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PODGORICA – Montenegro’s Ministry of European Affairs on Sunday called on the media to carefully verify information concerning the country’s EU accession negotiations, after reports emerged that five EU member states had sought to halt Montenegro’s accessi…

BELGRADE – Following the first-instance verdicts against former leaders of Kosovo Liberation Army, Western countries called for the respect of the decision and for avoiding inflammatory rhetoric. On 16 September, Hashim Thaçi and Jakup Krasniqi were sentenced to 25 years, Kadri V…

In her State of the Union address to the European Parliament, Ursula von der Leyen announced that the Commission would soon present “roadmaps” for the most advanced candidate countries, while stressing that the accession process would remain merit-based and anchored in European v…

BELGRADE – After the declaration of the first-instance verdict against the former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army by the Specialist Chambers in the Hague, the European Union called on all sides and actors in Kosovo to exercise restraint. “The Specialist Chambers and S…

PRISTINA – Dozens of citizens gathered today in front of the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX) building in the industrial zone of Pristina after the verdict was declared against four former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army, and some of the protesters threw stones an…

PRISTINA – Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti said that the verdict against four former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army for war crimes was “an unacceptable injustice and a severe punishment”. “The verdict may have been formally declared on behalf of t…

BELGRADE – While Serbian officials, opposition politicians and NGO activists claimed that the first-instance verdict against the former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army is a crucial acknowledgement of wartime atrocities committed by KLA, they also heavily criticized the lega…

PRISTINA – Politicians and public in Pristina reacted with shock, disappointment, and outrage after Kosovo Specialist Chambers in the Hague sentenced former KLA leaders to prison for war crimes. Hashim Thaçi and Jakup Krasniqi were sentenced to 25 years, Kadri Veseli to 18, and R…

BELGRADE – Today, the Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi was found guilty of war crimes by the Kosovo war crimes tribunal and convicted to 25 years in prison for crimes including murder, torture and illegal detention committed as top commander of the ethnic Albanian Kosovo Libe…

STRASBOURG – The glorification of Ratko Mladić, convicted of genocide and war crimes, including his funeral with military honors and attendance of Serbian high-ranking officials, deeply contradicts all the values on which the EU rests, speakers noted at today’s debate…

BRUSSELS – The glorification of war criminals, the denial of genocide and historical revisionism have no place in either the European Union or its member states, stated EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos, it has been published today on X by Croatian MEP Željana Zovko…

This article was originally published in Serbian at Savremena politika. While for some countries EU membership is just one of the options, for others it is an existential interest and a guarantee for security and independence. Similarly, while some governments are happy to play b…

BRUSSELS – A merit-based process should remain at the core of EU enlargement, as there are many challenges in keeping this process fair and predictable, stated the speakers at a public hearing called “Western Balkans’ frontrunners: Lessons learnt from Albania and Mont…

BRUSSELS – European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos said that, following the funeral of Ratko Mladić, who was convicted of genocide and other war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, held with state honors in Belgrade, European Union officials should clarify a very important …

PRISTINA – Albulena Haxhiu has been re-elected Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo today. According to Balkanweb.com, she received 62 votes in favor, while 16 MPs voted against her candidacy. The constitutive session was chaired by Avni Dehari, whereas the election of the deputy sp…

BELGRADE – Following the official proposal submitted by the Government on Monday, President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić today called a snap parliamentary election in Serbia for 25 October. In a short address to the nation, Vučić said that the main reason for calling the elec…

The leaders of the European Union and Member States sharply condemned Serbia for giving a state-assisted funeral with military honors to convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić. According to the official statements, glorification of such people, historical revisionism, or genocide de…

SARAJEVO – Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Foreign Minister Elmedin Konaković announced yesterday that he is recalling all embassy personnel from Belgrade whose withdrawal does not require presidential approval. The decision is a direct response to the glorification of convi…

BELGRADE – President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen stated today that the images from the funeral of Ratko Mladić, convicted for genocide and war crimes were shocking, and that the elements of official support and the presence of some senior Serbian officials at …

BELGRADE – At today’s extraordinary session, the Government of Serbia decided to ask Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić to dissolve the parliament and call a snap election. This was done at the initiative of Prime Minister Đuro Macut. According to the procedures, the Presid…

BELGRADE – Convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić was buried today at Topčider Cemetery in Belgrade, with the full military honors. The coffin was covered with the flags of Serbia and Republika Srpska, and escorted to the grave site by an honorary unit of the Serbian Army, aft…

BELGRADE – “The Western Balkan armed conflicts of the 1990s were among Europe’s darkest moments in its recent history. We are standing in solidarity with all victims, survivors and their families who suffered from war crimes in countries of former Yugoslavia”, it has been stated …

BELGRADE – John Scott-Railton, senior researcher at the Canadian company Citizen Lab, told Insajder web portal that the institution is “very convinced” that there was an attack on the phones of students in Serbia by the Pegasus software, and that “experience tells him that …

BELGRADE – American senators Jeanne Shaheen, Chuck Grassley, and Congressman Keith Self, urged the governments of Serbia and Republika Srpska to refrain from any connection with today’s funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić and to ensure that no public statem…

BELGRADE – Marta Kos, EU Commissioner for Enlargement, has postponed her visit to Serbia, it has been officially confirmed by her today. The visit was scheduled for the next week and was set to include meetings with government officials, opposition figures, and civil society repr…