. “The agreement closes the 26-year dispute and neither side is defeated or humiliated. Both sides win in the area they deem important: Greece the name, which effectively separates the […]
Germany is against territorial exchanges between Kosovo and Serbia or border changes in Western Balkans. German chancellor, Angela Merkel said on Monday that there cannot be any border changes in Western Balkan countries. She made these comments following a meeting with the Prime Minister of Bosnia, Denis Zvizdic with which she discussed relations in the […]
The recent debates concerning territorial exchanges and border changes between Kosovo and Serbia have also sparked reactions in Macedonia, but all political forces are against these border changes. SDSM in power led by PM Zoran Zaev declared that its policies are driven by the principle of no border changes in the Balkans. “Our policies are […]
