The Balkans by Balslev
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A Scandinavian view on the Balkans. Private account of Uffe Balslev, p.t. Danish Ambassador in #Romania. South East Europe, #Balkans, #EastWest, #corruptionfight.
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OPINION: As others set the tone for Ukraine’s future, Europe stays reactive — managing fallout, limiting damage and hoping to regain influence.
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December 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
OPINION: As others set the tone for Ukraine’s future, Europe stays reactive — managing fallout, limiting damage and hoping to regain influence.
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Faster cross-border payments mean real gains for businesses.
Trade gets easier. Growth becomes real.
Our Growth Plan for the Western Balkans and Moldova is delivering.
More → link.europa.eu/T4qk7p
Trade gets easier. Growth becomes real.
Our Growth Plan for the Western Balkans and Moldova is delivering.
More → link.europa.eu/T4qk7p
October 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Faster cross-border payments mean real gains for businesses.
Trade gets easier. Growth becomes real.
Our Growth Plan for the Western Balkans and Moldova is delivering.
More → link.europa.eu/T4qk7p
Trade gets easier. Growth becomes real.
Our Growth Plan for the Western Balkans and Moldova is delivering.
More → link.europa.eu/T4qk7p
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EU integration means bringing us closer. 🇦🇱🇲🇩🇲🇪🇲🇰
For the first time, EU's enlargement partners are joining the Single Euro Payments Area scheme.
Euro transfers from Albania, Moldova, Montenegro, and North Macedonia to the EU will be faster, cheaper, and more reliable ↓
For the first time, EU's enlargement partners are joining the Single Euro Payments Area scheme.
Euro transfers from Albania, Moldova, Montenegro, and North Macedonia to the EU will be faster, cheaper, and more reliable ↓
October 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
EU integration means bringing us closer. 🇦🇱🇲🇩🇲🇪🇲🇰
For the first time, EU's enlargement partners are joining the Single Euro Payments Area scheme.
Euro transfers from Albania, Moldova, Montenegro, and North Macedonia to the EU will be faster, cheaper, and more reliable ↓
For the first time, EU's enlargement partners are joining the Single Euro Payments Area scheme.
Euro transfers from Albania, Moldova, Montenegro, and North Macedonia to the EU will be faster, cheaper, and more reliable ↓
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Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
October 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
Republika Srpska: Milorad Dodik leaves. After dominating politics in Republika Srpska for 27 years, Milorad Dodik is stepping down in the face of national court rulings and international pressure, paving the way for a presidential election on November 23. p.dw.com/p/51HOH?maca...
October 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Republika Srpska: Milorad Dodik leaves. After dominating politics in Republika Srpska for 27 years, Milorad Dodik is stepping down in the face of national court rulings and international pressure, paving the way for a presidential election on November 23. p.dw.com/p/51HOH?maca...
Two persons arrested in Serbia over training Moldovans for election unrest : europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/09/26/t...
Two persons arrested in Serbia over training Moldovans for election unrest
More than 150 foreign nationals with pro-Russian leanings were trained between July and September this year in target recognition and shooting practice, with the training organized as preparation for ...
europeanwesternbalkans.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Two persons arrested in Serbia over training Moldovans for election unrest : europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/09/26/t...
US Embassy Pristina announces Suspension of Strategic Dialogue with Kosovo indefinitely due to concerns about caretaker government actions that have increased tensions. xk.usembassy.gov/st_9122025/
Embassy Pristina Statement Announcing Suspension of Strategic Dialogue with Kosovo
The United States has indefinitely suspended its planned Strategic Dialogue with Kosovo due to concerns about caretaker government actions that have increased tensions and instability, constraining th...
xk.usembassy.gov
September 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
US Embassy Pristina announces Suspension of Strategic Dialogue with Kosovo indefinitely due to concerns about caretaker government actions that have increased tensions. xk.usembassy.gov/st_9122025/
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The programme and priorities for the Danish EU Presidency have been launched.
Listen to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s message here 👇
Go visit www.eu2025.dk to know more 🇩🇰 🇪🇺
Listen to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s message here 👇
Go visit www.eu2025.dk to know more 🇩🇰 🇪🇺
June 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The programme and priorities for the Danish EU Presidency have been launched.
Listen to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s message here 👇
Go visit www.eu2025.dk to know more 🇩🇰 🇪🇺
Listen to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s message here 👇
Go visit www.eu2025.dk to know more 🇩🇰 🇪🇺
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I am grateful for the opportunity to write about the status of the LGBTQ+ community in #Albania for the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy country report on Albania—a community that has taught me love and resilience.
May 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I am grateful for the opportunity to write about the status of the LGBTQ+ community in #Albania for the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy country report on Albania—a community that has taught me love and resilience.
What will be the consequences of Vučić's trip to Moscow for his relations with the EU? europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/05/09/w...
Will there be repercussions from Vučić's trip to Moscow? - European Western Balkans
The decision by the Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić to attend the Victory Parade in Moscow will complicate his relationship with the EU, as it has already been indicated by the official Brussels, t...
europeanwesternbalkans.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
What will be the consequences of Vučić's trip to Moscow for his relations with the EU? europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/05/09/w...
Romania_insider: Romania drops to 55th in 2025 World Press Freedom Index, US also falls to 57th. Nordics on top with Denmark No. 6. Germany's place at 11th belies international criticism.
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Romania drops to 55th in 2025 World Press Freedom Index, US also falls to 57th
Romania has dropped to 55th place in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), down from 49th last year. While the country has a diverse and relatively pluralist...
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May 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Romania_insider: Romania drops to 55th in 2025 World Press Freedom Index, US also falls to 57th. Nordics on top with Denmark No. 6. Germany's place at 11th belies international criticism.
romania-insider.com/romania-pres...
romania-insider.com/romania-pres...
