Balkans

“Terrorists”, “heroes”, “Serbs”

People say “it’s not the neck but the neck”, but that joke is wrong. Because neck and neck are not exactly the same, although they mean the same thing – the part of the body that holds the head. But there are no complete synonyms because the words resonate differently …

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Prosecutor’s Office after allegations in the media: “The body of the third attacker was found today”

On the territory of the municipality of Zvečan in the atar of the village of Banjska, the body of a third person who is suspected of attacking the Kosovo police was found today, the Special Prosecutor’s Office of Kosovo stated this evening. The announcement followed the news published in the …

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How the pro-European opposition reacted to armed conflicts in Banjska

In the first reactions to the armed conflicts since Sunday morning in Banjska , Kosovo, the pro-European opposition expressed condolences for the dead, sharply criticized the policy of the President of Serbia as unsuccessful because it turned the Serbs into hostages, and demanded a new approach to the region. Due …

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Bojan Pajtić: Returning Serbian police officers to the north of Kosovo is a prerequisite for anything to move forward

Professor of the Faculty of Law in Novi Sad and former president of the provincial government of Vojvodina, Bojan Pajtić, said in Iza vesti that the first thing that must be sought is “the return of Serbian policemen to the north of Kosovo.” According to him, “we are certainly not …

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Kurti-EU Tensions Harming Kosovo’s National Interests – OpEd

Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti is still wallowing in his obsession with Serbia and seems to never understand that Kosovo’s independence, security, and well-being do not depend on what Serbia’s President Vucic says or does but only on the commitments of the EU and the US to safeguard Kosovo’s security …

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A former FBI agent concealed the $225,000 he received from an intelligence agent in Albania

Arrested former senior agent of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Charles McGonigal, pleaded guilty to concealing the $225,000 he received in cash while working for the FBI from a former intelligence officer of Albania. McGonigal was the head of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division in New York from 2016 …

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Western Balkans: From The Thessaloniki Declaration To The Introduction Of ETIAS – OpEd

The EU does not know what to do with the Western Balkans The 20th anniversary of the signing of the Thessaloniki Declaration[2] was recently celebrated in Thessaloniki, followed by the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF), and the summit of the Brdo-Brioni process in Skopje, while the summit of the Berlin process …

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Nordic-Baltic Integration In NATO: Model For Integration Of Western Balkans – OpEd

In July, the fourth summit that the Alliance has held since the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 took place in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. The heads of state and government of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) gathered there ), giving new life to the meeting …

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Serbian, Kosovar Leaders Fail To Reach Agreement Amid Worsening Relations

(RFE/RL) — The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo failed to reach an agreement for improving bilateral relations during EU-mediated talks in Brussels on September 14. European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that “we tried hard but, unfortunately, it was not possible to bridge the differences today.” Borrell, who …

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The Western Balkans Between The East And The West

Abstract: The Western Balkans region is both politically and economically significant for Europe. This article examines the security issues and further identifies development issues that threaten the stability of this region as it finds itself at a dangerous crossroads between the West and the East. As of 2022, the influence …

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