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Host Albania has high hopes for EU-Western Balkans summit

Albania’s prime minister says a European Union summit in his country’s capital this week demonstrates the EU’s heightened geostrategic interests in the Western Balkans region during Russia’s war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Enlargement back on EU's agenda at Western Balkans summit

The war in Ukraine has put the European Union’s expansion at the top of the agenda as officials from the Western Balkans and EU leaders prepare to meet Tuesday

The Independent UK

Europe needs to limit Russian influence in Balkans, Italy says

Europe should increase its presence in the western Balkans to limit the influence of Russia, Italian foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday ahead of the second day of NATO meetings in Bucharest.

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Weather tracker: heavy rain and severe flooding hit the Balkans

Six people killed amid evacuations and significant damage, with Albania particularly badly hit

The Guardian - UK

EU raises alarm over escalating Serbia, Kosovo car plates dispute

The Balkans neighbours are at odds over Pristina’s move to match Belgrade’s ban on Kosovo licence plates.

Al Jazeera

Heavy rains in the Balkans cause flooding, killing 6 people

Authorities say torrential rain over 48 hours in the Western Balkans have claimed at least six lives and flooded agricultural land and homes

The Independent UK

Ukraine war: Serbia is shifting closer to Russia – here's why

Putin is the world leader that Serbs admire the most and 95% of Serbs see Russia as a true ally, compared to only 11% who see the EU that way, despite the EU being Serbia’s major financial supporter, according to a recent poll.

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Germany’s Scholz urges Western Balkans to resolve conflicts

Chancellor Olaf Scholz makes appeal for unity at summit with regional leaders in Berlin.

Al Jazeera

EU leader tours Western Balkans and Serbia to seek more influence

The European Union is in the midst of yet another goodwill trip through the Western Balkans to drum up support for the bloc and to make sure that Europe's historical tinderbox is not about to pick the side of hostile Russia or strategic rival China in the world of geopolitics.

Radio France Internationale

Serbia toughens visa rules as migration prompts EU pressure

Serbia is seeing a sudden tourism boom from countries whose citizens never had its sightseeing and shopping opportunities on their radar

The Independent UK

Germany, EU Push to Curb Migration via Balkan Route

Germany on Thursday hosted a meeting with representatives of the European Union and several European countries — including from the western Balkans — in an effort to curb migration via the so-called Balkan route. "We want to protect the people who flee to us from war and political persecution," German…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Germany, EU push to curb migration via Balkan route

Germany has hosted a meeting with representatives of several European countries — including the western Balkans — in an effort to curb migration via the so-called Balkan route

The Independent UK

Bosnian Serb separatist leader blasts West, praises Russia

Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik is facing an election this weekend and he has blasted the West and praised Vladimir Putin over his policies in the Balkans

The Independent UK

Watch Two KTMs Find Five Days Of Adventure In The Balkans

If your idea of a good time adventure riding is packing up, hitting the road, and basically winging it with a handful of waypoints in mind, here's your video.

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The Guardian - UK

Putin is banking on his friends in the Balkans to help sustain his bloody war in Ukraine

United in a sense of victimhood, Russia has an ally in far-right Serbian groups. The west underestimates them at its peril, says Michael Colborne a journalist and researcher at Bellingcat

Asharq Al-Awsat

Erdogan: Türkiye Captures 'Senior' ISIS Leader

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that Turkish security forces had arrested a "senior executive" of the extremist ISIS group. Erdogan said the commander was known as Abu Zeyd. His real name was Bashar Khattab Ghazal al-Sumaidai, Erdogan told reporters on board his flight home from a three-nation tour of…

The Independent UK

Turkey's Erdogan pledges help to bolster

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed hope a recent agreement settling a travel document dispute between Serbia and Kosovo can help further stabilize the troubled Balkans

The Independent UK

Serbian PM visits Kosovo Serbs as tensions still simmer

Serbia’s prime minister has visited Serb-dominated northern Kosovo following a recent flareup in tensions between the former war foes that sparked fears of instability in the Balkans amid the war in Ukraine

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The Independent UK

In sign of support, US bombers fly over Dubrovnik, Balkans

A pair of U.S. Air Force B52 strategic bombers have flown over the Croatian resort of Dubrovnik and three other NATO-member European states in a sign of support amid the Russian aggression in Ukraine

The National (Scotland)

EU to host Kosovo and Serbia for crunch talks as tensions grow in Balkans

WARTIME rivals Serbia and Kosovo are to hold high-level crisis talks today, which the EU mediators hope will de-escalate growing tension in the…

Reuters

NATO says it is ready to step up forces if Serbia-Kosovo tensions escalate

NATO will increase its peacekeeping force in Kosovo if there is an escalation of tensions with neighbouring Serbia, the alliance's chief said on Wednesday on the eve of EU-facilitated talks between the estranged western Balkan neighbours.

The Independent UK

EU to host Serbia-Kosovo talks in Brussels amid tensions

Wartime rivals Serbia and Kosovo will hold high-level crisis talks which the European Union mediators hope will de-escalate growing tensions in the Balkans

The Conversation

Ukraine war: Nato and the EU can turn Kosovo border crisis into an opportunity to put more pressure on Russia

An old dispute over a decision by the government of Kosovo in September 2021 to enforce the use of Kosovo-issued licence plates for Serbs in the northern municipalities – rather than allowing them to continue to use plates issued by the Serbian government in Belgrade – has flared up again…

The Independent UK

Spain fully backs Western Balkan integration into EU

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said the Western Balkans are an integral part of the European Union, repeating his country's full support of the region's integration into the 27-member bloc

The Independent UK

Spanish PM Sanchez opens Balkan tour with visit to Serbia

Spain’s prime minister has kicked off his tour of the Western Balkans with a visit to Serbia

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