Photo: Emir AlomerovicWHAT 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 […]
Photo: N1WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY House Committee Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel (D, NY-16) urged the EU to grant Kosovo visa liberalization while on a bipartisan congressional delegation tip to NATO Parliamentary Assembly: “One of the key criteria for Kosovo to be granted the visa free regime […]
Photo: TwitterWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Eliot Engel (D, NY-16) SAYS: “I am proud to celebrate the 11th anniversary of independence in Kosova. I will always fight for justice and freedom for the people of Kosova. I am […]
MSC/GuellandWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Happy Presidents Day! Celebrations: Serbia marked Statehood Day on Friday commemorating the beginning of the First Serbian Uprising in 1804 with a ceremony that included Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and President of Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Zeljka Cvijanovic. Meanwhile, […]
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Dobrodosli: The new US Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Eric George Nelson, was sworn in today at the State Department in Washington DC. US Ambassador to Croatia Robert Kohorst was interviewed by HRT on Monday and said the US […]
Photo: Prishtina InsightWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Cancelled!: Major General Timothy Orr of the Iowa National Guard has cancelled his trip to Kosovo “in connection to tariffs on Serbian and Bosnian goods,” reports RFE/RL. Speaking of military, Kohavision reports that the US could suspend military aid to the newly formed […]
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY Joint Message: US Ambassadors to Serbia and Kosovo, Kyle Scott and Philip Kosnett, penned an op-ed saying that 2019 is the year for an agreement: “This is why we today launch an appeal: it’s time for Kosovo to suspend […]
Photo: FacebookWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY WELCOME!: Macedonia signed its NATO Accession Protocol “for the future North Macedonia” in Brussels on Wednesday enabling it to become the 30th member. The Greek Parliament will ratify the protocol for Macedonia’s admission on Friday. Backsliding Democracy: Freedom House released its […]
Photo: TwitterWHAT 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 […]
Photo: TwitterWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY N1: “US intelligence report warns of armed conflicts in Western Balkans in 2019“: “The Western Balkans countries are at risk of open military conflict in 2019 and Russia is lurking to take advantage of the situation, the US intelligence […]