The latest statements by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev over the name dispute have again made waves between the ruling and opposition parties in Greece. “Following Zaev’s statements for the MIA news agency, in which he claims that Skopje is not negotiating a name for all uses, Greeks are asking themselves what is the Tsipras, Kammenos, Kotzias […]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg drew attention to already existing NATO presence in Turkey and called on all allies to provide more support to the country. Stoltenberg spoke to Anadolu Agency at the NATO headquarters in Brussels ahead of his official visit to Turkey on April 16. The NATO chief said the aim of his […]
Slovenia will hold an early general election on June 3, President Borut Pahor announced on Saturday, a month after center-left Prime Minister Miro Cerar resigned over a legal obstacle to a government investment project. “On this day I dismiss the parliament and determine June 3 as the date of early parliamentary election,” Reuters quotes Pahor […]
Voters in Montenegro are casting their ballots in a presidential election that the former prime minister Milo Đukanović is expected to win after his party defied Russia and took the small Balkan country last year. The vote is the first since Montenegro joined the western military alliance in December. It is seen as a test […]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, will visit Kosovo tomorrow. According to the Bulgarian news agency BTA, the purpose of the visit is to consider ways to improve cooperation in the region and to maintain peace and stability in the Balkans. Borissov will meet with Kosovo […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has welcomed the combined strikes on Syria’s alleged chemical facilities, saying that the operation sent a message to his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad. The US and its allies, Britain and France, carried out a wave of strikes against Assad’s government on Saturday, a week after a suspected deadly gas attack on the rebel-held Damascus suburb […]
Greek Foreign minister, Nikos Kotzias, has held a meeting in Pristina today with his counterpart from Kosovo, Behgjet Pacolli. In contrast to the other visits held as part of the Balkan tour, the Greek diplomat did not deliver a joint press conference following the meeting with Pacolli. “We have a lot to talk and to […]
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said Wednesday in Belgrade that a step forward has been made in the name dispute and its settlement requires compromise. “Realism and pragmatism is the key to solution. Compromise is needed, but not a rotten one. Both sides need to understand that they cannot get everything,” said FM Kotzias after […]
Greek government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos has voiced conviction over the political prerequisites and will for a solution to the name issue, adding that more steps are required for an agreement, MIA reports from Athens. “I believe there are political prerequisites and will for an agreement, but a long way is still ahead in the talks. […]
In an April 10 telephone conversation, Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi assured Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov that his country does not aim to start any conflicts or armed attacks, a Bulgarian government statement said. Borissov, whose country is the current holder of the Presidency of the Council of the EU, had said earlier in Mostar, […]
“We shouldn’t miss the chance to solve this issue. The Zoran Zaev-led government has opened a window of opportunity. There are difficulties, which in fact have left the row unsolved for 25 years. It is in our national interest to find a solution to the name issue,” the Vice President of the European Parliament said in […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
