PM Rama comments on meeting held with Greek counterpart Tsipras in Dubrovnik


Albanian PM, Edi Rama held a meeting with his Greek counterpart, Tsipras during the 16+1 summit between countries of Southeast Europe and China taking place in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The Albanian government released a statement a few minutes ago, but without offering any details about the results of the meeting: “The meeting between the Albanian PM …

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Leaders of Kosovo and Serbia will meet in Berlin at the end of April


Leaders of Kosovo and Serbia will meet on April 29 in Berlin at the invitation of Germany and France. This was confirmed on Wednesday by Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vucic, who said that he was invited in Berlin along with this country’s Prime Minister, Ana Brnabic. Meanwhile, Kosovo’s president Hashim Thaci and Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj …

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Foreign Minister: Bulgaria gave clear signal to Turkey over Çavuşoğlu statement on religions law


Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva told Parliament on April 10 that the country’s reaction to a claim by her Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu that Ankara had intervened in the Religious Denominations Act amendments had been appropriate and acute. Presenting a demarche to Turkey was the most acute reaction, Zaharieva said. Bulgaria had given clear diplomatic …

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Albania will have Croatia’s support in its EU integration path


The Albanian delegation, which is participating in the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly session, taking place from 8 to 12 April in Strasbourg, has had a meeting with Croatian deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Marija Mejcinovic Buric. During this meeting, the Croatian senior official has praised the reforms that Albania has launched and said …

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Kosovo: Haradinaj fires minister for use of hate speech


Kosovo’s Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has announced today his decision to fire minister for Administration and Local Government, Ivan Teodosijevic. PM Haradinaj said that he had taken this decision following the use of hate speech by minister Teodosijevic against Albanians and NATO. The Serb minister had earlier declared that NATO had committed genocide on Serbs and …

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Bulgaria’s nationalist ‘United Patriots’ parties register separately for European Parliament elections


Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Krassimir Karakachanov’s VMRO party said that it would register on April 9 for European Parliament elections, becoming the second of the “United Patriots” nationalist grouping to do so separately from its partners. Parties and coalitions intending to participate in Bulgaria’s May 26 2019 European Parliament elections have until April 10 to …

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Turkey: Erdogan speaks of an organized plan of rigging in the elections in Istanbul


Rumors of holding new elections in Istanbul! While the count of invalid ballots in Istanbul continues, the difference between the winner Ekrem Imamoglu and the ruling party candidate, Binali Yildirim, has fallen to about 15,000 votes from 23,000, but everyone agrees that as things stand at the moment, the difference can not to change in …

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Kosovo marks the 11th anniversary of its Constitution


11 years ago, two months after the proclamation of independence, parliament also ratified the country’s Constitution, which came into effect on 15 June 2008. The Constitution is the most important legal document which guarantees fundamental rights and freedoms for citizens of this country. The Constitution defines Kosovo as a secular state. This document has 14 …

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FM Dimitrov: Country’s success in the EU integration is success for the entire region


North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov is confident in country’s European perspective – North Macedonia’s success in the European integration is a success for entire region. Dimitrov, who is paying working visit to Berlin, said on Facebook that the next two days are crucial to the country’s European prospects. “The next two days, key meetings …

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Turkey demands extradition of FETO members from North Macedonia


Turkey has demanded from authorities in North Macedonia to extradite individuals suspected of being members of FETO organization. PM Zoran Zaev said that authorities in Skopje will act in compliance with the International Convention for Extradition and the country’s legislation. He said that they’re examining the requests made by Turkish authorities, but without specifying if …

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Voutsis: The Government has not fully explained the positive aspects of the Prespa Agreement


Greece’s Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis stated that the Government has not fully explained the positive aspects of the Prespa Agreement. In an interview with the Greek newspaper Documento, Speaker Voutsis says that instead of explaining the agreement to the people, the Government has put it on standby, believing that the positive aspects of the deal …

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Orthodox Easter 2019: North Macedonia bishop to go with Bulgarian delegation to Jerusalem to fetch ‘Holy Fire’


A bishop from the “Macedonian Orthodox Church” will accompany a Bulgarian Orthodox Church delegation to Jerusalem at Easter 2019 to fetch the “Holy Fire”. This emerged at a meeting between Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and Bulgarian Orthodox Church Stara Zagora Metropolitan Kiprian, who heads the church’s commission on relations with the church in North …

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Albanian opposition takes to the streets once again


Opposition in Albania held another demonstration in front of the country’s parliament today where there were violent clashes between opposition’s supporters and the numerous police forces that were there to maintain order. Meanwhile, demonstrators also threw smoke bombs and other strong objects towards law enforcement officers. Police on the other hand used water cannons to …

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Tsipras’ visit triggers debates in North Macedonia


The visit that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held in Skopje yesterday has triggered a debate and was also commented by presidential candidates during the meetings that they had with voters. VMRO-DPMNE presidential candidate, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova was critical about the fact that the national anthem was not played and the Republican Guard was not present …

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