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Vučić hosts gala dinner; the President of Serbia with the guests of the Summit PHOTO
The First International Wine Fair "Wine Vision of the Open Balkans", under the auspices of the governments of Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania, was opened today in the presence of the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vui and the Prime Ministers of Albania, North Macedonia and Montenegro, Edi Rama, Dimitar Kovaevski and Dritan Abazovi, with the opening Red Wine "Open Balkan" made from three loc
Bosnia Parties Fulfilled Very Few Election Promises, Report Says
Political parties that make up the majority in Bosnia's current government, the Council of Ministers, have totally fulfilled only six out of their 189 pre-election promises, says a report by a fact-checking organisation, published on Thursday.
Pahor to host regional summit in September
Ljubljana – Slovenian President Borut Pahor will host the leaders of the Brdo-Brijuni initiative of regional cooperation for a summit at Brdo estate on 12 September which is to call on the EU to step up enlargement to the Western Balkans.
Bosnian Election Campaigners Routinely Abusing Public Resources – TI
A new report by the Bosnian branch of the watchdog organisation Transparency International, based on two months of monitoring of the way political parties and candidates have operated ahead of October's general election, has registered some 1,300 examples of the abuse of public resources for poliitical purposes.
The Open Balkans Summit in Belgrade, everyone is coming. It is chaired by Vučić
The summit will be held on Friday, September 2 in the Palace of Serbia, and it will be chaired by Aleksandar Vui, it was stated in the press release of the Office for Media Relations of the President of the Republic.
Bisera Turkovic: Bosnia’s Under-Fire Foreign Minister and SDA Fixture
Serb and Croat politicians in Bosnia are clamouring for the dismissal of Foreign Minister Bisera Turkovic. But with an election round the corner, her party has her back.
On the day of the confidence vote in the Government, a helicopter lands on St Stefan
Serbian member of the BiH Presidency, Milorad Dodik, is traveling to Montenegro, ahead of the vote of confidence in the government of Montenegrin Prime Minister Dritan Abazovi, the media in Bosnia-Herzegovina report.
Bosniak Former Political Leader’s War Crimes Trial Set for September
It was announced at a status conference at the Bosnian state court on Wednesday that the high-profile trial of prominent wartime political leader Ejup Ganic and nine other defendants who are accused of involvement in war crimes in the high-profile Dobrovoljacka Street case will begin on September 21.
Russian Embassy Accuses West of ‘NATOisation’ of Bosnia
The Russian embassy in Sarajevo alleged on Tuesday that the impending arrival of German troops in Bosnia and Herzegovina to bolster the European Union's EUFOR peacekeeping force, also known as Operation Althea, was part of Western attempts to militarily dominate the Balkan country.
Complaints over Political Hiring in Bosnia
Prosecutors in Bosnia and Herzegovina's Republika Srpska entity are investigating Bosnian Serb MP Jelena Doric following a complaint over her appointment as acting director of the entity's roads authority in apparent violation of a law concerning conflict of interest.
BIRN Journalists Threatened by Turkish Far-Right ‘Wolves’
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The threats were sent from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and from Turkey, on June 28, and since then, after BIRN published an investigation into the Grey Wolves organisation's branch and its activities in Bosnia.
Kuloglija and Buyuk continued to receive messages on their phones with intimidating content after the publication of the article.
Pahor and Erdogan discuss cooperation, Ukraine, W Balkans
Ankara – President Borut Pahor met his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan before wrapping up his two-day trip to Ankara on Wednesday. The presidents confirmed that relations between Slovenia and Turkey were good and friendly. They talked about the war in Ukraine and the Western Balkans, agreeing on a meeting in September.
Pahor discusses Ukraine war effects for W Balkans in Turkey
Ankara – President Borut Pahor started a two-day state visit to Turkey on Tuesday, meeting Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu in Ankara. The pair talked above all about the war in Ukraine and its consequences for the Western Balkans. Pahor also raised this point as he addressed the annual meeting of Turkish diplomats.
US Senators Push New Legislation to Boost ties to Balkans
New legislation introduced into the US Senate aims to support economic development in the Western Balkans through initiatives on infrastructure, trade and anti-corruption, including codification of sanctions to deter destabilizing activity. It also aims to strengthen security in Bosnia and Herzegovina and encourage Albanian and North Macedonian integration into the EU.
Croatia Hails ‘Clean Victory’ in Operation Storm, Serbs Lament ‘Pogrom’
Croatian political leaders, wartime generals and war veterans gathered on Friday in the town of Knin to mark the anniversary of the country's victorious military offensive, Operation Storm, which effectively ended the independence war in the country in 1995.