Milorad Dodik, the former basketball player who is president of the Republika Srpska—the Bosnian Serb Republic—is thinking about divorce. Living in a fragile, post-Balkan shotgun marriage of rival ethnic groups, brokered by America in Dayton, […]
By Mirnes Kovac Throughout these recent days when Russia abruptly had been taking the part of Ukraine, the most prominent words and comments we heard from Western leaders were: “We are deeply concerned”! What is […]
Europe has no plans to move away from Russian gas, with major energy projects like South Stream expected to remain in place, according to Reiner Hartmann, Chairman of the Association of European Businesses. The US […]
With the stroke of his pen, Russian President Vladimir Putin deepened the divide between East and West by signing a document that officially made Ukraine’s Black Sea region of Crimea part of the Russian Federation. […]
By Tim Judah You could not make half of it up. As the Ukraine crisis has developed, and with annexation of Crimea by Russia, it was inevitable that Kosovo and the Balkans would get dragged […]
Banjaluka – The Serb Republic (RS) wants three states to be created in Bosnia-Herzegovina that would be “confederally tied” into that country, Milorad Dodik, has said. Otherwise a referendum on independence is “possible” in the […]
Russia will react sharply if Serbia accepts at least one of the sanctions toward Moscow because of the Ukrainian crisis and absorption of Crimea, writes Nase Novine, citing diplomatic sources. Message to leadership According to […]
Sarajevo – The British foreign minister says there will be no more drawing of borders in the Balkans and that only a united Bosnia in its present borders can join the EU. William Hague was […]
Moscow – Russia said on Friday it was “astonished” by a statement made by U.S. President Barack Obama concerning the unilateral declaration of Kosovo’s independence. Obama told a gathering in Brussels earlier this week that […]
R2P, or the “responsibility to protect,” was a geopolitical tool used by the West after thoroughly destabilizing a nation through armed proxies to then intervene militarily, enact regime change, occupy, and reorder the nation both […]
Banjaluka – The Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina will not allow this country to join the EU and U.S. sanctions against Russia, RS President Milorad Dodik has said. “I do not intend to deal with the […]
Balkan countries are increasing co-operation in response to the developments in Ukraine as experts have warned of security implications of separatist tendencies. Examples of a re-energised co-operative spirit can be found in several countries, including […]
Sarajevo – Bakir Izetbegovic, chair of the BiH Presidency, today spoke with Alexander Bocan-Harcenko, ambassador of the Russian Federation in BiH, about the bilateral relations of the two countries, the current political situation in BiH, […]
The Hague – Russia’s attitude to its neighbours is a sign of weakness, US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday after the Kremlin took control of the Crimea region from Ukraine. “Russia is a regional […]
By Jochen Bittner Simferopol, Ukraine — Here is a disturbing thought: What if Vladimir V. Putin no longer has power to prevent bloodshed in Ukraine, even if he wants to? The idea first crossed my […]
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