Californian Senator plans to redraw Balkan borders (New Europe)
A generation after the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia and weeks following President Trump‘s withdrawal from nation-building ambitions, a Californian Congressman apparently plans to single-handily introduce border changes in the Balkans. https://www.neweurope.eu/article/californian-senator-plans-redraw-balkan-borders/
Read More →Macedonia Blasts U.S. Congressman’s Claim It’s ‘Not A Country,’ Should Be Divided (RFE)
Macedonia angrily rejected a U.S. Republican lawmaker’s assertion that it “is not a country” and it should be divided between neighboring Bulgaria and Kosovo. http://www.rferl.org/a/macedonia-blasts-us-congressman-claim-not-coutnry-should-be-divided-kosovo-bulgaria-albania/28299244.html
Read More →US Congressman Slammed for Proposing New Balkan Borders (Balkan Insight)
Politicians in the Balkans condemned Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher for suggesting that Serbia and Kosovo swap territory and for claiming that Macedonia is not a state. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/balkans-politicians-dismissing-us-congressman-proposals-02-08-2017
Read More →Balkan states to introduce more anti-migrant controls (EUobserver)
Over a dozen European interior ministers vowed to impose more measures to curtail migrants from using the Western Balkan routes in their efforts to seek better lives outside Greece. https://euobserver.com/migration/136844
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 8 February
• Opposition believes that Association and Demarcation will destabilise situation (KTV)
• FM Hoxhaj concerned that Serbia is getting armed by Russia (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• MPs to discuss Kosovo Army on Thursday’s session (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Government’s building in Kosovo north still not functional (KTV)
• KJA wants to be included in drafting of Law on RTK (KTV)
• Protection of Serbian cultural heritage remains KFOR’s priority (RTK2)
• Jevtic informed CoE Commissioner for Human Rights on situation of IDPs (RTK2)
UNMIK Headlines 9 February
Hoxhaj: Serbia is being armed by Russia (Zeri)
Kosovo delivers HLC war crimes report to 130 countries (Koha Ditore)
Tusk: EU to do all to improve situation in the Balkans (Bota Sot)
Tahiri: Association after dissolution of parallel structures (Zëri)
O’Connell: Territorial swap, dangerous idea (Klan Kosova)
IS fighter from Kosovo reported killed (Koha/RTK)