Macron Seeks to Slow EU Expansion in Blow to Balkan Aspirations (Bloomberg)
Balkan hopes of starting accession negotiations with the European Union hang in the balance, as France insists the bloc is not yet ready to discuss the possibility of accepting new members, documents exchanged between diplomatic missions in Brussels show. See at: https://bloom.bg/2OMv0EM
Read More →Grand EU Bargain Foreshadows Frustration From Poland to Kosovo (Bloomberg)
European Union leaders may have sought to balance political, national and geographic interests when choosing the bloc’s new leadership, but ex-communist nations both inside and outside its borders look to have ended up with the short end of the bargain. While the EU’s biggest eastern members helped torpedo German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s plan and celebrated […]
Read More →Kosovo Plans to Create Army Next Week, Drawing Anger From Serbs (Bloomberg)
Kosovo will adopt laws next week to open the way to turning its lightly armed security force into an army, its parliament speaker said, drawing condemnation from its neighbor Serbia. See at:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-04/kosovo-plans-to-create-army-next-week-drawing-anger-from-serbs
Read More →Women Are Handed the Reins to Steer Serbia’s Monetary Policy (Bloomberg)
Serbian lawmakers approved two women to become new vice governors at the central bank, creating a gender ratio unique in Europe in a team that sets the Balkan nation’s monetary policy. See at:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-25/women-are-handed-the-reins-to-steer-serbia-s-monetary-policy
Read More →Imagine the Balkans Without Balkanization (Bloomberg)
EU membership is the prize meant to persuade Serbia and Kosovo to set aside resentments left by war. It’s finally possible. Almost two decades after the last war ended in the western Balkans, there’s a chance that the word “balkanization” soon will no longer apply to the region. Finally, all the countries formed by the […]
Read More →Inside Steve Bannon’s Plans for a New European Political Order (Bloomberg)
Steve Bannon helped upend the political order in the U.S. before falling out with President Donald Trump. Now he’s looking to recreate his former glories in Europe. Bannon is planning a roadshow across half a dozen European countries starting this week to galvanize populist leaders and parties into a loose alliance and help gain a […]
Read More →Europe’s Volatile Flank Finds Itself Focus of Global Attention (Bloomberg)
The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo will discuss a potential land swap and the idea has sparked warnings of a return to conflict. If history is anything to go by, Europe’s most volatile region is headed into another precarious period, and the repercussions could again be felt around the world. See at: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-06/europe-risks-opening-a-pandora-s-box
Read More →Serbia Floats Ethnic Partition in Search of Kosovo Deal (Bloomberg)
Serbia’s proposal to normalize ties with Kosovo may include some form of partition along ethnic lines to try to halt an outflow of Serbs from areas dominated by ethnic Albanians, President Aleksandar Vucic said. “It’s better to get something than nothing,” said the president, who is yet to outline details of his plan that may […]
Read More →Serb Government Rebuffs Top Cleric for Comments on Kosovo Pivot (Bloomberg)
Serbia’s government told the country’s dominant Christian Orthodox Church not to pressure President Aleksandar Vucic on the future of Kosovo as he readies the Balkan country for a debate on future ties. https://bloom.bg/2xubtAs
Read More →Kosovo Partition May Solve Historic Dispute, Serb Deputy PM Says (Bloomberg)
Serbia should end its claim to all of Kosovo and seek to regain control of the northern part of the breakaway province where Serbs are in the majority, Deputy Premier Ivica Dacic said in an opinion piece published by Vecernje Novosti on Monday. In his second such appeal in two weeks and echoing calls for […]
Read More →Merkel and Macron Sweeten EU Path for Volatile Western Balkans (Bloomberg)
The leaders of some of the European Union’s biggest economies, including Germany’s Angela Merkel, will offer the western Balkan countries new incentives to join the world’s largest trading bloc and stabilize the continent’s most volatile region. https://bloom.bg/2tMhF2x
Read More →Inside Europe’s Balkan Tinderbox (Bloomberg)
As Trump belittles NATO and sends conciliatory signs to the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin is stepping in. He has pledged to strengthen defense cooperation with Serbia, a traditional ally, donating six used MiG-29 fighter planes to the army. He also offered the country to join a trade agreement that would be incompatible with Serbia’s […]
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