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Balkan Blast 5/28/2021: Christian Schmidt named new High Representative for BiH. China to open grace period to Montenegro to repay $1bn loan. Croatian PM Plenković talks economic cooperation with China’s Yang Jiechi. Preševo Mayor accuses Serbia of ethnic cleansing.

Balkan Blast 5/28/2021: Christian Schmidt named new High Representative for BiH. China to open grace period to Montenegro to repay $1bn loan. Croatian PM Plenković talks economic cooperation with China’s Yang Jiechi. Preševo Mayor accuses Serbia of ethnic cleansing.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY SCHMIDT NAMED NEW HIGH REPRESENTATIVE TO BiH: The Ambassadors of the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council appointed Christian Schmidt as the next High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. He will be replacing Valentin Inzko who resigned on […]

Balkan Blast 5/4/2021: Albania’s Socialists aim to impeach President Meta. EU’s Varhelyi kicks off visit to the Western Balkans. N. Macedonia’s Osmani meets German FM Maas in Berlin. Japan’s FM visited BiH, Slovenia over the weekend.Photo: Reddit

Balkan Blast 5/4/2021: Albania’s Socialists aim to impeach President Meta. EU’s Varhelyi kicks off visit to the Western Balkans. N. Macedonia’s Osmani meets German FM Maas in Berlin. Japan’s FM visited BiH, Slovenia over the weekend.

We would like to wish our Orthodox Christian readers a Happy Easter! WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY ALBANIAN RULING PARTY LOOKS TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT: Albania’s Socialist Party, which won a third consecutive mandate in parliamentary elections, has started a motion in parliament to impeach […]

Balkan Blast 4/29/2021: N. Macedonia’s Pendarovski meets NATO’s Stoltenberg. Kurti starts meetings in Brussels, says no new meeting on Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue. State Dept.’s Chollet, Palmer comment on situation in BiH. Serbia’s Vučić denies non paper written in Belgrade.Photo: Ardian Lumi

Balkan Blast 4/29/2021: N. Macedonia’s Pendarovski meets NATO’s Stoltenberg. Kurti starts meetings in Brussels, says no new meeting on Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue. State Dept.’s Chollet, Palmer comment on situation in BiH. Serbia’s Vučić denies non paper written in Belgrade.

Join your fellow Balkan Insider readers, on Thursday, April 29th at 12:00PM EST/6:00PM CET, for a webinar with the former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia, W. Robert Kohorst. The former ambassador will share his highlights from his three plus years based in Zagreb on key geo-political […]

Balkan Blast 4/28/2021: Albania’s Socialists led by PM Edi Rama wins parliamentary elections. U.S. returns to pre-Trump policy on the Western Balkans. Germany, France deny non paper on Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue. Pendarovski visits EU officials in Brussels.Photo: Jessica S. Hitchcock/Twitter

Balkan Blast 4/28/2021: Albania’s Socialists led by PM Edi Rama wins parliamentary elections. U.S. returns to pre-Trump policy on the Western Balkans. Germany, France deny non paper on Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue. Pendarovski visits EU officials in Brussels.

Join your fellow Balkan Insider readers, on Thursday, April 29th at 12:00PM EST/6:00PM CET, for a webinar with the former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia, W. Robert Kohorst. The former ambassador will share his highlights from his three plus years based in Zagreb on key geo-political […]

Balkan Blast 4/26/2021: PM Edi Rama’s Socialist Party holding a lead in Albania’s parliamentary elections, Kosovo’s Kurti criticized for voting in Albania. German FM Maas visit to Serbia on Friday. Serbia’s Vučić meets Lajčák in Brussels on Dialogue.Photo: The Srpska Times

Balkan Blast 4/26/2021: PM Edi Rama’s Socialist Party holding a lead in Albania’s parliamentary elections, Kosovo’s Kurti criticized for voting in Albania. German FM Maas visit to Serbia on Friday. Serbia’s Vučić meets Lajčák in Brussels on Dialogue.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY ALBANIAN ELECTION RESULTS: PM Edi Rama is charging towards win his third term as prime minister with the Socialist Party holding a commanding lead from Sunday’s parliamentary elections with 48% of the vote counted at the time of this […]

Balkan Blast 4/23/2021: Local politics overshadow commemorations at Jasenovac. Serbia’s President, PM, and Speaker visit Banja Luka. Germany’s FM Maas on official visit to Kosovo, Serbia. Slovenia and Poland’s PMs call for an end to Nord Stream 2.

Balkan Blast 4/23/2021: Local politics overshadow commemorations at Jasenovac. Serbia’s President, PM, and Speaker visit Banja Luka. Germany’s FM Maas on official visit to Kosovo, Serbia. Slovenia and Poland’s PMs call for an end to Nord Stream 2.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY SERBIAN DELEGATION VISITS BANJA LUKA: Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić led a delegation to mark the Day of the City of Banja Luka, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Republika Srpska (RS) entity. The delegation included PM Ana Brnabić and […]

Balkan Blast 4/22/2021: Kurti and Vučić head to Brussels next week, to meet separately with EU officials. Tense atmosphere consumes Albania’s elections over the weekend – President accuses PM of running a”kleptocratic regime.” Croatian, Italian, and Slovenian FMs sign declaration on north Adriatic.Photo: Erasmusu.com

Balkan Blast 4/22/2021: Kurti and Vučić head to Brussels next week, to meet separately with EU officials. Tense atmosphere consumes Albania’s elections over the weekend – President accuses PM of running a”kleptocratic regime.” Croatian, Italian, and Slovenian FMs sign declaration on north Adriatic.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY KURTI, VUČIĆ TO SEPARATELY MEET EU OFFICIALS NEXT WEEK: Kosovo PM Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić will separately meet EU officials in Brussels next week. Serbia’s Vučić said he expects a “constructive conversation, important and constructive talks […]

Balkan Blast 4/21/2021: U.S. President Biden calls for “flexibility and difficult compromise” in Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue. EU Commissioner Várhelyi calls for European Council to move forward with the Western Balkans. Three separate Jasenovac commemorations on Thursday. Dodik starts campaign for “peaceful separation” of BiH.

Balkan Blast 4/21/2021: U.S. President Biden calls for “flexibility and difficult compromise” in Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue. EU Commissioner Várhelyi calls for European Council to move forward with the Western Balkans. Three separate Jasenovac commemorations on Thursday. Dodik starts campaign for “peaceful separation” of BiH.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY BIDEN EMPHASIZES DIALOGUE IN LETTER TO OSMANI: U.S. President Joe Biden wrote a congratulatory letter to Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani on Monday. Biden noted the “the Biden family has a personal connection to your country” through his son Beau who […]

Balkan Blast 4/20/2021: The UK and Serbia sign extensive Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement. Serbia’s inter-party dialogue kicks off online. PM Edi Rama says April 25 elections are test of Albania’s character.

Balkan Blast 4/20/2021: The UK and Serbia sign extensive Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement. Serbia’s inter-party dialogue kicks off online. PM Edi Rama says April 25 elections are test of Albania’s character.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE BALKANS TODAY UK + SERBIA: The UK and Serbia signed a Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement to secure “continued preferential trade access between the UK and Serbia with significant savings for business to support jobs and the wider economy.” The Agreement was […]

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