Left-wing nationalism

The United States must take a firmer stance toward Turkey and stop underestimating the growing anti-American sentiment in the country, according to Steven Cook, Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in Washington, in this interview with Kathimerini.

Turkish security forces detained 15 members of a radical nationalist youth for attacking two U.S. military personnel in the western province of İzmir on Sept. 3.

Those arrested were members of the Turkish Youth Union (TGB), whose members have previously committed attacks against U.S. soldiers in several cities.

In recent hours, a video has gone viral on the internet, showing an attack carried out by a group of young Turks on US soldiers.

As seen in the video, the Turks are covering the head of an American with a bag and shouting “yankee go home.”

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban attends a video conference with his Greek, Slovenian, Slovak and Latvian counterparts, as well as European Council President Charles Michel from his office in Budapest, Hungary, 21 March 2023. Press Office handout

BELGRADE - At a ribbon-cutting ceremony, the presidents of Serbia and the Czech Republic, Aleksandar Vucic and Milos Zeman, opened the renovated Czech House in downtown Belgrade on Monday.

The ceremony was also attended by Czech Ambassador to Serbia Tomas Kuchta and Jarmila Lanik, the institution's former student.

BELGRADE - Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Czech counterpart Milos Zeman, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that, to a great extent, they were in agreement on the Ukraine war, and noted that Serbia respected the territorial integrity of Ukraine but that Serbia's own territorial integrity should be respected, too.

While that may have attracted some additional support from a sizable but fragmented anti-establishment and extremist minority that has emerged in the country, it also appeared to help mobilise the liberal democratic part of the electorate. The resulting turnout of over 70 per cent was a record for the second round of the election.

BELGRADE - Czech President Milos Zeman said on Monday in Belgrade he had tried to get his country to derecognise Kosovo and that the attempt had been unsuccessful, but that neither he nor his predecessor had consented to Prague sending an ambassador to Pristina.

After the face-to-face meeting between Vui and Zeman and the plenary meetings of the two delegations, a joint declaration was signed on the strengthening of cultural cooperation and the establishment of the "Czech House".

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday what outgoing Czech President Milos Zeman had said two years ago was etched in the heart of every Serbian citizen, and noted that no European leader was as popular in Serbia as Zeman.