A press review prepared with the Balkan Mail.
A mine of documents recovered by the Ukrainian intelligence services and consulted by the washington post reveal the underside of Russian influence in Moldova. Fugitive MP Ilan Șor, a refugee in Israel, and former Moldovan President Igor Dodon, now charged with high treason, are major relays, indirectly orchestrated by the FSB.
A month after the legislative elections of October 2, the new Bulgarian parliament has not still failed to form a government, but he voted to send military aid to Ukraine, after several months of dithering and half-measures which made Bulgaria one of the only EU countries not to officially supply arms to the Ukrainian army. Faced with Russia and the war in Ukraine, Bulgaria remains in a “bipolar attitude”. To analyse.
In the Balkans, awareness of the climate emergency is long overdue
Shared between Albania, Greece and North Macedonia, Lake Prespa is both a victim and a marker of global warming. For 50 years, its level has continued to decline, with worrying consequences. Illustration in pictures.
COP27 takes place from November 6 to 18 in Egypt. Among the many subjects of concern on the program of discussions, that of the melting of the glaciers. In Slovenia, there are only two left and they are reduced to a trickle.
Speaking at COP27, Kyriákos Mitsotakis praised Greece’s advanced transition to renewable energy. Not to mention the fact that at the same time, his government announced the resumption of gas prospecting in the Aegean Sea.
On November 8, the Croatian branch of Extinction Rebellion organized its third climate march in Zagreb. Despite the news of COP27 and the climate emergency in Croatiathe meeting did not have the expected popular success.
“Franco-German plan” and escalation between Kosovo and Serbia
The EURACTIV news site reveals from a “reliable source” the detail of the “Franco-German plan” for the “normalization” of relations between Belgrade and Pristina. Since September, rumors have been rife about the content of the new negotiating framework which aims to speed up the resolution of the conflict between the two countries.
These diplomatic talks are taking place against a backdrop of rising tensions between Kosovo and Serbia: On November 5, Serbian representatives left all Kosovo institutions, while international pressure mounts for Pristina to suspend the implementation of its plan to change Serbian license plates.
The vicious circle of the international protectorate in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Dayton Accords that ended the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1995 also established a protectorate that does not say its name. And the presence of the International High Representative contributes to blocking democracy and keeping the country in an interminable post-conflict transition that only benefits nationalist forces. To analyse.
Milorad Dodik has just regained his seat as president of the Serbian entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina after a disputed election. To consolidate his grip on the Republika Srpska, he began by multiply by 5 its presidential budgetnow well above that of all heads of state in the Western Balkans.
It is the largest Muslim pilgrimage in Europe: in central Bosnia, the Ajvatovica has been attracting thousands of faithful for 500 years. They walk and pray together every June for rain. Photo documentary.