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Vucic: Time for Pristina to meet its commitments
BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who met with the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak and US special Western Balkans envoy Gabriel Escobar in Belgrade on Tuesday evening, said he wanted to believe the part of the international community that had the biggest influence on Pristina also had the mechanisms that could lead to commitments undertaken and s
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The dangers of Biden appeasing Turkey over Sweden
Now that President Erdogan has secured reelection, the Biden administration is stepping up its efforts to pressure the Turkish President to lift his veto over Sweden's accession to NATO. While Secretary of State Antony Blinken has publicly denied any link between Sweden's NATO accession and the delivery of F-16s, President Biden has suggested a quid pro quo.
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Dacic receives Polish delegation
BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic on Tuesday received a courtesy visit from a Polish delegation headed by the chairman of the country's parliamentary committee on foreign affairs.
The parties agreed that bilateral relations are very good, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
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New PM for Bulgaria as former rivals enter uneasy alliance
Bulgaria's parliament on Tuesday formally approved the country's new government proposed by the two main political rivals in a bid to end a 30-months-long political crisis, restore stability and spur economic development in the poorest EU member country.
Dacic: Unity and political stability top state and national interest
BELGRADE - Serbian FM and Socialist Party of Serbia leader Ivica Dacic said on Tuesday he had had a good conversation with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic earlier in the day and that unity of the people and political stability were the top state and national interest.
"A very good discussion with President Aleksandar Vucic," Dacic remarked in an Instagram post.
Turkey’s new defense minister vows to protect ‘Blue Homeland’
Turkey's newly-appointed Defense Minister Yasar Guler has vowed to protect his country's interests and the "Blue Homeland," a revisionist doctrine expressing Ankara's expansionist ambitions in the Aegean.
TV debate between party leaders confirmed ahead of June 25 ballot
The leaders of the five parties contesting the June 25 election after making it into Parliament in the May 21 ballot will be locking horns in a televised debate, it was announced on Tuesday.
The debate will be aired by state broadcaster ERT on June 15, the Interparty Committee, which met at the Interior Ministry in Athens on Tuesday morning, decided.
Bulgaria’s Parliament will Vote on the "Denkov-Gabriel" Cabinet tomorrow
The head of state Rumen Radev has issued a decree for the voting of the proposed WCC-DB cabinet, and the speaker of the National Assembly has scheduled an extraordinary meeting for tomorrow.
Turkish forces arrive in Kosovo to bolster NATO-led peacekeepers
The Turkish commando battalion requested by NATO has arrived in Kosovo to assist in quelling recent violent unrest in the Balkan country.
The Turkish Defense Ministry shared a video on June 4 showing troops wearing the insignia of the NATO-led KFOR peacekeeping force departing from Türkiye and arriving in Kosovo.
Tsipras: ‘We have to adapt our policies towards climate neutrality’
SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras said on Monday that Greece needs to adapt its policies in the direction of climate neutrality to stem the consequences of the climate crisis.