Balkans

Cyprus president criticizes Turkish policy in Iraq, Syria at UN summit

The ongoing Turkey-Cyprus conflict was a major theme of Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades speech at the United Nations General Assembly summit in New York. Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades tore into Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the UN summit Friday, criticizing Turkey’s policies not only in Cyprus, but in Iraq …

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Saudi military trains with Greek forces

Saudi Arabia and Greece signed a missile deal earlier this year and are both allies of the UAE and Egypt. Saudi soldiers arrived in Greece on Tuesday for a joint training exercise with their Greek counterparts. Paratrooper units and special security forces from the Royal Saudi Land Forces participated in …

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Saudi military trains with Greek forces

Saudi Arabia and Greece signed a missile deal earlier this year and are both allies of the UAE and Egypt. Saudi soldiers arrived in Greece on Tuesday for a joint training exercise with their Greek counterparts. Paratrooper units and special security forces from the Royal Saudi Land Forces participated in …

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North Macedonia, US Officials Unveil Flag In Pentagon’s NATO Corridor

A stylized sun rose in the Pentagon’s NATO Hallway as the flag of the Republic of North Macedonia joined that of 29 other NATO allies. North Macedonia’s Defense Minister Radmila Shekerinska and Laura K. Cooper, the acting assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, unveiled the red and yellow …

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Why Serbia wants to buy SPIKE missiles from Israel

While prospects for actual conflict use are slim, Belgrade hopes that by buying Israeli weapons it can alleviate some of the pressure it may face from Washington over Kosovo and ties with Russia and China. Israel’s defense industry just added another buyer to its list. Speaking to the Serbian national …

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Γαία πυρί μιχθύτω. Είκοσι χρόνια μετά!

Είκοσι χρόνια πριν, το τραγικό πρωινό της Τρίτης 11/9/2001, οι ΗΠΑ κι η Δύση ολόκληρη πέρασαν σε μια νεα εποχή. Την κατάρρευση των δίδυμων πύργων, συμβόλου της οικονομικής ισχύος και το χτύπημα του Πενταγώνου, καρδιάς της στρατιωτικής ισχύος, ακολούθησε η κατάρρευση του αξιώματος του ¨απόρθητου ¨ που η αλαζονεία της …

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Hungary’s Democracy And Its Denigration In Europe – OpEd

Across Europe a war of ideas and principles has taken place since the European migrant crisis of 2015, when 1.3 million people entered in the European Union space and requested asylum. With a civil strife in the Middle East, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as perilous environments …

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Montenegro Violence Was Reckless Gamble by Country’s Former Rulers

Last weekend’s street battles show the former ruling DPS won’t shrink from taking the whole country down with it, if it feels its interests are vitally threatened. For what it’s worth, many ordinary Montenegrins are as confused as everyone else about what just happened in their country. The violent scenes …

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Afghan Disaster Holds Lessons for Western Policy in Balkans

The West should see its humiliation in Afghanistan as a wake-up call to reconsider its strategies in other parts of the world – like the Balkans. “The very same politicians who told us that Afghanistan was critical, that was worth dying for, that was the existential threat to global security… …

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Green Shoots in Serbia a Worry for Ruling Party and Opponents

Never before seen as a priority for impoverished Serb voters, green issues are forcing themselves onto the political agenda ahead of elections expected next year, with repercussions for the ruling party and its longtime opponents. From protests against small hydropower plants in the south to anger over air pollution made …

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