CEPA: What’s next for Pristina?
After elections and the appointment of a new Envoy from Washington, Pristina is positioned at a crucial crossroads. Janusz Bugajski considers what’s next. See at: https://bit.ly/2puaQEJ
Read More →Kosovo ISIS Women and Children ‘Escape Syria Camps’ (Balkan Insight)
Some 25 Kosovo Albanian women and children, relatives of so-called Islamic State fighters, have escaped from camps in Syria since Turkey launched its military incursion, said an organisation involved in trying to bring militants’ family members home. Bedri Elezi, director for security studies at the Kosovo Institute for International Studies, who has been helping to […]
Read More →Kosovo Arrests Two over Serb Politician Ivanovic’s Murder (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo police arrested two suspects, including one Serb policeman, in the town of Mitrovica early on Wednesday in connection with last year’s murder of Kosovo Serb political party leader Oliver Ivanovic. Kosovo police said they arrested two suspects – one of them a police officer – in the Serb-majority north of Mitrovica early on Wednesday […]
Read More →Showdown looming over EU expansion ‘soap opera’ (Rte.ie)
EU membership talks for North Macedonia and Albania are now hanging in the balance after France hit out at what it called the “endless soap opera” of admitting new members to the bloc. French President Emmanuel Macron’s hardline position sets up a showdown between France and other member states at this Thursday’s two-day summit in […]
Read More →France warns of ‘endless soap opera’ on Balkans EU membership (Aljazeera)
Paris wants the EU to change the way it admits new members. France stuck to its hard line position against European Union membership talks for North Macedonia and Albania on Tuesday, warning it could not approve negotiations until the bloc reformed the “endless soap opera” of admitting new members. See at: https://bit.ly/2Bh7TtW
Read More →EU fails to agree on talks with Albania, North Macedonia (federalnewsnetwork.com, AP)
European Union ministers failed on Tuesday to reach a consensus on whether to open membership talks with Albania and North Macedonia, amid stiff opposition to the move from France. “It was not a moment of glory for Europe,” Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn told reporters in Luxembourg after taking part in a meeting of European affairs […]
Read More →Bye-Bye, Balkans: A Region In Critical Demographic Decline (Balkan Insight)
Former communist countries in Southeast Europe face catastrophic depopulation, with far-reaching social and political consequences. Young people are leaving. Fertility rates have collapsed. Societies are ageing. And though hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants have tramped through much of the region, few want to stay. See at: https://bit.ly/31cjG7q
Read More →Kosovo War Rape Survivor Seeks Attacker’s Prosecution (Balkan Insight)
Shyhrete Tahiri-Sylejmani filed a criminal complaint to Kosovo’s Special Prosecution for War Crimes on Monday in an attempt to ensure that her attacker during the 1998-99 war is prosecuted. “I am here today to share the pain I hold in my soul and to represent all the mothers, women, sisters and brothers who share the […]
Read More →Kosovo President Seeks Probe into ‘Poisoned’ Election Officials (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo President calls for competent bodies to investigate claims that members of the election commission suffered an allergic reaction after opening ‘poisoned’ ballots cast in Serbia – and urges restraint in the meantime. Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has called for an investigation into claims that members of the national election commission, the CEC, suffered an […]
Read More →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 →Grenell kick-starts stalled Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (neweurope.eu)
In a move aimed at kick-starting the stalled Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, the US’ Special Presidential Envoy, Ambassador Richard Grenell, wound up his impromptu visit to Pristina and Belgrade with a simple message from President Donald J. Trump: “The people of Serbia and Kosovo want peace, economic development, jobs, and a better life for their children.” See […]
Read More →Kosovo election officials fall ill after opening boxes from Serbia (Sky News)
The ballot counters said there was an unusual smell and they then started getting itchy red eyes and hands, with some vomiting. More than two dozen election officials in Kosovo have been taken to hospital after falling ill when opening ballot boxes from Serbia. Local press reported 26 Central Election Commission officials started having allergic […]
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