Balkan Insider interviewed Croatian Member of Parliament Domagoj Ivan Milosevic (HDZ/European People’s Party). In the Croatian Parliament (Sabor), MP Milosevic is the Chair of the EU Affairs Committee. Balkan Insider: Tell our readers about your visit to Washington DC. What prompted the visit and what have you learned […]
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infozagreb.hrBalkan Blast 12/12/2019: US and Croatia Sign Bilateral Agreements on Legal Assistance and Extraditions. Kosovo Sets First Parliament Session on Dec. 24. N. Macedonia Drafts Law on Ambassadorships. Serbia’s Vucic Wraps Up Trip to Greece.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Croatia’s Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic and Justice Minister Drazen Bosnjakovic are in Washington DC this week. Bosnjakovic met US Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday to sign agreements on mutual legal assistance and extraditions. Bozinovic is to meet US Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf on […]
Photo: Emir AlomerovicBalkan Blast 12/11/2019: US Treasury Sanctions Serbians in Arms Dealing. Migrants at Vucjak Camp in Bihac, BiH Moved. Reactions from Handke’s Nobel Award Ceremony. Putin Says a Srebrenica Could Happen in Ukraine.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY The US Treasury Department sanctioned multiple Serbians and their companies for their arms dealings. The Wyoming National Guard, which is deployed in Kosovo, is seeking donations of school supplies for Kosovo’s citizens. More information on how to donate can […]
Balkan Blast 12/10/2019: Balkan States Boycott Handke’s Nobel Award. Croatian Presidential Election Heating Up. Slovenian PM Sarec Visits Troops in BiH, Kosovo.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY US Ambassador to BiH Eric Nelson wrote a blog post on International Anti-Corruption Day which emphasized that no one is immune to corruption. He wrote, ” No country is immune to corruption. What makes a difference is how a country […]
Balkan Blast 12/09/2019: Fallout of Vucic Denying Racak Massacre Happened. N. Macedonia Won’t Ratify NATO Protocol Early. Nobel Prize Winner, Peter Handke, Won’t Address His Views on Srebrenica.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Anthony Godfrey urged the country to increase the number of small and medium size businesses to stimulate the economy and create new jobs. Former Serb minister in Kosovo Ivan Todosijevic was sentenced to two years in […]
S.Borisov/ShutterstockBalkan Blast 12/05/2019: Coverage of Vucic’s Meeting With Putin in Russia. Croatia to Receive Visa Free Travel to US By Next Year? BiH Presidency Members Visit Slovenia. EPP Leader To Work for Kosovo’s Visa Liberalization.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY US Ambassador to Croatia Robert Kohorst hinted that Croatia could qualify for a visa free regime with the US by the end of 2020. He noted, “The visa abolishing program depends, among other things, on the percentage of refusals […]
Balkan Blast 12/04/2019: Serbia’s Vucic Meets Slovenia’s Sarec, Belarus’ Lukashenko Then Jets to Sochi to Meet Putin. NATO Leaders Gather in London, Including N. Macedonia’s Zoran Zaev. Vujcak Migrant Camp in BiH Comes Under Fire by CoE.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY NATO leaders, including Albanian PM Edi Rama, Croatian PM Andrej Plenkovic, PM of N. Macedonia Zoran Zaev, Montenegrin PM Dusko Markovic, and Slovenian PM Marjan Sarec are meeting in London at the 2019 NATO Summit. N. Macedonia was at the meetings […]
Photo: Emir AlomerovicBalkan Blast 12/03/2019: Belarus’ Lukashenko Visits Serbia Today. EU’s Borrell on Yugoslav Wars, Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue. Republika Srpska Prepares for Unconstitutional Holiday in BiH. N. Macedonia Looks to Reform MFA.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Governor of Wyoming Mark Gordan and First Lady of Wyoming Jennie Gordon spent their Thanksgiving visiting the Wyoming National Guard across the world over a five day trip. Their first stop was to visit C Company, 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry […]
Balkan Blast 12/02/2019: Russian Deputy FM in Serbia Ahead of Vucic’s Trip to Moscow. Wigemark Appointed to Head of EULEX. CEC Informs Thaci of Election Results. Zaev Duped by fake Greta Thunberg.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Albania called off the search and rescue mission following their 6.4 magnitude earthquake. The death toll is currently at 51. After the Pentagon report was released saying Serbia has increased its role with Russia since 2012, the US […]
Balkan Blast 11/28/2019: BiH’s Komsic Meets Pentagon Officials. US to Donate Military Vehicles to Croatia and Pay to Modernize. Croatia’s Grabar-Kitarovic Campaigns in Mostar, BiH.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY We would like to wish everyone in the United States and overseas a HAPPY THANKSGIVING, especially our servicemen and women, and diplomats abroad. “The chairman of Bosnia’s tripartite presidency, Zeljko Komsic, and James Anderson, who is performing the duties of […]
#FridayFeeling
What is left is behind the from the 1984 Winter #Olympics, hosted by #Sarajevo, is more than just memories. Located on the #Trebevic mountain the old bobsled track has become a go to tourist attraction.
Learn more about it from @kamischka:
https://www.mywanderlust.pl/sarajevo-bobsled-track/
FM Darmanovic welcomes diplomatic corps at New Year's reception organized by MFA 🎄
4#US and #Croatia Sign Bilateral Agreements on Legal Assistance and Extraditions.
#Kosovo's @HashimThaciRKS Sets First Parliament Session on Dec. 24.
N. #Macedonia Drafts Law on Ambassadorships.
Serbia's @avucic Wraps Up Trip to #Greece.
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https://www.balkaninsider.com/balkan-blast-12-12-2019/
#TuesdayThought
Soon after Crimean officials visited with members of the Serbian far-right Dveri party and Vojislav Seselj’s party, @NATO Secretary-General Deputy @JamesAppathurai is calling for #Serbia to be more open about its relationship with the West
http://ow.ly/qYXA50xvZjp
#Balkan States Boycott #Handke's Nobel Prize Award.
#Croatian Presidential Election Heating Up.
#Slovenian PM @sarecmarjan Visits Troops in #BiH, #Kosovo.
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https://www.balkaninsider.com/balkan-blast-12-10-2019/