Vucic: One spark could ignite whole region (Dailies)
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has told the Vienna daily Presse that “a single spark can ignite the whole region of the Western Balkans.” “As the Serbian prime minister I don’t fear serious economic reforms, but I have a great fear of regional instability. A spark can ignite the whole region,” warned Vucic, adding that […]
Read More →The failure of the political elite in the Balkans (Deutsche Welle)
War, hunger and torture are no longer commonplace in Kosovo, Albania, Serbia and Macedonia. For a decade and a half now, the states of the former Yugoslavia and their neighbors have been living in peace. Croatia and Slovenia have joined the European Union. The other Balkan countries have been working toward membership for years. Read […]
Read More →Vucic and Rama will discuss the future of the Balkans (Danas)
Zvezdana Kovac, Executive Director of the Centre for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe from Thessaloniki (CDRS) will host premieres of Serbia and Albania in a TV show “Okruzenje”. This idea has been long there, to have premieres of Serbia and Albania, Aleksandar Vucic and Edi Rama in the show. Because they are among the […]
Read More →Initiative to set up Western Balkans Youth Office (Tanjug)
The governments of Serbia and Albania, in cooperation with civil society organizations, will soon launch an initiative to set up the Western Balkans Youth Office, said the participants of a press conference organized by the National Youth Council of Serbia (KOMS) on Tuesday, on the occasion of the International Youth Day, August 12. The main […]
Read More →Americans, Germans and British create a new Balkans (Blic)
America, Germany and Britain, the core countries of the Euro-Atlantic partnership, these days with new energy are moving into a creation of a new Balkan order. For all the Western Balkan countries this implies convergence and, eventually, accession to the EU, with a developed rule of law and market economy. But forcing the processes with […]
Read More →IS tells Balkan Muslims to “either join it, or kill there (Dailies)
The Islamic State has published a propaganda video that threatens Balkan countries and calls on Muslims to either join it, or launch attacks in the Balkans. The video, titled “Honor is in jihad, a message to the Balkans”, has been published by the Alhayat Media Center – a propaganda center established to reach audiences in […]
Read More →Extremists worry the Balkans, Europe’s Muslim heartland (McClatchy DC)
BY JONATHAN S. LANDAY McClatchy Washington BureauMay 1, 2015 One day in early February, the black flag of the Islamic State appeared on the roof of a dilapidated home in Gornja Maoca, an isolated hamlet in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina. The flag was gone when the police arrived, and whoever hoisted it was never found. But the […]
Read More →Serbian prime minister to visit Brussels on Tuesday (Blic, Tanjug)
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will visit Brussels on Tuesday, the government’s media relations office said in a release. Vucic will attend a meeting of prime ministers of the Western Balkan countries organized by EU Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn and Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc, which will focus on developing […]
Read More →Kosovo FM Thaci hopeful for future of his country (Today’s Zaman)
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi has stressed that stability can only come to the Balkans after Serbia formally recognizes the independence of Kosovo, but added that Kosovo and Serbia must move forward to normalize their relations. In an exclusive interview with Today’s Zaman on the anniversary of Kosovo’s declaration of […]
Read More →Balkan is the largest security hole in EU (Novi Magazin)
Balkan is the biggest security hole in Europe, which was recognized and by terrorists, because most of the arms that they are using is coming from the region, according to the Vienna daily “Kronen Zeitung”. List indicates that the assassins in Paris used a weapon that is originating from the Balkans, where currently, according to […]
Read More →US government prosecutors in the Balkans (Blic)
US Secretary of Justice Eric Holder announced that the US will send 70 state prosecutors to the countries of the Balkans, the Middle East and North Africa to help in the fight against terrorists. Eric Holder sends 70 state prosecutors to the Balkans, the Middle East and North Africa, with the support of the Bureau for […]
Read More →Sueddeutsche Zeitung: Most jihadists are coming from Kosovo and Bosnia (Blic)
German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung mentions that Kosovo, from where in the wars in the Middle East has already been killed more than 40 people, and Bosnia with more than 30 killed, are leading countries for the recruitment of jihadists in the Balkans. The paper points out that Serbia is undertaking measures, which provide even the […]
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