Greek PM Mitsotakis to Vucic: Greece does not change its stance on Kosovo (Beta, N1, B92)
President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic and Greek Prime Minister Kyroys Mitsotakis agreed in New York that two nations had a sincere friendship and discussed bilateral relations, the situation in the region and Belgrade’s road to the European Union, the Beta news agency reported on Tuesday. Vucic asked Mitsotakis not to change the Greek stand towards […]
Read More →Regimes in Western Balkans say want firmer relations with West, but act contra, panel concludes (VoA, FoNet, N1)
The Washington John Hopkins University’s panel “Western Balkans (WB): Managing the Challenges” dealt with the regional leaders’ real readiness to get closer to the West, adding it should more clearly criticise the WB’s regimes, the Voice of America (VOA) reported on Thursday, as carried by the FoNet news agency. Florian Bieber, a professor of inter-ethnic […]
Read More →US President says Skopje – Athens name deal should inspire other regional states (N1, Beta)
Donald Trump, the US President, told Zoran Zaev, North Macedonia’s Prime Minister, that his deal with Greece on the country’s new name was the greatest achievement in the Balkans since the 1995 Dayton Agreement which ended the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Beta news agency reported. In a letter published by Skopje Government, Trump […]
Read More →Greece to be first to ratify Macedonia-NATO protocol (BETA, B92)
In a symbolic gesture, the Greek Government will most probably be the first country to ratify North Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol. Beta agency is reporting this on Wednesday, citing EURACTIV. The plan is to do this by February 8, sources close to the issue told the Brussels-based website. The article further quotes as NATO spokesperson […]
Read More →Serbia grateful to Greece for not changing stance on Kosovo (Tanjug, B92)
Serbian President and ruling SNS leader Aleksandar Vucic has met with the leader of the Greek opposition party New Democracy, Kyriakos Mitsotakis. SNS officials Jadranka Joksimovic, Marko Djuric and Vladimir Orlic were also present at the meeting in the premises of the SNS in Belgrade. Vucic thanked Mitsotakis for his support and for the confirmation […]
Read More →EU Summit on WB: Enlargement possible, but many obstacles (N1)
The forthcoming European Union Summit on Western Balkans in Sofia will be an incentive to linkage and enlargement, but the potential candidate countries still face a number of obstacles, a conference in Belgrade has been told on Monday. The issue of enlargement was back on the EU’s agenda thanks to the Bulgarian presidency over the […]
Read More →Greece won’t recognize Kosovo, Athens office not diplomatic (B92)
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said in Belgrade on Wednesday that his country will not recognize Kosovo. Kotzias explained that the trade office of Kosovo in Athnes will not be a diplomatic office. “That’s neither been agreed, nor envisaged,” he told a joint news conference with Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic. Asked whether the Community of […]
Read More →“Recognition fairytale, UN membership mirage” – FM Dacic on Kosovo (B92, RTV, Beta)
In an interview with the public broadcaster in the province of Vojvodina (RTV), cited by the Beta agency, Dacic said the possibility of Serbia accepting Kosovo’s UN membership was a mirage. “It would be good if a lasting solution were to be found. But when they talk about a solution for Kosovo in the West, […]
Read More →B92: EU “won’t accept countries with open issues with neighbors” (Serbian media)
EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn says 2025 is “a realistic goal for a new wave of (EU) enlargement.) Serbia and Montenegro have currently “progressed the farthest” toward that goal – but that does not mean that the two countries will definitely be the first to “cross the finish line,” Hahn told Austria’s APA agency. “There is […]
Read More →Pavlopoulos: Albania undermines its path to the EU over its relations with Pristina (Blic, ANA, RTS)
Daily Blic reports that Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said that Albania undermines its own process of joining the European Union with “attitudes of international opportunism, as seen in relations between Tirana and Pristina,” and said that Greece would not remain with “folded hands” before such actions. Pavlopoulos sent a message to Albania from Corfu Island, […]
Read More →Athens condemns Tirana’s Greater Albania provocation (RTS, B92)
The Greek MFA has condemned the manner in which Albania used redevelopment of the Skenderbeg Square in Tirana to promote “unity of Albanian territories.” Namely, some of these territories are located in – other countries, RTS is reporting on Tuesday. The statement, published on the Greek Foreign Ministry’s website under the headline, “Foreign Ministry announcement on […]
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