Eurasia Press & News
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 »Serbia’s New Intelligence Service Chief Will Guard Vucic’s ‘Captured’ State
The appointment of a ruling party apparatchik as head of the powerful Security Information Agency suggests the intelligence service will remain a loyal servant of Serbia’s president.The Serbian public was informed last week that the National Security Council, NSC, chaired by President Aleksandar Vucic, had approved the appointment of Vladimir …
Read More »Serbia: media independence is an exception rather than the rule
Increasing political and financial pressure threatens the independence and editorial autonomy of many media outlets in Serbia. We interviewed Irina Milutinović, Senior Research Associate at the Institute of European Studies in Belgrade and co-author of the Country Report on Serbia of the Media Pluralism Monitor 2023 According to the Serbia …
Read More »Après l’Ukraine, la Serbie ?
• Moscou est convaincu que les straussiens vont tenter en Serbie, et non pas en Transnistrie (comme initialement prévu par la Rand Corporation1), la prochaine manche contre la Russie. Il s’agirait de provoquer la 3ème Guerre mondiale en rejouant l’incident de Temes Kubin qui succéda d’un mois à l’assassinat de …
Read More »Belgrade to Beersheba: Serbian Arms Flown to Israel During Assault on Gaza
A joint investigation by BIRN and Haaretz has identified six Israeli military flights from Belgrade to Beersheba this year that coincided with Serbian arms exports to Israel worth 15.7 million euros, arms that risk being used in violating international humanitarian law in Gaza. Shortly after 2 p.m. on February 5, …
Read More »State Department for N1: Some provisions of the declaration of Serbia and Republika Srpska continue the RS’s attempts to destabilize BiH and the region
On the occasion of the declaration adopted at the “All-Serbian Assembly” in Belgrade, the U.S. State Department assessed that some of the provisions in that declaration are a continuation of Republika Srpska’s attempts to violate the Dayton Peace Agreement and destabilize Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region. The United States …
Read More »Serbian uniforms found in Kosovo as tensions escalate
In one of the houses in Leposavic, a town in the predominantly Serbian northern part of Kosovo, dozens of Serbian police and special forces uniforms, as well as several Kosovo police uniforms, were found. The head of Kosovo’s Ministry of Internal Affairs stated that the find confirms “Belgrade’s continuous efforts …
Read More »Orban Will Sacrifice Kosovo to Keep Serbian Ally Sweet
Hungary will always prioritise its shared goals with Serbia over any interest it has in maintaining relations with Kosovo. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s realist and pragmatic approach to international politics and trade was on display last week as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Hungary to sign off on …
Read More »New growth plan for the Western Balkans: Free lunch or money for which Serbia needs to meet the conditions?
President Aleksandar Vučić announced that the first 125 million euros will soon arrive in Serbia as part of the Growth Plan for the Western Balkans. But that this is not an unconditional donation from the European Union, but funds for which our country will have to meet certain standards. In …
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