WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was sentenced to life imprisonment after an appeal process in the Hague for genocide and war crimes. He was originally sentenced to 40 years in 2016. RFE/RL notes, “the court rejected an appeal by prosecutors […]
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Radovan Karadzic‘s appeal in the Hague will be today at 2 p.m. local time (9:00 a.m. EST). Representatives of the Mothers of Srebrenica Association will be in attendance. Bosnian Serb Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Dodik […]
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Kirsten D. Madison met with Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on Monday to discuss capacity building in security institutions. Leaders of the three main political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Congratulations! Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic’s partner gave birth to a baby boy. US President Donald Trump penned a letter toPrime Minister of North Macedonia Zoran Zaev congratulating him on the Prespa Agreement and calling the state a “strong […]
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Montenegrin Opposition leader Nebojsa Medoevic said that he will be joining former US Trump Advisor Steve Bannon’s right-wing movement called The Movement. Cultural Diplomacy: US Ambassador to Montenegro Judy Rising Reinke looks to increase people to people ties and cross-cultural connections […]
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 […]