WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Kosovo’s four Serb-dominated municipalities went to the polls to vote for mayors in an extraordinary election. Srpska Lista claimed victory in all four municipalities. Meanwhile, in Pristina, Member of Parliament Vlora Brovina shocked Kosovo with a photo from a […]
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Newsletter for 5/13/2019: Pendarovski Sworn-in as President in MKD. W. Balkan Leaders Urge EU to Consider it of Geostrategic Importance. Military Parade in Serbia Causes Controversy Across the Region.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper met with a Montenegrin Ministry of Defense delegation led by Ivica Ivanovic to discuss the US role in supporting Montenegro’s continuing integration into NATO. Stevo Pendarovski was sworn in as President of […]
Photo: Agon Maliqi/TwitterNewsletter for 5/1/2019: House Foreign Affairs Committee on Kosovo’s Wartime Victims Recap. Debate Scheduled Before MKD Elections on Sunday. BiH Presidency Members to Visit Turkey. Chinese Visit Croatia’s Embattled Shipyards.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Former Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga, Kosovo War rape survivor Vasfije Krasniqi-Goodman, and US international lawyer Paul Williams addressed the US House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday morning “appealing for an end to impunity for war crimes and human rights abuses […]
Photo: AFP/DeloNewsletter for 4/30/2019: Trump Pens Letter to Senate in Support of Ratifying N. Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol . Western Balkan Leaders Descend on Berlin for Summit on Regional Issues. Rakija Drinking Competition in Serbia.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY US President Donald Trump sent a message to Senate supporting and urging the ratification of N. Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol. The longest-serving US Senator, Richard Lugar, passed away at 87 years old on Sunday. He was instrumental in urging […]
Photo: EPA / Valdrin XhemajNewsletter for 4/29/2019: CIA Deputy Director Visits BiH. Balkan Leaders Descend on Berlin for Meetings. Dodik Meets the Pope. Vucic Meets Xi Jinping, Putin, and Lukashenko in China.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY CIA Deputy Director Vaughn Bishop visited Sarajevo. He was hosted by BiH Minister of Security Dragan Mekic. Discussions focused on terrorism and corruption. Western Balkan leaders descend on Berlin for meetings led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron. The key […]
Newsletter for 2/24/2019: Prominent Bosnian Serb Businessman Murdered. Serbia to Sign Ten Agreements With China. Opposition Mounts in Kosovo and Greece.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Bosnian Serb Member of the Presidency Milorad Dodik accuses a British national having a list of over 300 people in the region who spread Russian influence. He also said “Republika Srpska has all elements of the state, it respects the international law, it is a […]
infozagreb.hrNewsletter for 4/22/2019: Dead Even Presidential Election Results in MKD. US Gives Albania 3 Black Hawks. 50kg of Drugs Found on Montenegrin Naval Ship. Kosovo Citizens Return From ISIS With US Help
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY The United States gives three Black Hawk helicopters to Albania. US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott has allegedly shown a map of Serbia without Kosovo to school children in Apatin according to Independent MP Miladin Sevarlic. The presidential elections […]
Newsletter for 4/19/2019: Exclusive Interview With SDSM Presidential Candidate Stevo Pendarovski. Dutch Supreme Court Final Verdict on Peacekeepers in Srebrenica Today. Different Outcomes Expected in Brussels for Serbia and Kosovo
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Balkan Insider Exclusive Interview with SDSM presidential candidate Stevo Pendarovski for the elections in N. Macedonia taking place Sunday April 21, 2019. On the Prespa Agreement: “From the very beginning of the long and tough negotiations, the main goal […]
Photo: Centar za mir i multietničku saradnju MostarNewsletter for 4/17/2019: US Embassy in BiH to Look Into RS Reserve Police. Serbia and Russia Sign MoU to Build Nuclear Research Facility. Election Campaigning in N. Macedonia Enters Final Week. Prince Edward to Visit Slovenia.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY The US Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina is going to ask for further information on the new reserve police in Republika Srpska. N. MACEDONIA ELECTIONS: SDSM candidate Stevo Pendarovski notes that he will win and then run for a […]
Photo: Twitter/Dr. Miro CerarNewsletter for 4/16/2019: PM Viktor Orban Meets Vucic & Brnabic in Serbia. Thaci In Brussels With Tusk & Hahn. 2019 ACBiH Gala Recap. Rep. Paul Gosar (R, AZ-4) Meets Slovenia’s Foreign Minister on Last Day of Trip
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Congressman Paul Gosar (R, AZ-4) met Slovenia’s Foreign Minister Miro Cerar on Monday to discuss strengthening US-Slovenia relations. Gosar recently founded the Friends of Slovenia Caucus in the House of Representatives. On Saturday night the Advisory Council for Bosnia […]