Tag: Serbia
The EU accession candidate is moving away from the EU
Brussels It’s the images that are likely to have caused many politicians in Brussels to put their hands in front of their faces again: At the beginning of May, Serbia…
Serbia and EU: Vucic’s friendliness to Russia and China
Aleksandar Vucic Accession and shaky candidate. (Photo: action press) Brussels It’s nothing that surprises Brussels. And yet the heads of the European Union are worried about the outcome of the…
The EU must take a hard line against hardliner Orban
Orban celebrates his election victory Hungary’s prime minister will be entering his fourth term. (Photo: IMAGO/Xinhua) Viktor Orban speaks of a “huge victory” – and one thing is extremely important…
Extrapolation – President Vucic before re-election
Aleksander Vucic Good chances for a next term. (Photo: IMAGO/Xinhua) Belgrade Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has declared himself the winner of the presidential and parliamentary elections. Vucic said on Monday…
Bucha – the “My Lai of Russia” – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
My Lai: For many years, the US Army’s image suffered from its 1968 massacre in a Vietnamese village. At that time 504 people died. Srebrenica: The 1995 massacre by the…
Extrapolation – President Vucic before re-election
Aleksander Vucic Good chances for a next term. (Photo: IMAGO/Xinhua) Belgrade According to estimates by the election research institutes Ipsos and Cesid, the incumbent head of state Aleksandar Vucic clearly…
Extrapolation – President Vucic before re-election
Aleksander Vucic Good chances for a next term. (Photo: IMAGO/Xinhua) Belgrade According to projections, incumbent Aleksandar Vucic and his SNS party won the presidential and parliamentary elections in Serbia, the…
Serbs elect president and parliament
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic The politician has been in the office of President since 2017. (Photo: IMAGO/Xinhua) Belgrade The Serbs voted on a new president and a new parliament on…
In Serbia, Vladimir Putin is massively inflaming Europe
Vucic and Putin pin With his seesaw policy between Brussels, Moscow and Beijing, the increasingly autocratic ruling Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is destabilizing the Balkans. Will he become Moscow’s pawn?…
Concerns about Putin’s grip on the Western Balkans
Brussels, Dusseldorf After Russia’s attack on Ukraine, supporters of EU expansion see opportunities for negotiations with the existing accession candidates to be conducted more intensively. Several Western Balkan countries have…
The SPD – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
all good things come in threes, they say to themselves at the governing SPD party. The federal election result was meager, but the federal chancellor and federal president are appointed,…
Accomplice of the “Wolf of Sofia” convicted in Munich
Accomplice of the “Wolf of Sofia” The sentence is six years and ten months in prison. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf In a trial of international online investment fraud before the Munich…
How Russia uses natural gas as a means of political leverage
Vladimir Putin with Recep Tayyip Erdogan Russia supplies natural gas to Turkey and southern Europe via the Turkstream pipeline. (Photo: Reuters) Moscow, Istanbul For the Serbian President Alexandar Vucic, the…
The end of the Merkel era slows down EU expansion
Chancellor Merkel and Serbian President Vučić in 2015 Integrating the Western Balkans into the international community is of central geopolitical importance for the EU. (Photo: dpa) Brussels The farewell is…