EBRD: Balkan countries may need 200 years to catch up with average income in EU (Beta, Biznis Magazine)
The Western Balkans countries need almost two centuries to reach an average income in the European Union member states if they progress at such a low growth rate, EBRD Director for the region Zsuzsanna Hargittai said on Wednesday, the Beta news agency reported. According to her, some of the main reasons for relative lagging of […]
Read More →Brammertz: I think there is no progress in reconciliation, there is a risk to society; report on region mainly negative (N1)
The prosecutor of a UN war crimes tribunal told N1 on Wednesday that his report on the level of cooperation between the countries of the region and the tribunal is mainly negative. Serge Brammertz, chief prosecutor at the Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, is on a three-day visit to Belgrade during which he has […]
Read More →Mogherini: Pressure on media increases, bloc ready to defend freedoms (N1)
On World Press Freedom Day, we celebrate the essential role of a free press not only as a conveyor of reliable and accurate news but as a pillar of democracy, Federica Mogherini, the EU High Representative, said on Thursday. The UN General Assembly declared May 3 to be World Press Freedom Day to raise awareness […]
Read More →“Balkan Exodus”: Six million people have left region (B92, RTS)
EBRD analyses show that during migrations, highly qualified personnel rather than those with average knowledge and skills leave regional countries. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) President Suma Chakrabarti told RTS that migration of skilled workers has a negative effect on productivity, and that negative growth effects can also lead to the departure of […]
Read More →Berlin summit – pompous, and hollow (N1)
Journalist and sociologist Zoran Panovic told N1, referring to yesterday’s Brussels summit, that it turned out pompous, and hollow – with a lot of phrases. Obviously, the pressure was there, Panovic said. Panovic estimates that there is a paradox concerning the relations between Serbia and Germany – personal, Vucic’s and other links are best with […]
Read More →Vienna daily: Angela Merkel invited Vucic and Thaci to bury the exchange of territory plan? (B92)
Vienna based daily Der Standard argues that the goal of the upcoming regional conference in Berlin on the Western Balkans is to “bury” a plan on the exchange of territory, the portal B92 reports. “The Chancellor intends to suggest that North of Kosovo receive a special status – this is also based and in the […]
Read More →Hahn: EU underestimates China’s influence on Balkans (Financial Times, Beta, N1, Danas)
The European Union has minimised the impact China has on the Balkans, the bloc’s Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn has said on Tuesday, adding he is worried about the level of loans for infrastructural projects those countries take from Beijing, the Beta news agency reported. In an interview with Financial Times, Hahn said such loans […]
Read More →Protests in Montenegro, Serbia, Albania urge EU to help defend rights (The Irish Times)
‘Balkan spring’ activists say EU backs autocrats who promise stability but erode rule of law Thousands of people rallied in Serbia and Montenegro at the weekend, as anger around the region over threats to the rule of law and the EU’s alleged acceptance of autocratic leaders fueled talk of a pro-democracy “Balkan spring”. See at: […]
Read More →Western Balkans a diplomatic dead end, French minister warns (N1, Beta, La Croix)
France must focus on the Western Balkans which have become “a diplomatic dead end”, French European Affairs Minister Nathalie Loiseau said, the Belgrade-based Beta news agency reported. She told the French daily newspaper La Croix that the European Union has not engaged itself sufficiently in reinforcing the peace in the reigon. “Things can either go […]
Read More →“Old, New, Orthodox” – CIA predicts a fragmented Europe (Vecernje Novosti, B92)
The US intelligence service CIA, and the agency Stratfor, have predicted big changes on European soil, Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti is reporting. Namely, the CIA sees the European continent as quite different to what it is today in the near future – divided in three parts: “new,” “old,” and “(Christian) Orthodox” – and Serbia would […]
Read More →Vogel: Serbia must recognize Kosovo’s reality (Blic, RFE)
The EU-Balkan Summit in Sofia, conceived as Thessaloniki 2, is very disappointing because there has been no reaffirmation of the prospects of Balkan countries’ membership in the EU, says Toby Vogel, a researcher of the Brussels-based Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS) for Radio Free Europe, daily Blic reports. French President Emanuel Macron has “thrown […]
Read More →“Balkans in strategic region for Europe,” says EU official (B92)
EU foreign ministers are meeting on Monday in Luxembourg, with the Western Balkans among the items on their agenda. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini addressed reporters ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Council to announce that this will be “a chance with to exchange views on how to better work with our partners in […]
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