The new US administration has not yet formulated a policy towards the Western Balkans, and the European Union is running out of “carrots” to motivate the Balkan countries in the implementation of reforms, and again European integration, with Russian obstructions, still remains the best way for the region – US analysts said on Monday on the panel “Western Balkans – Delicate Balance” at the Woodrow Wilson Center.
The KSF was created soon after Kosovo declared independence in 2008. It is a small, lightly armed security and civil defense force akin to a national guard. It includes 2,500 members, equipped with rifles and lightweight armored vehicles.
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 1990s, but which has faded to near invisibility in recent years.
The NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Operations, H.E. John MANZA visited KFOR Headquarters today.
The bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) was "NATO's experimental war."
This is according to retired Italian general and NATO military diplomat Biagio di Grazia.
In addition, Di Grazia says he saw parallels between the 1999 bombing, and the atomic bomb the US used against the Japanese town of Nagasaki.
Outgoing prime minister and elected president of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić answered question during interview with Belgrade based TV Pink about the Government, Kosovo, NATO, Kalabić, Stepinac, labour costs, Clinical Center Niš, inauguration and protests ...
Analysts say the US announcement of sending an additional 130 troops to Kosovo to support KFOR and NATO is a message to warmongering politicians in the region.
The troops in question are members of US special units of the Tupelo-based 1st Battalion, "highly trained for emergency response," the daily Blic is reporting.