Posts Tagged ‘balkans’

US Envoy for Western Balkans visits Kosovo amid rising tensions with Serbia

The US Special Envoy for the Western Balkans has visited Pristina to meet with Kosovo leaders, a day after Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he would ask the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo to allow the deployment of 1,000 Serb troops in the Serb-populated north of Kosovo. Kosovo, which used to be part of Serbia, […]

If the West is not careful, Russia will make the Balkans a second front

This month has likely been the most crushing for Russia since it launched its invasion of Ukraine almost seven months ago. In an aggressive counter-offensive operation, Ukrainian forces recaptured the cities of Kharkiv and Kupiansk, reportedly retaking 3,000 square kilometres of territory rapidly, and driving out Russian forces. Aside from Kherson and the annexed territories […]

If the West is not careful, Russia will make the Balkans a second front

This month has likely been the most crushing for Russia since it launched its invasion of Ukraine almost seven months ago. In an aggressive counter-offensive operation, Ukrainian forces recaptured the cities of Kharkiv and Kupiansk, reportedly retaking 3,000 square kilometres of territory rapidly, and driving out Russian forces. Aside from Kherson and the annexed territories […]

If the West is not careful, Russia will make the Balkans a second front

This month has likely been the most crushing for Russia since it launched its invasion of Ukraine almost seven months ago. In an aggressive counter-offensive operation, Ukrainian forces recaptured the cities of Kharkiv and Kupiansk, reportedly retaking 3,000 square kilometres of territory rapidly, and driving out Russian forces. Aside from Kherson and the annexed territories […]

Will the Balkans become Part of the “Great Turan”?

The Balkan Peninsula and the South Caucasus are priority regions for Turkey, based on the neo-Ottomanism ideology. In the face of the failure of the policy and prestige of the United States and the European Union against the backdrop of the intensifying economic and energy crisis in the West, Erdoğan is in a hurry to […]

‘Shattered spirits’: Young and able leave Western Balkans in droves, Macedonian census shows

The Western Balkans is facing an emigration crisis. This is particularly evident in North Macedonia, as its most recent census shows. The country has shed at least ten percent of its two million people since the last census in 2002, the latest numbers revealed. Abysmal economic growth and a lack of investment have clobbered the […]

Heavy snowfall wreaks havoc in Serbia and much of Balkans

Heavy snowfall wreaked havoc in much of the Balkans on Sunday, disrupting public transportation. Flights were cancelled at Serbia’s main airport in Belgrade on Sunday and many areas reported power cuts and damage to buildings. Much of western Serbia was without electricity as authorities warned against unnecessary travel and appealed to people in Serbia to […]

Afghan crisis shows the Balkans is a geopolitical backwater | View

Afghanistan is the hot news on everybody’s foreign policy agenda right now and the ramifications of the debacle are being felt far and wide. Take for example the Balkans, where there are three key impacts. The first concerns Balkan countries providing housing to Afghans who collaborated with the US. The second is that while some […]

Angela Merkel’s political legacy in the Western Balkans will be tough to beat | View

During the last visit of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to Berlin in the summer of 2018, the now outgoing German chancellor, Angela Merkel, allegedly told Bosnian politicians that in the architecture of the European Union, BiH would be the church’s crowning ornament, without which the church would not be a church. She […]

The President of North Macedonia calls for more EU presence in the Balkans

Brussels has been a hub of activity with Western Balkan leaders, heads of states and government. One regular visitor to the EU institutions is the President of North Macedonia, Stevo Pendarovski. In an exclusive interview with Euronews, he gave his insight on where North Macedonia stands in the EU accession process and the country’s difficulties […]

Heavy rain helps bring Western Balkans’ waste problem into view

Recent heavy rain has helped highlight the Western Balkans’ rubbish problem. Earlier in January, islands of waste formed on the Drina River near Visegrad in Bosnia and Herzegovina. They were caused by swollen winter waters surged over landfill sites near the river banks. There was also a build-up of rubbish at Potpecko Lake near Priboj […]

This week in pictures: Trump’s impeachment, extreme weather in the Balkans, earthquake in Indonesia

This week the House of Representatives voted to impeach US president President Trump once again, as security was tightened in Washington DC after last week’s riots in the Capitol. Extreme weather battered the Balkans with snow, floods and ice. An earthquake struck Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, leaving buildings collapsed and rescue teams searching for survivors. Here’s […]

Extreme weather batters the Balkans with snow, floods and ice

In central Croatia, which was hit by a major earthquake on December 29, people cannot stay in their damaged homes and have been sleeping in containers.

