Balkans “not EU’s backyard, it’s our 4th priority” (B92, Beta)
The Balkans is “one of four priorities” of EU’s foreign policy, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has said, Beta reported. According to the EEAS website, Mogherini, speaking at the opening of the EU Ambassadors conference in Brussels, said that the Balkans was the organization’s fourth priority. “Still looking at our immediate neighborhood, but this […]
Read More →Balkans less and less important (Blic)
Political analyst and head of the Republic of Serbia Representative Office in Washington Obrad Kesić says, in an interview with today’s Blic, that the Balkans are not only the subject of a political fight between the West and Russia, but are also currently the subject of internal struggle about the control over the US foreign policy. […]
Read More →Three reasons for change – What is behind Erdogan’s “no” to “Greater Albania”? (Blic)
Blic daily reported that the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan completely changed his stance on the Balkans, after saying the project of “Greater Albania” is not only bad but also dangerous. He made these remarks in an interview to the Albanian TV station only three days before holding parliamentary elections in Albania. “These are bad […]
Read More →“Greater Albania” unacceptable to Turkey – Erdogan (B92)
Turkey’s president says “the ideas of some about the unification of Albania, Macedonia and Kosovo into a Greater Albania” are “bad, and unacceptable to Turkey.” According to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey is loudly advocating “respecting sovereignty and integrity of countries in the Balkans.” “These are bad things. You see what is happening in the Middle […]
Read More →An Old Nightmare Returns: The Balkans Simmer Again (The National Interest)
One of the problems that emerges when U.S. officials and the news media are focused on a small number of foreign-policy issues is that troubling developments can occur below the radar in other areas. That appears to be happening in the Balkans, a region that was a foreign-policy priority of the Western powers in the […]
Read More →Flessenkemper: Western Balkan countries are poorer than they were 30 years ago (InSerbia)
The Western Balkan countries are poorer than they were 30 years ago, which is why they will need at least 25 years to reach the EU and therefore Germany has submitted a plan “Berlin process plus”, said project director for the Balkans at the European Institute CIFE in Nice and member of the Advisory group […]
Read More →“EU forcing Serbia to give up Kosovo and join Cold War” (B92)
The EU is pushing its enlargement policy into background; the strengthening of the front toward Russia and of investors’ interests will follow in the Balkans. At the same time, Serbia is “expected to give up Kosovo,” Left Party member of the German parliament Sevim Dagdelen has told Deutsche Welle. “The EU is in such a […]
Read More →We Need to Putin-Proof the Balkans Now (Observer)
Southeastern Europe is entering renewed crisis—and Moscow is fomenting more chaos at a dangerous time Friday brought good news for those who want Europe’s troubled Southeast to join Western security and political structures. Montenegro’s parliament officially approved the country’s invitation to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It wasn’t a slam-dunk—approval got 46 votes in […]
Read More →Albanian prime minister: EU faces ‘nightmare’ if Balkan hopes fade (politico.eu)
TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s prime minister said a union between Albania and Kosovo cannot be ruled out if EU membership prospects for the Western Balkans fade. In an interview with POLITICO that also covered a political crisis in neighboring Macedonia, an upcoming election at home and the inspiration he draws from Tony Blair, Prime Minister Edi Rama […]
Read More →Hoxhaj: Serbia’s idea for regional market is pro-Russian (Koha)
Kosovo’s Foreign Minister, Enver Hoxhaj, reiterated his opposition against the idea of a joint regional market proposed by Serbia. Hoxhaj said this is an anti-European idea aimed at stretching the Russian influence to the Balkans region. Hoxhaj also said Kosovo is against the prospect of a “New Yugoslavia” which, he said, proved unsuccessful in the […]
Read More →Lost In Translation: Macedonia’s ethnic tensions near the boiling point (and Soros is stirring the pot) (FOX News)
Macedonia gave the world Alexander the Great, who, legend has it, wept because he could find no more lands to conquer. Now, George Soros, the left-wing billionaire who also wants to rule the world, is meddling with events that could plunge Macedonia into chaos or civil war, and escalate U.S. tensions with Russia. Locked between […]
Read More →“I’ve seen more than ever before, and came back concerned” (B92, Beta, Tanjug)
The Balkans can easily become one of the chessboards where the big power game can be played, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Monday. Mogherni made the remark following the meeting of EU’s Foreign Affairs Council, when a reporter asked how deep the concern was about Russian interference in the Western Balkans – […]
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