You are here

Balkan News

Border Deal Failure Has 'Damaged' Faith in Kosovo

Balkaninsight.com - Mon, 05/09/2016 - 07:17
Political observer says Kosovo parliament's failure to vote on an agreement on border demarcation with Montenegro has undermined the country's international credibility. 
Categories: Balkan News

Croatia Parties Use Apps to Lure Youth Vote

Balkaninsight.com - Mon, 05/09/2016 - 07:15
Parties are increasingly turning to smartphone apps to attract hard-to-reach young voters in the coming general election.
Categories: Balkan News

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), SWP-Berlin, GMF, European Endowment for Democracy (EED)

Balkanblog.org - Sun, 04/09/2016 - 01:11
Sabine Fischer, eine Amerikanerin, ohne jede Berufs Erfahrung, Volker Perthes und Margarete Klein (Philosophie Studium) dürfen ihren Esoterischen Murks und Unfug über die SWP-Berlin verbreiten. Mehr lesen:Deutscher Regierungs-Think Tank SWP blickt in die Zukunft: Auch 2017 ist Russland an allem schuld Massenmorde. Ethnische Säuberungen rund um Pipeline’s, was schon mit dem Kosovo Krieg begann mit Kriminellen und Terroristen, als die AMBO Pipeline geplant war. 18.03.2016 – Moderne Kanonenboot-Diplomatie BERLIN/WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Eigener Bericht) – Vor der China-Reise von Bundespräsident Joachim Gauck weisen deutsche Regierungsberater auf die wachsenden Auseinandersetzungen im Südchinesischen Meer zwischen China und den Vereinigten Staaten hin. Anlass sind provozierende Durchfahrten von US-Kriegsschiffen durch die Zwölf-Meilen-Zone vor der Küste von Inseln, […]
Categories: Balkan News

40 Millionen €, in 11 Monaten bezahlt eine Staatliche Institution als Lobby Ausgaben in Brüssel

Balkanblog.org - Sat, 03/09/2016 - 21:51
Beim Bestechen im Ausland, ist Deutschland schon lange Federführend, ebenso Lehrmeister. Da stehlen Politiker viel Geld, was durchaus System bei Staatlichen Institutionen ist, oft auch in Milliarden Höhe bei der Entwicklungshilfe für inkompetende Phantom Consults, was einmal Berlinwasser mit dem Bundes Entwicklungs- und Wirtschafts Ministerium zum System wurde. Die Mafia könnte es nicht besser machen: Gemeinnützig, aber Millionen für Lobby Arbeit in Brüssel, praktisch der Rekord Halter sogar: „“ Das Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK) ist eine gemeinnützige Forschungseinrichtung und Mitglied der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft (WGL). Es ist Zentrum und Ausgangspunkt des Biotech-Campus am Standort Gatersleben.“ Nr. 3 beim Schmieren und Bestechen in Brüssel, eine Staatlich finanzierte Öffentliche Institution. Das Institut ist […]
Categories: Balkan News

Croatian PM Calls Serbia ‘Spy’ Arrest a Provocation

Balkaninsight.com - Sat, 03/09/2016 - 15:11
Croatia’s outgoing Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic said that a man held by the Serbian authorities on Friday was not a Croatian spy and called the arrest “a provocation”.
Categories: Balkan News

Frank Walter Steinmeier und die Verbrecher Bande des AA: Der Hauptsponsor des Jihadismus

Balkanblog.org - Sat, 03/09/2016 - 10:50
Vollkommen Dumm kriminell, übetrifft heute Frank Walter Steinmeier jedes Verbrechen aus der Nazi Zeit. Man kann ihn vollkommen kriminell und korrupt nennen, allein wegen seiner Scheckbuch Diplomatie (Zitat Obama in 2009) sprich Bestechung, kompletter Regierungen und oft sind Kriminelle Diktatoren der Partner, oder Mörder und Drogen Bosse Moral kennt man nicht, nur ein Meer von Lügen. Verantwortlich auch für das Desaster mit der Banken Mafia, als man jede Kontrolle aufgab. Die EU-Außenminister am Freitag in Bratislava. (Foto: dpa) Kurswechsel bei Türkei-Politik Nach den USA reichen auch Merkel und die EU Erdogan die Hand Deutschland und die EU vollziehen nach Einschätzung der türkischen Medien einen Kurswechsel im Verhältnis zur Regierung des […]
Categories: Balkan News