‘Wicked practice’: EU pushes Balkans to choose either West or Russia, says Lavrov

Ukraine was presented with same dilemma, Lavrov said, which “eventually led to a fracture in the Ukrainian society and state; caused an unconstitutional coup (in 2014) and the rise of radicals, including Neo-Nazis, in the internal political affairs of the country.” “Now they want to drag the Balkans into this same game, making them choose […]

NEW ON 21WIRE.TV – INSIGHT: NATO Nudging The Balkans to War

After a long hiatus, we’re back with the first in a new series of our current affairs program, INSIGHT. On this special edition of INSIGHT, co-hosts Patrick Henningsen and Mike Robinson, along with special guests, deliver a comprehensive breakdown of NATO and the Soros soft-power complex plans to trigger a multi-nation conflict in the Balkans […]

Greater Albania and the Balkans

Will the Next War Erupt in the Balkans?

As the world focuses on the Middle Eastern and Korean flashpoints, the next war may not occur in either region, but rather in a replay of an old conflict that has been largely forgotten. In an interview with Politicos European edition, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama threatened war if Kosovo is denied entry into the […]

Pepe Escobar – Remixed EU and dead Brexit walking

     All political hell is breaking loose in the UK. The Prime Minister is no more – a post-modern version of Monty Python’s Dead Parrot Sketch. A nasty, stiff upper lip Tory battle for power is mirrored by a Labor insurgency; that, in itself, would warrant a brand new Python sketch. The general level of […]

Ukraine plans stealth military draft as recruitment plummets

Over the two years that have passed since the armed coup in Kiev dramatically changed Ukraine, the new government declared six waves of mobilization. It’s a special kind of military draft separate from regular conscription that is used to respond to an emergency. The draft was needed to boost military units sent to fight the […]

Ukraine plans stealth military draft as recruitment plummets

Over the two years that have passed since the armed coup in Kiev dramatically changed Ukraine, the new government declared six waves of mobilization. It’s a special kind of military draft separate from regular conscription that is used to respond to an emergency. The draft was needed to boost military units sent to fight the […]

Ukraine plans stealth military draft as recruitment plummets

Over the two years that have passed since the armed coup in Kiev dramatically changed Ukraine, the new government declared six waves of mobilization. It’s a special kind of military draft separate from regular conscription that is used to respond to an emergency. The draft was needed to boost military units sent to fight the […]

Ukraine plans stealth military draft as recruitment plummets

Over the two years that have passed since the armed coup in Kiev dramatically changed Ukraine, the new government declared six waves of mobilization. It’s a special kind of military draft separate from regular conscription that is used to respond to an emergency. The draft was needed to boost military units sent to fight the […]

Ukraine plans stealth military draft as recruitment plummets

Over the two years that have passed since the armed coup in Kiev dramatically changed Ukraine, the new government declared six waves of mobilization. It’s a special kind of military draft separate from regular conscription that is used to respond to an emergency. The draft was needed to boost military units sent to fight the […]

Ukraine plans stealth military draft as recruitment plummets

Over the two years that have passed since the armed coup in Kiev dramatically changed Ukraine, the new government declared six waves of mobilization. It’s a special kind of military draft separate from regular conscription that is used to respond to an emergency. The draft was needed to boost military units sent to fight the […]

Ukraine plans stealth military draft as recruitment plummets

Over the two years that have passed since the armed coup in Kiev dramatically changed Ukraine, the new government declared six waves of mobilization. It’s a special kind of military draft separate from regular conscription that is used to respond to an emergency. The draft was needed to boost military units sent to fight the […]

Ukraine plans stealth military draft as recruitment plummets

Over the two years that have passed since the armed coup in Kiev dramatically changed Ukraine, the new government declared six waves of mobilization. It’s a special kind of military draft separate from regular conscription that is used to respond to an emergency. The draft was needed to boost military units sent to fight the […]

Ukraine plans stealth military draft as recruitment plummets

Over the two years that have passed since the armed coup in Kiev dramatically changed Ukraine, the new government declared six waves of mobilization. It’s a special kind of military draft separate from regular conscription that is used to respond to an emergency. The draft was needed to boost military units sent to fight the […]

Russia’s Military Operation in Syria. Will Russia Deploy Ground Forces?

GR Editor’s Note While this report provides useful background information on Russia’s,  it is largely based on official statements of Russia’s  Ministry of Defense. *     *     * Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu reported on the situation within his ministry to the Russian Parliament. While he did not specify when Russia’s […]

What They Found Inside The Sunken Remains Of A 150-Year-Old Steamboat Is Still Edible

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Kurdish YPG Advances on Turkish Border with Russian Air Support – Veterans Today

The army units continued their advances in Lattakia, Aleppo, Homs, Dara’a and Sweida provinces. The Syrian army killed tens of terrorists and injured dozens more in heavy clashes in multiple fronts. Lattakia Some 159 wanted militants turned themselves in to the Syrian authorities to be pardoned as the army continues to purge almost the entire […]

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