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EU leader tours Western Balkans and Serbia to seek more influence

The European Union is in the midst of yet another goodwill trip through the Western Balkans to drum up support for the bloc and to make sure that Europe's historical tinderbox is not about to pick the side of hostile Russia or strategic rival China in the world of geopolitics.

Radio France Internationale

Serbia toughens visa rules as migration prompts EU pressure

Serbia is seeing a sudden tourism boom from countries whose citizens never had its sightseeing and shopping opportunities on their radar

The Independent UK

Germany, EU Push to Curb Migration via Balkan Route

Germany on Thursday hosted a meeting with representatives of the European Union and several European countries — including from the western Balkans — in an effort to curb migration via the so-called Balkan route. "We want to protect the people who flee to us from war and political persecution," German…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Germany, EU push to curb migration via Balkan route

Germany has hosted a meeting with representatives of several European countries — including the western Balkans — in an effort to curb migration via the so-called Balkan route

The Independent UK

Bosnian Serb separatist leader blasts West, praises Russia

Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik is facing an election this weekend and he has blasted the West and praised Vladimir Putin over his policies in the Balkans

The Independent UK

Watch Two KTMs Find Five Days Of Adventure In The Balkans

If your idea of a good time adventure riding is packing up, hitting the road, and basically winging it with a handful of waypoints in mind, here's your video.

RideApart

Putin is banking on his friends in the Balkans to help sustain his bloody war in Ukraine

United in a sense of victimhood, Russia has an ally in far-right Serbian groups. The west underestimates them at its peril, says Michael Colborne a journalist and researcher at Bellingcat

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Erdogan: Türkiye Captures 'Senior' ISIS Leader

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that Turkish security forces had arrested a "senior executive" of the extremist ISIS group. Erdogan said the commander was known as Abu Zeyd. His real name was Bashar Khattab Ghazal al-Sumaidai, Erdogan told reporters on board his flight home from a three-nation tour of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey's Erdogan pledges help to bolster

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed hope a recent agreement settling a travel document dispute between Serbia and Kosovo can help further stabilize the troubled Balkans

The Independent UK

Serbian PM visits Kosovo Serbs as tensions still simmer

Serbia’s prime minister has visited Serb-dominated northern Kosovo following a recent flareup in tensions between the former war foes that sparked fears of instability in the Balkans amid the war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

In sign of support, US bombers fly over Dubrovnik, Balkans

A pair of U.S. Air Force B52 strategic bombers have flown over the Croatian resort of Dubrovnik and three other NATO-member European states in a sign of support amid the Russian aggression in Ukraine

The Independent UK

EU to host Kosovo and Serbia for crunch talks as tensions grow in Balkans

WARTIME rivals Serbia and Kosovo are to hold high-level crisis talks today, which the EU mediators hope will de-escalate growing tension in the…

The National (Scotland)

NATO says it is ready to step up forces if Serbia-Kosovo tensions escalate

NATO will increase its peacekeeping force in Kosovo if there is an escalation of tensions with neighbouring Serbia, the alliance's chief said on Wednesday on the eve of EU-facilitated talks between the estranged western Balkan neighbours.

Reuters

EU to host Serbia-Kosovo talks in Brussels amid tensions

Wartime rivals Serbia and Kosovo will hold high-level crisis talks which the European Union mediators hope will de-escalate growing tensions in the Balkans

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The Conversation

Ukraine war: Nato and the EU can turn Kosovo border crisis into an opportunity to put more pressure on Russia

An old dispute over a decision by the government of Kosovo in September 2021 to enforce the use of Kosovo-issued licence plates for Serbs in the northern municipalities – rather than allowing them to continue to use plates issued by the Serbian government in Belgrade – has flared up again…

The Independent UK

Spain fully backs Western Balkan integration into EU

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said the Western Balkans are an integral part of the European Union, repeating his country's full support of the region's integration into the 27-member bloc

The Independent UK

Spanish PM Sanchez opens Balkan tour with visit to Serbia

Spain’s prime minister has kicked off his tour of the Western Balkans with a visit to Serbia

The Conversation

Russia's influence in the Balkans is growing just as the region's fragile peace is threatened

The EU continues to keep Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia on the waiting list to join, despite the possibility that the region could shift closer to Russia.

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Daily Record

Baba Vanga - The 'Nostradumus of the Balkans' predictions for 2022

Some of Bulgarian psychic Baba Vanga's terrifying predictions for world disasters appear to have come true. The 'Nostradamus of the Balkans' reportedly foresaw some of the world's worst moments.

Daily Mirror

Baba Vanga - the predictions that came true and 'what we can expect for 2022'

Some of Bulgarian psychic Baba Vanga's terrifying predictions for world disasters appear to have come true. The 'Nostradamus of the Balkans' reportedly foresaw some of the world's worst moments

The Independent UK

US rejects 'Serbian world' advocated by Serbian minister

Serbia’s interior minister is advocating a “Serbian world” that would unite all Serbs living in the Balkans into a single state, rejecting a U.S. warning that such calls could lead to more tensions in the still-volatile region

Daily Mirror

Serbian war crimes suspect tracked down to Derby council house to shock of neighbours

Milenko Maric - who lives in a quiet suburb of Derby - is a former Croatian Serb police officer who is wanted for allegedly assaulting non-Serb civilians during the Balkans war. He says he's innocent

The Guardian - UK

Unseasonable heat to hit parts of Canada and China this week

Temperatures will simultaneously fall in parts of Europe, bringing relief to Norway, Sweden, Italy and the Balkans

The Independent UK

Bulgarian political crisis casts shadow over Balkans summit

A Bulgarian government crisis is threatening to tarnish a European Union summit that was intended to bolster the EU membership hopes of Balkan countries

Reuters

'It's a disgrace', EU hopeful Albania says of Bulgaria's veto

Bulgaria's block on North Macedonia's progress to join the European Union is a "disgrace", Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said as he arrived for a special Balkans summit with EU leaders, whom he also accused of "impotence".

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