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January 7, 2017 Terrorismo, le bandiere dell’Isis nei villaggi dell’Albania. „Una polveriera per la Puglia“ La Repubblica I fenomeni di radicalizzazione oltre l’Adriatico preoccupano l’intelligence italiana: sul territorio pugliese ci sono comunità originarie dei villaggi su cui sventolano le bandiere del Califfato di GIULIANO FOSCHINI 07 gennaio 2017 È dal mare Adriatico che arriva oggi uno dei principali allarmi per il terrorismo in Italia. E la Puglia è frontiera di questo rischio. Nulla c’entrano i flussi migratori. L’allerta non riguarda né i barconi di disperati che attraccano per lo più sulle coste del Salento né le migliaia di richiedenti asilo che, in attesa del permesso di soggiorno, vengono portati nei […]

Die einzige Politik ist, der Westlichen Wertegemeinschaft

Serbian police have arrested two Serbian citizens who were allegedly involved in a plot to overthrow the Montenegrin government on elections day in October.

An exhibition of pictures by two Bosnian photographers offers stark images of memorials to people of all ethnic groups who were killed during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Former guerrilla commander turned Kosovo MP Fatmir Limaj pleaded not guilty at the start of his trial to accusations that he was responsible for the murder of two Kosovo Albanian civilians in October 1998.

The Serbian government urged France to send former Kosovo Liberation Army commander and ex-PM Ramush Haradinaj to Belgrade to face war crimes charges, threatening retraliation if he isn’t extradited.

With more elections on the horizon – possibly yet another parliamentary election – 2017 could be eerily similar to 2016 in Serbian politics.

Analysts question NATO’s strategy of focusing on building up forces on its eastern flank - while ignoring growing Russian-inspired tensions in the Balkans.

The number of Albanians seeking asylum in Germany fell sharply in 2016 compared to the previous year, apparently deterred by the low success rate and tough repatriation policies.

Top Croatian energy expert expresses doubt about claims that the energy company INA can retake control over its abandoned oil and gas fields in war-torn Syria.

Misa Vacic, an activist of the far-right 1389 Movement and an employee of the Serbian government's Kosovo Office, has been accused of threatening an NGO activist on Facebook.

Vorbestraft in den USA und ausgewiesen, trifft sich Ramuz Haradinaj, nachdem das fr. Gericht in aus der Haft unter Auflagen freigelassen hat (u.a. Verbot das Land zuverlassen) mit dem nächsten Gangster: Tom Duhani. Geldwäsche, Wucher Ring der übelsten Gangster Art von Tom Duhani, der verurteilt wurde, nachdem er den US Politiker Gary Peter finanzierte. Albanische Politiker bezahlen Millionen an US Politiker, darunter Barak Obama (2 mal darunter 80.000 $ für ein Foto in 2012, wie das FBI ermitelte) , Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Welsely Clark Haradinaj festoi lirimin i shoqëruar nga i dënuari për fajde në SHBA Parim Olluri 12.01.2017 Tom Duhani, biznesmeni shqiptar, i dënuar në SHBA për pastrim […]

After Macedonia, Hungary announces Crackdown on All George Soros Funded „NGOs“ v Hungary plans to ‘sweep out’ all Soros-backed NGOs Vladimir Rodzianko Hungary plans to crack down on non-governmental organizations linked to billionaire George Soros now that Donald Trump will occupy the White House, according to the deputy head of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s party. It’s no secret Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban is unliked by his European counterparts for being one of the last conservative, anti-globalist leaders left in the bloc. Orban has praised president-elect Donald Trump saying a Trump presidency in the US may be the best outcome for Europe, while pushing for better relations with Russia. In July, Orban […]

The excitement of the holiday season may be subsiding, but political life in the Balkans is only just heating up. 

The Republika Srpska government said it cut communications with Bosnia’s High Representative Valentin Inzko after he reportedly compared the entity’s banned ‘statehood day’ celebrations to commemorations of a Croatian WWII-era Nazi puppet state.

The sudden departure of a number of prominent journalists is causing unease about a possible loss of political balance in Albania's mainstream media.

The Socialist Movement for Integration, LSI, has hired the services of US lobbysists McKeon Group to secure an invitations to attend Donald Trump's inauguration and meet high-level US politicians afterwards.

Kosovo Liberation Army commander turned politician Ramush Haradinaj, arrested in France over Serbian war crimes charges, has been released from custody while Belgrade’s extradition request is being considered.

The war in Syria has created tensions in Bulgaria's Syrian community, one of the largest in Eastern Europe, and given some members a pretext to seek asylum elsewhere.

The US Senate's Foreign Relations Committee has approved a resolution supporting Montenegro's membership of NATO, sending it to the full Senate for a vote.