Balkans

Regarding the initiative to open the main bridge on the Ibar connecting the municipalities of North and South Mitrovica, KFOR says that this issue must be resolved through political dialogue. “The reopening of the bridge is an issue that must be resolved through political dialogue. The NATO mission, KFOR, continues …

The new head of the EULEX mission in Kosovo and Metohija is Carabinieri Major General Giovanni Pietro Barbano, who in his rich career already had experience with the Balkan countries. Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, was the first to announce that Italy would take over the EU mission. …

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti said ahead of the new round of dialogue on the normalization of relations with Serbia that he will not allow the creation of some form of Republika Srpska in the north of Kosovo, Croatian news agency Hina reported today. At the meeting between Kurti and …

They’ve been accused of dismembering enemies with chainsaws, assassinating senior government officials, and trading on ties with intelligence agencies. They’ve smuggled cocaine — tons and tons of it — across the world and now feed a sizable share of Europe’s drug habit. Yet few outsides of law enforcement have heard …

Twenty-four years after NATO air strikes killed six people, including three children, in the Montenegrin village of Murino, the victims’ families have received no compensation and say consecutive governments have done nothing to help them. When the first bomb exploded on April 30, 1999 at a bridge near near the …

Without the assistance of local actors, Russian influence in the Western Balkans would disappear overnight. But the opposite is also true. As long as local politicians can capitalize on invoking Moscow’s long shadow, Russia will remain a salient part of the Balkan landscape. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 …

Commenting on the information that part of the membership of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Serbia at the ceremony marking 120 years of work of that trade union headquarters left the meeting as a sign of protest because the Prime Minister of Serbia, Ana Brnabić, denied the claim …

The President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani stated today in Skopje that the results of the meeting at the highest level on May 2 this year depends on the parties involved, but she added that Kosovo will continue to be a constructive party. “The result of the dialogue also depends on …

Shame on them all together, all those liars, liars, occupation Gauleiter… The worst epithets for international officials and the man with whom he is negotiating the status of Kosovo. The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, has not spared the words he used to “slather” on foreign representatives in recent days. …

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić announced today in Belgrade that Serbia will reciprocally respect the territorial integrity of countries that respect the integrity of Serbia. “In our foreign policy, we will take care of bilateral relations, not to go beyond the limits of reciprocity, if someone does not respect the territorial …