Balkans

Another U.S. warship has sailed into the Black Sea, again drawing intense Kremlin scrutiny amid continued concerns about a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine. The destroyer USS Arleigh Burke entered the sea via the Bosporus Strait on Thursday for a routine patrol in support of NATO allies and partners, U.S. …

Navy SEALs and Green Berets operated alongside their Greek counterparts this week in Athens, where watercraft recently donated by the U.S. to an elite Greek unit were on display. “I have been so impressed to see not only the growth in the U.S. – Greece Special Forces partnership but also …

Serbia’s next anti-terrorism strategy, if there is one, must address the threat from right-wing extremism, experts say. Serbia needs a new and improved counter-terrorism strategy, experts say, amid concern over what will come after the current platform when it expires this year. There has been no official word on what …

A failed attempt to topple the government has given it a fresh boost – but its long-term survival depends on success in delivering a start to EU accession talks. After last week’s failed attempt by the opposition to oust North Macedonia’s Social Democratic government in a no-confidence vote – which …

Seven Montenegrin municipalities were offered multi-million-euro grants in 2012 to build essential wastewater treatment plants to prevent sewage polluting rivers and the sea, but no construction work has begun yet, and as years pass, the potential cost keeps rising. Rozaje was intended to be one of the first municipalities in …

Serbia expects a “friendly price” for Russian gas when the country’s current supply deal expires on December 31. But analysts are less certain about the political cost. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic says he will “beg” Russia’s Vladimir Putin for a new gas deal beyond the end of the year when …

After making a miraculous recovery and now back in Prague Castle, President Zeman looks set to try to exploit the deep divisions that exist between the broad coalition. Converting a Czech election result into a new government has often taken an age, the fractured political landscape making coalition building a …

Όταν το Κόμμα Δικαιοσύνης και Ανάπτυξης αναλάμβανε την εξουσία στην Τουρκία το 2002, η τουρκική λίρα ήταν σχεδόν ισότιμη με το ευρώ. Σήμερα, ένα ευρώ αξίζει 12,5 λίρες. Μέχρι και το 2013, η τουρκική οικονομία παρουσιαζόταν ως ένα success story νεοφιλελεύθερων μεταρρυθμίσεων που περιλάμβαναν δημοσιονομική πειθαρχία, απορρύθμιση των σχέσεων εργασίας …

Bosnia-Herzegovina could be on the brink of a political collapse that triggers a new conflagration in the Balkans. There is a growing consensus among experts that this is the country’s most dangerous moment since the 1995 Dayton Accords, which ended a war that cost 100,000 lives and displaced more than …

Turkey has rejected accusations that it is helping Bulgarian politicians representing the country’s Turkish minority. The Turkish government has denied allegations that it interfered in neighboring Bulgaria’s election. The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned Bulgaria’s ambassador to Turkey, Hristov Tcholakov, and told him that Turkey rejects all accusations that it interfered …