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While on the so-called. Kosovo is what is happening and the so-called “palacinka” announces the announcement in which it will announce what kind of so-called measures we will take, there is no noise and anger in the capital, especially from the right. It is quiet, even Miša Vacić does not …
Read More »From Dubai to Albania: How Drug Money Fuelled Tirana’s Real Estate Boom
Court documents detail claims of how an alleged drug boss living in Dubai laundered money in his native Albania, helping to fuel a rapid rise in real estate prices. In September 2020, Klajdi Merkaj was getting ready to travel to Dubai with the intention of securing new funds for his …
Read More »Macron Hails Fighter Jet Deal Signed By Serbia As Historically Significant
French President Emmanuel Macron began a landmark state visit to Serbia on August 29 with the signing of an agreement on the purchase of 12 Rafale multipurpose fighter jets, which he said represented a shift toward Europe. Shortly after Macron arrived in Belgrade, Serbia signed a contract to purchase the …
Read More »Scepticism Surrounds Revived Truth and Reconciliation Initiative in Kosovo
Experts fear a ‘presidential’ commission for truth and reconciliation in Kosovo will not enjoy the required independence from political influence or legitimacy among all ethnic communities. Kosovo is to make a fresh attempt to create a truth and reconciliation commission that will look at the events of the 1998-99 war, …
Read More »Millions Spent on War Memorials in Bosnia, But to What Effect?
War memorials are dotted all over Bosnia and Herzegovina, but rarely are they unveiled without controversy. They have cost more than 5 million euros in the past decade, and experts say few have really contributed to reconciliation. Irmela Sabanovic was five years old in the middle of the 1992-5 war …
Read More »Kosovo And The United States: CIA Director Visits The Balkans Region – OpEd
The Republic of Kosovo and Southeast Europe, as an exposed region partially absorbed by current loyalists of Russian Intelligence Services, that are severely affecting regional security, have acquired a rapidly ascending geopolitical importance within the structures of the U. S. Intelligence Community and NATO Alliance. On August 22 – 23, …
Read More »EU Warns Kosovo As Mitrovica Bridge Standoff Continues
Workers were patiently refurbishing the main Mitrovica bridge in north Kosovo on Friday afternoon as, metres away, an Italian Carabinieri unit, part of the NATO-led peacekeeping mission, and Kosovo Police had their vehicles on standby on and next to the bridge, which has ethnically divided the town into two parts …
Read More »Promised Land: Hope and Illusion Characterise Kosovo’s Love Affair with Albania
During the turbulent 20th Century, many Kosovo Albanians looked at Albania as a land of hope and promise. Then they visited.In the summer of 1991, just as Yugoslavia was beginning to unravel, 13-year-old Albian Ismaili travelled with his family from their home in Kosovo to Albania to visit his mother’s …
Read More »Restrained or Reckless: What’s the Hungarian PM Going to Say in Baile Tusnad?
Viktor Orban, relishing the EU presidency and buoyed by Trump’s position in the polls, is preparing to give another of his often-controversial speeches in the Romanian town on Saturday. Will he tone it down this year? The stage is set in Baile Tusnad for the grand event – the Romanian …
Read More »Ex-KLA Supremo’s Testimony At Thaci Trial Bolsters Both Prosecution And Defence Cases – Analysis
Bislim Zyrapi, former Chief of KLA General Staff, after testifying for three weeks at the war crimes trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three co-accused, admitted several prosecution points but also confirmed some of the defence’s stances. n an unprecedented three-week-long public testimony at the trial for war …
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