Serbs Deny Pressurizing Kosovo Govt Over Border Vote

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 02/09/2016 - 17:34
A Belgrade official and a Kosovo Serb leader denied claims that they demanded concessions in return for supporting Pristina’s now-delayed border demarcation deal with Montenegro.
Categories: Balkan News

Croatia: Parliament

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 02/09/2016 - 13:18
The outgoing parliament was elected on November 8, 2015, but has since been dissolved, with pre-term elections due on September 11.
Categories: Balkan News

Serb Victims’ Memorial Vandalised in Kosovo

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 02/09/2016 - 13:17
Unknown vandals wrote threatening graffiti at a memorial to Serbs killed in July 1999 in the Kosovo village of Gracke e Vjeter/Staro Gracke, just weeks after it was visited by President Hashim Thaci.
Categories: Balkan News

Croatia: Government

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 02/09/2016 - 13:14
The outgoing government of Croatia was elected in January 2016, a coalition between the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and the Bridge of Independent Lists coalition (MOST).
Categories: Balkan News

Bosnian Army Commander Faces Prozor Crimes Trial

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 02/09/2016 - 12:36
Enver Buza, the former commander of a Bosnian Army battalion in Prozor, is accused of failing to punish servicemen who killed 27 Croat civilians during an attack in 1993.
Categories: Balkan News

Belgrade to Name Street after Milosevic Ally

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 02/09/2016 - 12:15
A Belgrade street is to be named after Serbian nationalist writer Brana Crncevic, who was an ally of President Slobodan Milosevic and Bosnian Serb genocide convict Radovan Karadzic.
Categories: Balkan News

Macedonia Parties Form Interim Govt Ahead of Polls

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 02/09/2016 - 12:00
The four main political parties in Macedonia are set to form an interim government, tasked mainly with organising parliamentary elections due in December.
Categories: Balkan News

Croatia: Country Profile

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 02/09/2016 - 11:21
Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, sparking a four-year war. While for much of the 1990s, democratically elected President Franjo Tudjman ruled the country in an authoritarian manner, following his death in 1999, the country made the transition to a truly democratic political system. It achieved EU membership in 2013.
Categories: Balkan News

Key Parties and Coalitions in Croatia

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 02/09/2016 - 11:20
With new parliamentary elections coming ten months after the last ones, things have not changed a lot on Croatia’s political scene.
Categories: Balkan News

Croatian Elections 2016: Profile

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 02/09/2016 - 11:20
Croatia's pre-term parliamentary elections are being held on September 11, after the government collapsed in June.
Categories: Balkan News

Battle in Refugee Camp Leaves Bulgarian Town Nervous

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 02/09/2016 - 08:26
Bulgaria’s biggest refugee camp has brought benefits for locals in Harmanli – but divisions are growing between refugees and locals since a recent fight in the camp.
Categories: Balkan News

Bulgaria Sets National Security as Top Priority

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 02/09/2016 - 06:48
The Bulgarian government and parliament have declared that protection of national security is the key issue - but some experts view this as a crude tactic to win public support.
Categories: Balkan News

Bosnians Urged to Avoid Divisive Election Battle

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 02/09/2016 - 06:39
As local election campaigns launch officially on Friday, analysts spy little chance of a fair or free fight.
Categories: Balkan News

Bosnia Hopes to Resume Food Exports to Russia

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 02/09/2016 - 06:37
Bosnian authorities will do whatever is necessary to resume exports of fruits and vegetables to Russia, which were recently halted, a minister has said.
Categories: Balkan News

Pages