Juncker raises spectre of new Balkans war (EurActiv)
European Union Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker warned on Friday (5 October) of a possible new war in the Balkans if Bosnia, Albania, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosovo do not feel the EU is serious about offering them future membership. See at: https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/juncker-raises-spectre-of-new-balkans-war/
Read More →Why we need to stabilise the Western Balkans (EurActiv)
Martina Larkin, head of Europe and Eurasia and a member of the Executive Committee of the World Economic Forum, writes that as Europe is confronted by different visions about its future, the question is how these visions will affect the Western Balkans. Larkin argues for the need to ensure a sustainable, long-term development of the […]
Read More →Hahn: Western Balkans can join EU, but there will be no discount (EurActiv)
All six countries in the Western Balkans have a European perspective, and Serbia as one of the leaders in the process could help the entire region’s progress towards membership, Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn said in Belgrade on Wednesday (7 February). Addressing a conference on EU accession prospects, Hahn underscored that Serbia, like the other candidates, […]
Read More →Joining the EU is a marathon, says Serbian PM (Euractive)
EXCLUSIVE / Serbia and Montenegro are seen as the two Western Balkan frontrunners to join the EU but Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić told EURACTIV.com in a wide-ranging interview that joining the soon-to-be 27-country bloc is a matter of endurance and not a competition. “For Serbia, joining the EU is like a marathon,” Brnabić told […]
Read More →Western powers concerned at Kosovo political deadlock (Euractiv)
Leading western powers voiced concern yesterday(13 August)at political deadlock in Kosovo,which has still not formed a government two months after snap elections in the tiny country,a former Serbian province. Britain,France,Germany,Italy and United States said it was“the responsibility of Kosovo’s leaders”to form a parliament and government https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/western-powers-concerned-at-kosovo-political-deadlock/llowing the June ballots.
Read More →Kosovo on brink of political crisis (EurActiv)
Kosovo is facing political crisis after its new parliament failed to elect a speaker on Thursday (3 August), casting doubt on whether the coalition that won June’s snap election can muster a majority. http://bit.ly/2wd8War
Read More →Kosovo lurches to nationalism as Brussels lets down its friends (EurActiv)
Denis MacShane, former UK Minister for the Balkans, writes in an op-ed that elections in Kosovo have produced a result that shows the spectre of ultra-nationalism and populist rejection of Europe is not the exclusive property of Donald Trump and Europe’s nationalist-populist ideologues. http://bit.ly/2ttUfxy
Read More →Fragile Kosovo prepares for ‘crucial’ vote (EurActiv)
Nine years after proclaiming independence, fragile Kosovo votes Sunday (11 June) at a time of high tension with Serbia, rampant unemployment and some of its leaders threatened with prosecution for war crimes. http://bit.ly/2s2GDvM
Read More →EU hopes for Western Balkan common market deal by mid-2018 (EurActiv)
The European Union hopes six Balkan countries will agree at a summit on July 12 in Italy to create a regional common market that could be working within a year, a top EU official said on Tuesday (6 June), in the bloc’s latest step to re-engage the region. http://bit.ly/2siKVzF
Read More →UN officials concerned over Belgrade-Pristina talks (EurActiv)
The chief of UNMIK, the UN mission in Kosovo, Zahir Tanin warned of rising tensions in Kosovo and weakening trust between Belgrade and Pristina during Tuesday’s UN Security Council session (16 May). http://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/un-officials-concerned-over-belgrade-pristina-talks/
Read More →“Albanian politicians are main threat to Europe and Balkans” (B92)
The EU should recognize that Albanian politicians are the main threat to peace and stability not only in the Balkans but also in Europe. This is what Serbian First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister has told the website euractiv.com, Beta is reporting on Wednesday. Asked to comment on Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj’s statement to […]
Read More →Serbian FM: Albanian politicians are the main threat to Europe and the Balkans (EurActiv)
The EU should recognise that Albanian politicians are the main threat to peace and stability not only in the Balkans but also in Europe, Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dačić told EURACTIV.com. http://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/serbian-fm-albanian-politicians-are-the-main-threat-to-europe-and-the-balkans/
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