Balkans

Vučić from Vranje: I took an oath on the Constitution and Miroslav’s gospel, I will not recognize the independence of Kosovo and Metohija

Buses with citizens from Leskovac, Vlasotinac, Bojnik and other municipalities in southern Serbia arrived in Vranje from the early hours of the morning, and the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, began his speech at around 11:20 a.m. “The geopolitical situation in the world has changed more drastically than during the …

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How Serbia’s Rotten System Enabled PM Zoran Djindjic’s Killers – Analysis

Twenty years ago, state security service operatives conspired with gangsters and policemen to assassinate Serbia’s liberal-democratic Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic – and court documents show how a corrupted law enforcement system made it possible. On February 19, 2003, three men met in a café near the famous Atelje 212 Theatre …

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The citizens of Kosovo have been waiting for years, and Vučić considers it a reward for the disobedient Kurti: What does visa liberalization mean for Pristina?

What Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić calls the encouragement of Kosovo Prime Minister Aljbin Kurti to continue fulfilling his obligations, the citizens of Kosovo have been waiting for years. Namely, the EU Council announced on Thursday that it adopted the position in the first reading on visa-free travel for holders of …

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FOR BOSNIA’S YOUTH, THE DISAPPEARED REMAINS AN OPEN WOUND

The remains of more than 7,000 victims of the Bosnian War have not yet been found. The determination of some relatives is passed on to the next generations together with a sense of injustice and helplessness. ida’s journey to the past began about a year and a half ago when …

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Freedom House: Southeast, Central Europe – Except Kosovo – Sees Freedoms Decline

Rights watchdog’s 50th anniversary report painted a bleak picture of the state of freedom in several countries in the region, although Kosovo bucked the trend. The 2023 annual “Freedom in the World” report by rights organisation Freedom House says several countries in Southeast and Central Europe, except for Kosovo, saw …

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Four facts about Serbian-Russian relations: Has Russia always been our friend?

Propaganda techniques aimed at shaping the perception of citizens also include the concealment of facts that do not support that propaganda. In this text Demostatus reflects on some of such historical truths. The majority of Serbian citizens perceive Russia as a friendly country that stood by the Serbian people in …

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Iran’s pursuit of soft power in the Balkans

The Balkans presents a crucial junction for Tehran as an access point to Western Europe and an avenue for advancing its regional political and economic interests. The Balkan region is strategically important for western countries as a geographic bloc through which they can increase their influence in former Soviet Eastern …

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Impression of the week: Oral acceptance of the Serbian president’s European agreement on Kosovo in Brussels is illegal

The guests of “Impression of the Week”, legal experts, agreed tonight that Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić’s oral acceptance of the European agreement on Kosovo recently in Brussels was illegal, that the president thereby exceeded his constitutional powers and that he should therefore be dismissed, given that the agreement yet legally …

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Spahović: Serbia cannot return Kosovo, it is good that Vučić accepts the European proposal

The European proposal on Kosovo is good and it is good that Aleksandar Vučić wants to accept it, because it is the path to the European Union (EU), lawyer Sead Spahović said in an interview with FoNet, indicating that Serbia cannot return Kosovo. Kosovo is a country. What kind of …

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The date that could light a spark again in the Balkans is approaching: Russia could also get involved

All elections in Montenegro are historic because it is part of their prevailing national personality, but this presidential election on Sunday, March 19, could really determine the fate and future of Montenegrin statehood, as well as Montenegrin cultural-ethnic identity. According to Jutarnji list , since the parliamentary elections in 2020, …

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