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Hahn: EU underestimates China’s influence on Balkans (Financial Times, Beta, N1, Danas)

By   /  06/03/2019  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  Comments Off on 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 […]

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Kosovo land-swap proposal triggers Balkan unease (Financial Times)

By   /  06/09/2018  /  International  /  Comments Off on Kosovo land-swap proposal triggers Balkan unease (Financial Times)

Criticism of ‘Frankenstein’ plan despite change in tone by EU and US The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo will meet in Brussels on Friday to explore a possible peace deal including a land-swap proposal that has triggered growing opposition to a new redrawing of frontiers in the Balkans. See more at: https://www.ft.com/content/a891aa20-b056-11e8-8d14-6f049d06439c

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Financial Times: Bigger carrot and bigger stick will fix Balkans (B92, Beta)

By   /  13/07/2018  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

The Western Balkans Summit in London this week achieved little in advancing the region’s EU prospects, the Financial Times writes. And this is true despite the gathering “delivering warm words and worthy initiatives,” said an opinion piece entitled, “EU’s waning influence opens a dangerous vacuum in the Balkans,” cited on Thursday by Beta agency. According […]

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Financial Times: Vucic says he is obsessed with Kosovo (N1)

By   /  15/05/2018  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

“I’m obsessed with Kosovo,” Serbian President Aleksnadar Vucic told the Financial Times adding that everything he has done to date depends on a solution to the Kosovo problem.  “Without resolving that problem everything I have achieved so far won’t be sustainable. The first crisis will kill us,” he said. The FT said that European Union […]

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Donald Trump’s Big League Balkans Problem (Financial Times)

By   /  31/01/2017  /  International  /  No Comments

The first victim of Trmp-induced instability might not be Ukraine, or the Baltics – but tiny Kosovo. Ferizaj, Kosovo – Armend Miftari’s love for the United States is unwavering, even in the wake of Donald Trump. http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/31/donald-trumps-big-league-balkans-problem-kosovo-serbia/?utm_content=buffer5ff1e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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