Photo: Centar za mir i multietničku saradnju MostarWHAT 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 CerarWHAT 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 […]
Photo Courtesy of Dr. Gordana Siljanovska DavkovaWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Balkan Insider Exclusive Interview with VMRO-DPMNE presidential candidate of N. Macedonia, Dr.Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova. She touches on the role of women, the Macedonian diaspora, limiting youth unemployment, relations with the US, and relations with Israel. She notes: “USA has been supporter […]
Dr. Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova is the VMRO-DPMNE candidate for the presidency of N. Macedonia. She is the first woman to run for the presidency, and is a law professor and author at St. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje. Balkan Insider: Thank you for joining us for this interview Dr. […]
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY The United States and Serbia signed an agreement “concerning a set of the US regulations in fighting tax evasion” to fall in line with the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). Read the press release (in Serbian) from the Ministry […]
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY US Deputy Assistant of State in the Bureau European and Eurasian Matthew Palmer is in Tirana, Albania, where he urged to opposition to rejoin the political process. On the Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue, he called for local ownership of the process […]
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott met with President Aleksandar Vucic to discuss the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue. Ambassador Scott urged the dialogue to continue. N1 reports that Camp Bondsteel commander US Colonel Roy Macaraeg said that KFOR would have to […]
Photo: Jessica S. Hitchcock/TwitterWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY The Minnesota National Guard was in Croatia where they flew F-16s with the Croatian Air Force. Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj is on an official visit to the United States where he met with the ethnic Albanian community, entrepreneurs in […]
Photo: TwitterWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY TO NATO! Foreign Ministers and Ambassadors from NATO members and future members descended on Washington for NATO events and had the opportunity to meet with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, including Foreign Minister of Albania Gent […]
Photo: Twitter/Zoran ZaevWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras became the first Greek Prime Minister to visit North Macedonia. He took a selife with his counterpart, Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev. They also signed multiple agreements and Tsipras said Greece […]