Photo: The Srpska TimesWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Happy Army Day!: Army Day was celebrated yesterday across N. Macedonia. The US has quit the Board of the Kosovo Property Comparison and Verification Agency (KPCVA) because of nepotism. Ambassador Phillip Kosnett on Friday wrote on Twitter: “The U.S. has resigned […]
Balkan Insider interviewed United Macedonian Diaspora (UMD) President Meto Koloski on the recent homophobic slur from Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the Special Prosecutor’s Office “raket” scandal. What is UMD’s response to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev using a homophobic slur while talking to the media on Tuesday and his […]
Photo: Jessica S. Hitchcock/TwitterWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Prime Minister of N. Macedonia Zoran Zaev faces backlash for using a homophobic slur while talking to reporters yesterday. Congresswoman Congresswoman Haley Stevens (D-MI,11) joins the Congressional Caucus on Macedonia and Macedonian-American Issues. After no meeting between the Presidency of […]
JetSettingFoolsWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Prime Minister of N. Macedonia Zoran Zaev used a homophobic slur while speaking to the media:””Let’s be clear, I’m not going to allow a couple of criminals, one vain journalist, and forgive me LGBT community, a f****t to bring down […]
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY President of N. Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski is “disappointed” in Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva and demands officials return from vacation in order to resolve the case in a timely manner. Director of Europe at the International Republican Institute Paul McCarthy talked with Voice […]
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAYHappy Eid al-Adha to all of our readers who celebrated over the weekend. US National Security Advisor John Bolton will not make a trip to the region in the fall, despite early reports that he would be. Incumbent Croatian President […]
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY The US Embassy in Sarajevo noted on the agreement between Bosnian leaders to create a government: “We welcome this and we will work with political parties and members of the Presidency to clarify the issue of how the next government will […]
infozagreb.hrWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Croatian Prime Minister and leader of the HDZ Andrej Plenkovic confirms that President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic will represent the party in the upcoming presidential elections. She is seeking her second five-year term. Although the three main Bosnian parties came together […]
Photo: International Business TimesBosnian leaders came together to form a government after a ten month standoff. Leaders of the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) Bakir Izetbegovic, Bosnian Serb Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) Milorad Dodik, and the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Dragan Covic agreed to form the central government after a compromise on the country’s NATO accession. Meanwhile, Kosovo’s […]
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY “U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Palmer says an unresolved extortion investigation in North Macedonia could undermine prospects for the small Balkan nation’s long-awaited European Union accession talks. “North Macedonia’s former chief Special Prosecutor, Katica Janeva, unexpectedly tendered […]
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U.S. has resigned from KPVCA Board, as the UK did earlier. We won’t continue when its leadership serves personal and political interests rather than the people. Selecting unqualified cronies for government positions hurts Kosovo’s image and betrays the public trust. https://t.co/ZJmuMLvfJN
FRIDAY SPECIAL: Exclusive Interview with @UMDiaspora's President @MetodijaKoloski on the recent homophobic slur from Prime Minister of N. #Macedonia @Zoran_Zaev and the "Raket" Scandal
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