WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Trump to Save the Dialogue?: Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj says he would suspend the 100% tariffs on imports from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina should US President Donald Trump call a meeting. He said: “When I wrote my first letter […]
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Newsletter for 3/14/2019: US General Scaparrotti Warns of Russian Influence in Balkans at US House Committee Hearing. Mogherini Briefs UNSC on Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue. Spanish FM in Serbia. State Department Releases Human Rights Report.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Commander of NATO forces in Europe, US General Curtis Scaparrotti, voiced concerns about Russia’s destabilizing influence in the Balkans and fears it could try to interfere with North Macedonia’s NATO accession. […]
Newsletter for 3/13/2019: 16 Years Since former Serbian PM Djindjic Assassination. Croatian President on Leadership of the Council of Women World Leaders, Meets UN Secretary General Guterres. Tiffany Trump in Serbia. Ivanov Refuses to Sign Bills into Law
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Serbians marked the 16th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic with a protest in the city. US Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Eric George Nelson met with Lieutenant General of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina […]
Newsletter for 3/12/2019: US Slams Kosovo Over Deportation of Alleged Guelnists to Turkey Last Year. Merekl’s Foreign Policy Advisor Visits Kosovo & Serbia on Heels of State Dept. Official. Annual National Program in BiH Removed from Agenda.Vucic, Brnabic, and Dacic Meet Serbian Patriarch Irinej.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY The US Embassy in Pristina released a statement today slamming Kosovo for the deportation of six alleged Gulenists to Turkey. It reads: “The (parliamentary investigative) committee’s findings, which suggest 31 legal or procedural breaches by the Kosovo Intelligence Agency, Interior […]
Newsletter for 3/11/2019: US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale in Kosovo & Serbia. BiH Approves Chinese Bank Loan Deal. Dodik’s anti-NATO, West Remarks. Catholic Mass at Bleiburg Prohibited.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY US First Lady Melania Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo awarded Montenegrin investigative journalist Olivera Lakic withthe State Department’s International Women of Courge Award on Women’s Day (March 8th). Lakic was one of ten women to receive the award. […]
Newsletter for 3/7/2019: US Supreme Allied Commander for Europe on Kosovo-Serbia. Ohio National Guard Trains Women in Serbia. Djukanovic Meets Stoltenberg
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY US Supreme Allied Commander in Europe (SACEUR) Curtis Scaparrotti on Kosovo-Serbia: “The negotiations between Kosovo and Serbia on normalisation of relations and efforts to reach a deal acceptable to both sides are currently on hold. Russia foments the instability of the […]
Newsletter for 3/6/2019: Former US VP Biden Writes to Zaev. US Amb. to BiH Meets Zvizdic. UK Amb. to Kosovo – Fight Corruption. Djukanovic in Brussels, Protests at Home.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Former US Vice President Joe Biden wrote a letter to Prime Minister of North Macedonia Zoran Zaev praising the Prespa Agreement and that “I will personally stand with you as you fulfill your commitment to a brighter future.” US […]
Newsletter for 3/05/2019: Future State Dept. Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia Reeker on Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue and Prespa. US Ambassador to BiH Meets Foreign Minister Crnadak. Vucic to Recognize Kosovo? Slovenian President Borut Pahor in Albania.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY US diplomat and future Acting Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Reeker was in North Macedonia where he called on Kosovo to “annul the tariffs” and for Serbia to stop influencing countries to block Kosovo’s accession to international organizations. […]
Newsletter for 3/04/2019: US and EU Pressure Kosovo Over Tariffs. SDSM Announces Presidential Candidate. BiH to Hand Over Questions to EU. SLO President Pahor’s Trip to the UK
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Bosnia and Herzegovina marked its independence day on March 1st. Happy Independence Day! The US State Department’s Undersecretary for Political Affairs David Hale will be in Kosovo this week to push for the government to suspend tariffs in order […]
Newsletter for 2/28/2018: State Dept. Officials in Kosovo and Serbia. Joint US-UK Statement on BiH Releaed. Congressman Mitchell (R- MI, 10) Meets Macedonians.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY State Department Officials John Erath and William Berkely met with Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj. The main topic of discussion was the 100% tariffs on Serbia and Bosnia and Herzeogvina, which the US maintained its […]
#Croatia protests against domestic violence.
#spasime #Hrvatska #BalkanInsider
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Security Min. of #Bosnia accuses #Croatia|n intelligence of a plot to make it appear as a “country of terrorists and terrorist camps, and a threat to regional security” by placing guns and explosive inside a Salafi mosque.
#BalkanInsider #BiH #Hrvatska
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Thought provoking last question of the @HASCDemocrats from @RepKatieHill:
"What has the US been doing right or wrong in the #Balkans?' What risks still exist and what more should be done?" (2:11)
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From @RepKatieHill (2:10) about #Russian interference during negotiations between @tsipras_eu / @Zoran_Zaev.
Wheelbarger: "Saw information operations...attempting to sow discord... heard from #NorthMacedonia that...efforts to undermine @NATO actually worked against them."
Senior @HASCRepublicans member @RepMikeTurner uses final question (58:17) to remind about #Dayton: Peace Accords: #ThrowbackThursdays
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"#Bosnia has continued to lose our focus because people don't think there's a risk...General, is there a risk there?"