WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY WEEKEND READ: “Want to Cultivate a Liberal European Islam? Look to Bosnia.” by Riada Asimovic Akyol for The Atlantic:”When French President Emmanuel Macron said last summer that he would create a new “framework and rules” for Islamic institutions in France, he […]
“Thousands of Serbians joined an antigovernment march in Belgrade on December 22. The opposition event was held for a third straight week. Protests were initially triggered by the November 23 assault against the opposition Serbian Left party leader Borko Stefanovic. The protesters are now demanding the resignation of […]
Photo: Vesna Andjic/RFERL“There is a great friendship, support and understanding between peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and China, Chairman of BiH Presidency Milorad Dodik told Xinhua in an exclusive interview here on Tuesday. The president spoke on the current project and agreements signed between BiH and China, highlighting the […]
“Serbia’s recognition of the Srebrenica genocide is a crucial step on the country’s path towards EU membership, the EU said on Thursday in its report on the EU candidate. Serbian officials have repeatedly been denying that what happened in Srebrenica during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war was an act of […]
Photo: Gazprom“Aleksandar Vucic and Ana Brnabic have asked China’s ambassador to tell the Chinese leadership that Serbia has never ‘never’ been in a more difficult situation. Chinese Ambassador Li Manchang responded to this on Friday on Belgrade by saying he will notify the president of China about this in […]
Photo: Tanjug/Politika“Serbia will buy 30 million Dollars worth of drones for its military from China, President Aleksandar Vucic told reporters in Belgrade on Tuesday. ‘I believe we will get something more from China, something we’ll get and something we’ll pay for but I can confirm that only after I […]
Photo: Vogue.com/Alamy“The first office of the Croatian National Tourist Board (HTZ) in China was officially opened in Shanghai on Monday by Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic. ‘Our opening up to China, and to Chinese tourists… is a very important part of Croatia’s tourist promotion effort,’ Plenkovic said at the opening […]
“Croatian Prime Minster Andrej Plenković is on a working visit to China which is intended to bolster political and economic relations between Croatia and the world’s second biggest economy. Yesterday he met with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang and had several meetings with the leaders of bigger Chinese […]
Photo: International Business Times“Interior Minister Davor Božinović said the government would implement a decision made back in May, 2014, to erect roadblocks for vehicle traffic along border routes with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. The government said the move was meant to stem the flow of illegal border crossings, improve of […]
Photo: Kickstarter“Bosnia’s newly elected Croat Presidency member, Zeljko Komsic, sent an open letter to EU officials and institutions, responding to Croatian MEPs who sent a number of letters to EU in which they, as he said, ‘had stated a number of untruths regarding the election process in Bosnia and […]