Đukanović wins Montenegro presidential election


Montenegro’s ruling Democratic Party of Socialists declares leader Milo Djukanovic winner of presidential election. Djukanovic won Montenegro’s presidential elections with 53.8% of votes. This is the first election since Montenegro joined NATO last year. Sunday’s vote was seen as test for the long-time leader, who favors European integration over closer ties to Montenegro’s traditional ally, Moscow. The …

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Montenegro votes in presidential election, Đukanović expected to win


Voters in Montenegro are casting their ballots in a presidential election that the former prime minister Milo Đukanović is expected to win after his party defied Russia and took the small Balkan country  last year. The vote is the first since Montenegro joined the western military alliance in December. It is seen as a test …

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Kosovo does not aim to start conflicts or armed attacks, Thaçi tells Bulgarian PM


In an April 10 telephone conversation, Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi assured Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov that his country does not aim to start any conflicts or armed attacks, a Bulgarian government statement said. Borissov, whose country is the current holder of the Presidency of the Council of the EU, had said earlier in Mostar, …

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11 politicians indicted in Kosovo as part of the “Pronto” affair


Special Prosecution in Kosovo has indicted 11 people involved in the wiretapping scandal known as the “Pronto” affair. The politicians who have been indicted are former MP Adem Grabovci, current minister Besim Beqaj, MP Zenun Pajaziti, former secretary of the ministry of Interior, Ilhami Gashi, the head of the Democratic Party of Prizren, Njazi Kryeziu, …

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FM Dacic: Pristina would accept Kosovo partition if not for mentors


 Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said that Pristina would accept a proposal for Kosovo’s partition if there were no mentors in the talks. “If we talked openly, without any mentors, over Kosovo’s partition, Pristina would accept that proposal, taking into consideration its interests,” FM Dacic told daily Blic. He says that big powers consider …

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Kosovo charges 11 party officials with political cronyism


 Kosovo prosecutors on Friday charged 11 officials of President Hashim Thaci’s ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), including a minister, with political cronyism, AFP reports. The accused “worked in co-perpetration … granting unlawful privileges and advantages” to people seeking posts in government agencies and public firms, a special prosecutor’s office statement said. The selection of PDK members …

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Serbia to buy Russian attack helicopters and MiG-29s


Speaking after his meeting with Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu, Vulin said that negotiations had started to acquire new armaments from the Russian Federation: four Mi-17 transport helicopters, and four Mi-35 attack helicopters. Vulin was on an official visit to Russia, during which he participated in the Moscow Conference on International Security. “Also, we continue our …

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EU pressures Kosovo for the establishment of the Association of Serbian Communes


Brussels has mounted pressure on Kosovo’s leadership for the establishment of the Association of Serbian Communes in Kosovo. EU senior officials said that negotiators from Pristina and Belgrade will sit down in Brussels to draft the status of the Association for which Serbia and Belgrade had agreed 5 years ago. The senior EU official, Angelina …

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Kosovo: PM Haradinaj demands cooperation with the Serbian List


In Kosovo, Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has called on the Serbian community to work with Pristina in order to address different issues and in order for the arrest and expulsion from Kosovo of the Serb official, Marko Djuric, not to be misused. In yesterday’s government meeting, deputy Prime Minister, Dalibor Jevtic, who has been appointed …

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Albania welcomes adoption of language law in Macedonia


Tirana, 11 January 2018 – Today’s adoption of the law on the use of languages in Macedonia dominated the headlines in Albania. Albanian media have been widely reporting about the adoption hailing it as ‘a historic event’ that finally makes the Albanian language in Macedonia official. Top state officials also welcomed the law’s adoption. “The enactment …

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