WARSAW (AP) — Kosovo’s prime minister said Thursday that the Balkan region has enjoyed the greatest degree of peace, freedom and democracy in the last 25 years, but that this could be reversed if Russia prevails in Ukraine and favors Serbian expansion . Albin Kurti, who has served as Kosovo’s prime minister since 2021, said … Read more
A two-tier health system While Tunisian private clinics are thriving and attracting patients from across Africa and beyond, the public health system in Tunisia is in dire straits. Tunisian public hospitals are facing serious structural problems. Under-equipment, an exodus of medical staff, a shortage of medicines and dilapidated infrastructure are the daily lot. In 2019, … Read more
Mrs. Entisar El-Sisi with the First Girl of the Republic of Serbia Written by Muhammad Al-Jali Saturday, July 13, 2024 03:27 PM Mrs. Intisar El-Sisi, spouse of the President of the Republic, welcomed the First Girl of the Republic of Serbia, Tamara Vucic, throughout her go to to Egypt, which comes as an extension of … Read more
The European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement expressed his assessment that “eventually there will be enlargement in the Western Balkans”, Oliver Varchelliduring the discussion he had with the director of the ACG Institute of Global Affairs and professor of International Relations at the American College of Greece, Konstantinos Fili, during the first day of the … Read more
European Union and Western Balkan leaders watch a performance after a group photo at the EU-Western Balkans Summit, in Tirana, Albania, Tuesday, Dec 6, 2022. [AP] Leaders from the European Union and the Western Balkans will hold a summit in Albania’s capital on Monday to discuss the path to membership in the bloc for the … Read more
Over the past two years, I have written several pieces on the situation in Kosovo and how successive governments have failed their people. But when Prime Minister Kurti took over, I felt satisfied that Kosovo had finally elected a Prime Minister who would deal with the situation and bring the country out of its 12-year … Read more
On Monday, January 23, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić will address the nation to make public the situation in negotiations with the US and the EU on Kosovo. At the end of the working week, he met with five emissaries from the West, who pressed him to normalize relations with Pristina. International mediators are already welcoming … Read more
“Today I am forced to renew my appeal for the immediate cessation of this absurd conflict, the effects of which are being felt in entire regions, even outside Europe, due to its repercussions in the energy and food production sectors, especially in Africa and the Middle East ”he said, referring to the war in Ukraine.
MADRID, 11 (PRESS EUROPE) The Russian government this Sunday accused the European Union (EU) of “shaping” the situation in Kosovo for years to cause the situation to worsen, amid heightened tensions that led Serbia to demand its military deployment and police in the area. The spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zajarova, has collected … Read more
Russia’s international reputation is already in tatters. The last thing it needs now is another humiliating blow that would reveal how little influence it actually has over Balkan affairs as its priorities diverge from those of its associates, writes Maxim Samorukov for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has significantly expanded … Read more