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Balkan Migrant-Smuggling Business ‘Worth €50m a Year’: Report
The migrant-smuggling business in Western Balkan countries is worth at least 50 million euros a year, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime NGO said in a report published on Monday.
Albania’s Pre-Election Quarantine Order Slated as Voting Trick
The Kakavija crossing point on the border between Albania and Greece on 20 February 2021. Photo: LSA
Bulgaria’s Post-Election Uncertainty Leaves North Macedonia Hanging
Confusion about what government will emerge in Bulgaria after recent elections had dimmed North Macedonia's hopes of a speedy resolution to their differences - and of a reopened path to the EU.
North Macedonia Opposition Chief ‘Threatened’ After Revealing Passport Scam
The head of the main opposition VMRO DPMNE party in North Macedonia, Hristijan Mickoski, told Alfa TV on Thursday that since his party revealed a passport forgery scam involving the police, he and his loved ones had received grave threats.
"Roupel 1941. Battle for Greece's defence" micro-exhibition, at National Museum of Romanian History
The micro-exhibition "Roupel 1941. The battle for Greece's defence", organized on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Marita Operation, will be open, as of Friday, April 9, until Saturday, May 9, at the National Museum of Romanian History (MNIR). "Roupel 1941.
North Macedonia Comes out with Protest Note in Response to Bulgarian MEP Outburst
The Macedonain Foreign Affairs Ministry and the VMRO-DPMNE party issued a protest to Bulgaria after the latest nationalist outburst from Bulgarian member of the European Parliament Angel Dzhambazki. Dzhambazki, who is part of the VMRO-BND party which is in Prime Minister Borisov's coalition, threatened Macedonia with a "dreadful end" if it "continues to reject its Bulgarian character".
Bulgaria – North Macedonia Relations Sour Further over Anti-Bulgarian PR
Sofia - Skopje relations have entered a new crisis following the publication last week of a report by the International Institute for the Middle East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES), a Slovenian think tank.
Unregulated and Unlicensed, War Memorials Proliferate in Kosovo Towns
A joint statement issued by Kosovo's president and prime minister condemned any "involvement of citizens of Kosovo in the Macedonia incidents". The surviving gunmen were convicted of terrorism.
“We are Bulgarians!” YouTuber denounces being “Macedonian” (video)
He explained that Tito was against Bulgarian identity in the geographical region of Macedonia & started the propaganda
Eurovision Song Contest Sparks High Emotions in Sofia and Skopje
The Eurovision song contest has further increased tensions between Bulgaria and North Macedonia. Sofia expressed "bewilderment" at the hate speech campaign taking place in North Macedonia against the country's own Eurovision 2021 contender, Vasil Garvanaliev.
Balkan Countries Lacking Vaccines Look to Neighbours for Jabs
Serbia, champion of the vaccination process in the Balkans, has donated thousands of jabs to its neighbours, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Montenegro.
Albania recently started doing the same, helping Kosovo, the only country in the region that did not start its vaccination process at all.
German MP who Lobbied for North Macedonia’s Ousted Regime Resigns
Tobias Zech, a legislator from the centre-right Christian Social Union, CSU, the ruling party in Bavaria and sister party to Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU, has quit after Germany's Spiegel revealed that he lobbied for Nikola Gruevski's ousted authoritarian regime in North Macedonia in 2016.
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister: Bulgaria and North Macedonia Must Heal the Rift for Future Generations’ Sake
Meeting with North Macedonia's Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani on Tuesday, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said: "All differences between Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia should be ironed out.
Bulgaria’s Fragmented Opposition Hopes to Ride Wave of Discontent
The election will pose a major test of the ruling coalition after much criticism and last year's mass protests against corruption, shrinking media freedoms and questionable populist moves, such as the decision to block North Macedonia's progress towards EU membership.
Albanian PM Sparks Outrage, Saying COVID-19 Patients Can’t Vote
Albanian Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama has outraged human rights organisations with a recent claim that patients with COVID-19 should "continue to stay at home" for the April 25 elections and not try to vote.