Balkans

According to him, the goal was to seize part of the territory of Serbia, and the decision was made much earlier.
As he told Tanjug on the occasion of the anniversary of the NATO aggression, the attack of the North Atlantic Alliance aimed to get NATO a permanent base in the Balkans in order to implement the expansion strategy to the east.

The ethnic Greek minority in Albania and the members of the Albanian community in Greece act as a bridge of cooperation between the two countries, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou told Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Tuesday.

BELGRADE- Serbia and the Western Balkans should become a part of the EU as soon as possible, Italian Deputy PM and FM Antonio Tajani said in Belgrade on Tuesday, thanking Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic for the great efforts invested to reach a peaceful solution in the Balkans.

BELGRADE - Italian FM Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday in Belgrade Italy wanted greater presence in Serbia and the Balkans, which he noted had strategic significance.

The region must feel loved and valued by neighbouring countries, Tajani said.

BELGRADE - The March 2004 pogrom against Serbs and other non-Albanians in Kosovo-Metohija began on this day 19 years ago, Serbian PM Ana Brnabic wrote in a post on her Instagram profile on Friday.

Brnabic noted that "over 4,000 Serbs were driven out of their homes and eight were killed, and 35 churches and monasteries, including many under UNESCO protection, were destroyed."

Some Montenegrin sailors say a spate of drug seizures involving their colleagues has made finding work with international shipping companies increasingly difficult

BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday normalisation of Belgrade-Pristina relations was of great significance and that she hoped both sides would seize the moment in the dialogue and be constructive in upcoming discussions.

French ambassador in Montenegro Christain Thimonier (M) and PM Dritan Abazovic (L) in Podgorica. Photo: Government of Montenegro

BUDAPEST - No other region in Europe wants to join the EU more than the Western Balkans does, but it also expects "requited love" from the EU, Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Thursday after attending the Budapest Balkans Forum.

Speaking to reporters, Dacic thanked Hungary for supporting EU enlargement as well as Serbia's accession to the bloc.

MT KOPAONIK - When it comes to relations between big powers, Serbia should not be "the grass under fighting elephants," PM Ana Brnabic said on Wednesday, noting that Serbia was being targeted by objections over Chinese investments in the country even though China had invested more in Western Europe than it had in Serbia and the Western Balkans.