PARIS — Emmanuel Macron will not attend Thursday’s European Council meeting in Brussels as he heads to Mayotte, a French oversea territory in the Indian Ocean coping with the aftermath of a devastating tropical cyclone. Macron will be represented at the council by his German counterpart Olaf Scholz, “in accordance with established practice between France … Read more
Gleich zwei Gipfel besucht Olaf Scholz heute. Beim europäischen Ratspräsidenten ist er einer der Gäste des jährlichen Westbalkan-Gipfels, bei dem es einmal mehr darum gehen soll, wie aus der Beitrittsperspektive der Länder in der Region auch wirklich ein EU-Beitritt wird. Gastgeber des zweiten Treffens in Brüssel ist der NATO-Chef Mark Rutte. Das Treffen, bei dem … Read more
“This is the single most serious attack on the country’s critical infrastructure since the end of the conflict in the country,” Kosovo’s Interior Minister Xhelal Sveçla told reporters Saturday evening. According to the police, around 20 kilograms of explosives in a black bag were placed on a section of the aqueduct in Zubin Potok and … Read more
Talking with POLITICO on the margins of the recent annual Yalta European Strategy conference, a high-level gathering of Ukrainian and Western leaders and officials, Ischinger, added with a chuckle: “Of course, as many of my friends remind me, the problem, is that if you paint a red line you’ve got to stick to it. You can’t … Read more
The proposal to rehouse Tito has caused rifts within Serbia’s ruling coalition, which although led by the center-right Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) also includes the Socialist Party of Serbia and the Movement of Socialists, as well as the ultranationalist Serbian Oathkeepers. Outside the government, prominent intellectuals in Serbia have balked at the idea of disinterring … Read more
The tit-for-tat followed the Serbian leader’s calls this week for new municipal elections in northern Kosovo to ease tensions that flared in 2023 when the Serbian community largely boycotted the ballot. The local Serbs wanted to express dissatisfaction with Pristina, but the move backfired when ethnic Albanian candidates, representing just over 3 percent of the … Read more
“I will never go to Serbia again as long as the dictator is in power,” Severina said on Monday. “I asked the law enforcement authorities why they did not arrest German Chancellor Olaf Scholz recently when he came to visit them, since Germany voted in the United Nations for the resolution on Srebrenica,” the singer … Read more
To his supporters, Tzitzikostas is considered a party stalwart, and was elected governor on three successive occasions with impressive support. Fluent in English and French, he studied at Georgetown University in the U.S. and University College London. Crucially, he also has experience with European institutions, having served as president of the European Committee of the … Read more
The frustrated local mayor, Lilia Donkova, complained she pushed for action from the environmental and veterinary authorities since last month without a response. “I am just lost for words. It means that I have the feeling that, in this country, there just aren’t any state institutions,” Donkova said in an interview with Bulgarian broadcaster NOVA. … Read more
Bulgaria is heading for its seventh parliamentary election since 2021, deepening the Balkan country’s political stalemate and further jeopardizing its potential accession to the eurozone, the country’s president announced on Monday. The last vote, held in June to coincide with European elections, failed to produce a winner, and none of the new political forces and … Read more
