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The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, after the meeting with the President of the Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, said that the statements of the Undersecretary of the State Department, James Rubin, about Serbia being one of the centers for Russian disinformation are far from the truth. Vučić pointed out that …

The other day, Minister Tomislav Momirović was sent on national television to tell citizens how before Easter they can buy the cheapest malted eggs in Europe – ten pieces for 129 dinars. The regime’s idea that Momirović acts as a market barometer is peculiar. Not because the minister has the …

Aleksandar Vučić, the president of Serbia, is trying to maintain his importance and role on the international level through the issue of Kosovo – believes Rada Trajković, president of the European Movement of Serbs from Kosovo and advisor to the Minister for Communities and Return in the Government of Kosovo. …

The collapse in the hitherto close Polish-Hungarian relations has been collateral damage of Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Warsaw expects serious gestures from Budapest to repair ties, but Orban hopes the estrangement is just a temporary blip. For years, Russia has been the elephant in the room during talks between Poland …

The case of a convicted rapist who fled Bosnia and Herzegovina and evaded a jail sentence highlights yet again the problem of war crimes convicts and defendants dodging justice by escaping to countries that will not extradite them. After being convicted, Ilija Juric never showed up to serve his sentence …

The anti-Albanian campaigns in the British media today are all too reminiscent of the targeting of Albanians in Italy and Greece 30 years ago – and need to be fought, not indulged.The recent anti-Albanian campaign in the UK has pushed Albanian politicians and intellectuals to take a stand in defence …

The resignations of four State Department officials protesting US inaction on the Bosnian war helped turn the tide of US opinion – but Bosnia has never recognised or rewarded their principled action.In late August 1992, George Kenney resigned as acting head of the Yugoslavia desk at the US State Department. …

Restrictions on media freedom, unpunished violations by officials and alleged violence by police continued to be problems in south-east European countries in 2020, said a new US State Department report. The US State Department’s 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, which was published on Tuesday, warned that countries in …

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić also spoke about the political situation and the announced elections in four municipalities in the north of Kosovo at a meeting with Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija in Raška. He said that the elections were scheduled even though Belgrade requested that the ZSO be formed first …

By making an exception to the moratorium on military exercises, and in the midst of the Ukrainian war, the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, sent an important message of alliance to the West, and especially to America, according to Boško Jakšić, a foreign policy analyst. Commenting on the decision of …