By Pieter Cleppe Kosovo and Serbia have reached a deal to end a dispute over car plates, following EU dialogue, thereby preventing a dangerous escalation. end a dangerous dispute over car licence plates in northern Kosovo, which the West had warned could trigger ethnic violence. EU high representative Josep Borrell announced on Twitter: “We have …
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Today, the European Union decided to officially launch membership negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated at the occasion: “Today, Albania and North Macedonia open accession negotiations with the EU. This historic moment is your success”. “You have shown so much enduring commitment to our values, you’ve demonstrated …
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s has been forced to cancel his trip to Serbia after countries around Serbia, notably Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro, closed their airspace to his aircraft. A senior Russian Foreign Ministry official stated that this caused the trip to be cancelled, commenting: “Our diplomacy has yet to master teleportation.” Following the …
By Pieter Cleppe Montenegro’s Development and Tourism Minister Goran Đurović has stated that the country is not against joining the “Open Balkan” initiative, following a meeting with his Serbian counterpart in Belgrade. The governments of Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia launched the Open Balkan initiative in October 2019. The aim of it is to establish …
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In an interview at last week’s Western Balkans Summit of the ECR Group in the European Parliament, German MEP Lars Patrick Berg discusses the situation in this region and the role of the European Union: