EU leaders to hold a summit with Western Balkans nations to discuss joining the bloc

EU leaders to hold a summit with Western Balkans nations to discuss joining the bloc

European Union and Western Balkan leaders watch a performance after a group photo at the EU-Western Balkans Summit, in Tirana, Albania, Tuesday, Dec 6, 2022. [AP] Leaders from the European Union and the Western Balkans will hold a summit in Albania’s capital on Monday to discuss the path to membership in the bloc for the … Read more

Kurti’s Priorities in Kosovo: Analyzing the Implications and the Way Forward

Kurti’s Priorities in Kosovo: Analyzing the Implications and the Way Forward

Over the past two years, I have written several pieces on the situation in Kosovo and how successive governments have failed their people. But when Prime Minister Kurti took over, I felt satisfied that Kosovo had finally elected a Prime Minister who would deal with the situation and bring the country out of its 12-year … Read more

Wagner and the Serbs – hired to torture and execute

Serbia has long been aware of the close ties between its burgeoning ultra-nationalist community and Russia. But only this month, President Alexander Vucic sharply criticized the Wagner mercenary groupwhich is now part of the Russian state, on the recruitment of Serbs for the war in Ukraine, noting that it is “against our rules,” Ksenia Kirilova, … Read more

Serbia was put against the wall – Newspaper Kommersant No. 11 (7456) of 01/23/2023

On Monday, January 23, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić will address the nation to make public the situation in negotiations with the US and the EU on Kosovo. At the end of the working week, he met with five emissaries from the West, who pressed him to normalize relations with Pristina. International mediators are already welcoming … Read more

Pope Francis calls on Erdogan to “continue his efforts for peace”

“Today I am forced to renew my appeal for the immediate cessation of this absurd conflict, the effects of which are being felt in entire regions, even outside Europe, due to its repercussions in the energy and food production sectors, especially in Africa and the Middle East ”he said, referring to the war in Ukraine.

Russia accuses EU of “shaping” situation in Kosovo to provoke current tensions – Ferplei

MADRID, 11 (PRESS EUROPE) The Russian government this Sunday accused the European Union (EU) of “shaping” the situation in Kosovo for years to cause the situation to worsen, amid heightened tensions that led Serbia to demand its military deployment and police in the area. The spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zajarova, has collected … Read more

Why is everything calm on Russia’s Western Balkans front?

Russia’s international reputation is already in tatters. The last thing it needs now is another humiliating blow that would reveal how little influence it actually has over Balkan affairs as its priorities diverge from those of its associates, writes Maxim Samorukov for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has significantly expanded … Read more

Isolation: the EU’s new official policy towards Russia

The EC tries to formalize a new strategy for Russia: isolationwrites “Political”. EU officials argue new principles to replace the obsolete documentwho leads the bloc’s policy towards Moscow. The most notable updated principle would be: “International isolation of Russia, impose and apply restrictive measures against Russia and prevent its circumvention“. In one sense, this is … Read more

A Serb is removed fall by fall by Aleksandar Vučić

In opposition to the backdrop of ongoing hostilities in Ukraine, the West has requested Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić to velocity up the resolution of the Kosovo issue and make a decision which facet of the curtain lies concerning Russia and western Serbia. To do this, Belgrade was questioned to settle for a “new foundation” for … Read more

“There might be a surprise.” European analyst told who can block granting Ukraine the status of an EU candidate

Such a scenario during an online discussion at the Kiev Security Forum on June 10 allowed Senior Analyst at the Center for Security “European Values” in Prague (Czech Republic) David Stulik. “Why is it difficult for European countries to make decisions? There are several reasons. The first such reason is that even friends of Ukraine, … Read more