NATO’s Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg will travel to Tirana for a two hour visit on Sunday, June 2. NATO has announced in a press release that “on Sunday, June 2, NATO’s Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg will hold a visit to Tirana”. Stoltenberg will hold a meeting with the president Ilir Meta, PM Edi Rama and …
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras revealed his intention to call an early general election, after the end of the second round of Greek local elections next Sunday. Ruling SYRIZA suffered humiliating defeats in all three election battles on Sunday, European, regional and municipal. With over 30 percent of votes counted in the early hours of …
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Elections for the European Parliament are held today in most member states of the European Union. Countries such as Croatia, Germany, France, Austria, Poland, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Bulgaria, Romania, Italy, Slovenia, Greece, Malta, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal, Estonia and Lithuania in Hungary are voting today for Members of the European Parliament. The European elections were already …
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The election results on Sunday may open the door for national elections, as the Greek prime minister said in his last interview before the crucial battle, this morning on public television. “On Sunday we do not vote for a government, but it is not an unimportant vote,” said Alexis Tsipras, pointing out that in these …
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Bulgaria’s Cabinet, at a meeting on May 22, approved a draft protocol on co-operation between the government of Bulgaria and the government of the Republic of North Macedonia on combating trafficking in human beings. The draft will serve as a basis for negotiations between the two countries on a final document to be signed, the …
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Partial local elections were held in North of Kosovo on Sunday, namely in North Mitrovica, Leposavic, Zvecan and Zubin Potok. Turnout in these elections was 42%, while Democracy in Action, which is a coalition of non-government organizations, has observed the voting process. According to this coalition, with 85% of ballots counted at midnight, it looks …
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The political crisis in Austria is neither accidental nor unique. Nor was it surprising. It was the revelation and possibly the confirmation of how the far-right in Europe is being bolstered by known/unknown “centers” that want to destabilize the European Union and make it backtrack. Of course, merely deciding to boost the far-right is not …
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on Saturday will attend the formal opening of the southern leg of Corridor 10 on a section through Serbia’s Grdelichka Gorge. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will declare the highway open at the ceremony alongside Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and Minister of Construction Zorana Mihajlovic. Zaev will address the inauguration …
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Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj has commented the process of talks with Serbia today. According to him, there will no longer be any talks about border changes. “The process is in safe hands now. It’s no longer in Mogherini’s hands. This process will be taken over by chancellor Merkel and president Macron now. What’s …
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Opposition in Albania held another big demonstration last evening in the capital Tirana in a bid to convince socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama to resign and announce early general elections. The opposition leader, Lulzim Basha told the crowd of demonstrators, who had gathered in front of the prime minister’s office, that the opposition was the …
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In the last two years, the number of asylum seekers tripled in Montenegro, but the number of people who were granted international protection is much lower, said UNHCR representative to Montenegro Roberta Montevecchi, in an interview for the Montenegro media. She added that these figures are not a cause for an alarm. Montevecchi explained that …
In an interview with Alpha TV on Monday evening, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras predicted that the upcoming European elections will be closer to call than recent opinion polls suggest. The Greek premier added that SYRIZA will win the general elections that will follow in October. Tsipras launched yet another attack against main opposition party leader …
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Following Saturday’s violent clashes in the capital Tirana, opposition in Albania is getting ready for yet another big demonstration. The head of the main opposition party, Democratic Party, Lulzim Basha has launched a public call for people to join this anti-government demonstration. The democrat leader has also published a video, saying that nothing can stop …
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Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic says he believes North Macedonia and Serbia will ‘mute the noise’ existing recently. Speaking to the press after the inauguration of President Stevo Pendarovski, Vucic said he would extend an official invitation to his new counterpart to visit Belgrade. Asked whether the ‘noise’ in the two countries’ relations – turned on …
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Western Balkan leaders have met today in Tirana for the Brdo-Brijun summit. This meeting is being hosted by the country’s president, Ilir Meta. Polish president, Andrzej Duda and the head of EU foreign policy, Federica Mogherini are this summit’s guest of honors. This summit, which also coincides with Europe Day, aims at conveying an important …
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Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci declared today that there will be no dialogue or negotiations without the presence of the United States of America. This declaration comes a few hours before the start of the Berlin Summit hosted by German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Emmanuel Macron. According to Kosovo’s president, “Kosovo is an independent …
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Former deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia, Bryan Hoyt Yee says that the Berlin conference is not decisive in terms of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, but an opportunity to talk. He says that discussions in Berlin will bring something new and progress between the two countries. “I praise Germany and …
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Chairman of the Democratic Party in Albania, Lulzim Basha had a meeting today with party senior figures to discuss about the date of the next protest that this party is expected to hold. According to sources from within the party, the opposition is expected to hold a demonstration on 11 May 2019 in the evening. …
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A meeting of Balkan countries is expected to be held in Berlin on April 29 at the invitation of German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president, Emmanuel Macron. This conference will also mark the first meeting between leaders of Kosovo and Serbia since November last year. The organizers of this conference have not yet given …
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Chairman of Self Determination Party in Kosovo, Albin Kurti, says that the country needs to hold fresh elections. In a meeting with party supporters, Kurti said that Kosovo is being governed by a coalition “which is plundering Kosovo”. “We need fresh elections, because the country is in need of a new government that can put …
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