Balkans

In addition to the lack of political will on the part of Kosovo and Serbia to implement the agreement reached in the dialogue, analysts believe that Brussels has also proved unable to push forward the level of achievement agreed upon in the Brussels-Ohrid Agreement. In the absence of progress in …

Twenty-five years after the start of NATO’s air strikes on Yugoslavia, no exact casualty figures have ever been established and no official comprehensive list of all the civilian victims’ names exists – allowing the death toll to be manipulated by politicians. On March 24 last year, in his speech at …

The 1994 Washington Agreement ended fighting between Bosniak and Croat forces, but in the historic city of Mostar, people’s everyday lives and the local political scene are still troubled by the legacy of the wartime past. Only a few passers-by are to be seen early in the morning on what’s …

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, is on a two-day visit to Paris, and the visit, as assessed, is primarily of economic and military importance. As Vučić said today, among other things, Serbia is not able to manage large systems, such as the metro in Belgrade, and this is where …

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, said that at the meeting and dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron, he reached “some concrete agreements”, including those on the purchase of Rafale fighter jets, and that he expects the signing of the contract in the next two months, with the presence President …

French President Emmanuel Macron said tonight that the future of Serbia is “within the European Union (EU) and “nowhere else” and called on Kosovo and Belgrade to “go further” on the road to normalization. “Serbia must not doubt, regardless of the early recent past, that its future is in the …

Goran Miletić, a member of the Standing Committee of NGOs of the Council of Europe, reminds that the return of the death penalty is a topic that we have had many times in the public life of Serbia and that experts have constantly explained that it is impossible and that …

Tensions are rising in Kosovo’s restive Serb-majority north, as Pristina enforces its writ against the backdrop of continuing disputes with Belgrade. The parties and outside supporters should first work on defusing the short-term risk of violence and then look for ways to foster lasting stability. What’s new? A clash between police …

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will receive the Order of Republika Srpska during his visit to Bosnia on Thursday and Friday, joining Vladimir Putin in the recipients’ club. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is paying a two-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he will visit the capital Sarajevo and …

Déclarant que les «intérêts vitaux» de son pays étaient menacés, le président serbe a fait ressurgir les inquiétudes quant à la stabilité dans les Balkans. Une sortie à considérer avec sérieux, souligne le chercheur Florent Parmentier, qui établit un parallèle avec l’Ukraine. Florent Parmentier est docteur en sciences politiques et …