Green transition & #RenewableEnergy marches on in the EU, incl. Denmark & Romania. This week, Danish Eurowind Energy
let us cut the ribbon at Teiuș Solar Park. It will produce 104 GWh/year in the heart of Transylvania. Investing €55m, of which €15m from EU’s RRF. Awesome!
let us cut the ribbon at Teiuș Solar Park. It will produce 104 GWh/year in the heart of Transylvania. Investing €55m, of which €15m from EU’s RRF. Awesome!
May 1, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Green transition & #RenewableEnergy marches on in the EU, incl. Denmark & Romania. This week, Danish Eurowind Energy
let us cut the ribbon at Teiuș Solar Park. It will produce 104 GWh/year in the heart of Transylvania. Investing €55m, of which €15m from EU’s RRF. Awesome!
let us cut the ribbon at Teiuș Solar Park. It will produce 104 GWh/year in the heart of Transylvania. Investing €55m, of which €15m from EU’s RRF. Awesome!
What are the scenarios for Dodik’s Bosnia? On #BalkansDebrief on X, IlvaTare sits down with Adi Cerimagic of ESI EU to discuss rising security concerns and growing international frustration over arrest warrants issued against Republika Srpska’s leadership. x.com/ACEurope/sta...
Atlantic Council Europe Center on X: "What are the scenarios for Dodik’s Bosnia? On #BalkansDebrief, @IlvaTare sits down with @adicerimagic of @ESI_eu to discuss rising security concerns and growing international frustration over arrest warrants issued against Republika Srpska’s leadership. https://t.co/ri45jPeV59" / X
What are the scenarios for Dodik’s Bosnia? On #BalkansDebrief, @IlvaTare sits down with @adicerimagic of @ESI_eu to discuss rising security concerns and growing international frustration over arrest warrants issued against Republika Srpska’s leadership. https://t.co/ri45jPeV59
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April 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
What are the scenarios for Dodik’s Bosnia? On #BalkansDebrief on X, IlvaTare sits down with Adi Cerimagic of ESI EU to discuss rising security concerns and growing international frustration over arrest warrants issued against Republika Srpska’s leadership. x.com/ACEurope/sta...
Sead Turčalo's new piece for Balkan Insight exploring how Dodik’s current tactics dangerously echo secessionist strategies from the early 1990s. He argues that his approach poses serious risks not only to Bosnia but also to broader regional stability. balkaninsight.com/2025/04/02/w...
With His Hybrid Secessionism, Bosnia’s Dodik is a Threat to the Region
Milorad Dodik is on a path to achieve what Milosevic, Karadzic and Mladic tried and failed to do three decades ago. Failure to halt his hybrid secessionism will have dire consequences far beyond the b...
balkaninsight.com
April 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Sead Turčalo's new piece for Balkan Insight exploring how Dodik’s current tactics dangerously echo secessionist strategies from the early 1990s. He argues that his approach poses serious risks not only to Bosnia but also to broader regional stability. balkaninsight.com/2025/04/02/w...
On 27 Feb in BiH, RS lawmakers passed laws effectively declaring that RS institutions no longer recognise the legitimacy of the state court and its central law enforcement agency. A RUSI commentary: www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
A Dangerous Standoff: The Battle for Bosnia’s Institutions
Bosnia's Serb separatist leaders have crossed a line – offering both a serious threat and a rare opportunity for domestic institutions supported by the EU to halt a long-running agenda.
www.rusi.org
March 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
On 27 Feb in BiH, RS lawmakers passed laws effectively declaring that RS institutions no longer recognise the legitimacy of the state court and its central law enforcement agency. A RUSI commentary: www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
G4 Media journalists try to give the full story of what happened with the annulled Presidential elections in Romania: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBIp...
Călin Georgescu: Musk and Putin's Man in Romania
YouTube video by G4 Media
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March 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
G4 Media journalists try to give the full story of what happened with the annulled Presidential elections in Romania: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBIp...
Secessionist controlled assembly in BiH RS entity adopts res calling on Dodik regime to pull out of all BiH institutions & abandon EU integrations in response to his ongoing trial re: previous secessionist efforts. Quote from @jasminmuj on X
www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/...
www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/...
Zaključci NSRS-a: Zahtijevamo da Dodik više ne ide na suđenje, obustavu rada u institucijama BiH i prekid EU integracija
Narodna skupština Republike Srpske (NSRS) na posebnoj sjednici zakazanoj za večeras u 18 sati planira usvojiti set zaključaka u vezi s informacijom o, kako se n...
www.klix.ba
December 26, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Secessionist controlled assembly in BiH RS entity adopts res calling on Dodik regime to pull out of all BiH institutions & abandon EU integrations in response to his ongoing trial re: previous secessionist efforts. Quote from @jasminmuj on X
www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/...
www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/...
Enig. Må min gamle skolekammerat og elevrådskollega hvile i fred. Han fik sat nogle flag hele vejen igennem sit alt for korte liv.
Jersild er død. På sit højdepunkt en af de dygtigste journalister i dette land. Højt begavet, dybt vidende, nysgerrig, kompromisløs. Fred være med ham.
December 26, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Enig. Må min gamle skolekammerat og elevrådskollega hvile i fred. Han fik sat nogle flag hele vejen igennem sit alt for korte liv.
Article in Jyllandsposten about the inflow of foreign workers in Denmark boosting the economy. Eight nationalities have grown tenfold last 15 years: Portuguese, Croatians, Greek and Romanians from Europe. Plus from Argentina, Bangladesh, Eritrea & Syria
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jyllands-posten.dk/erhverv/ECE1...
Arbejdere strømmer til Danmark fra det fjerne: »Der er ikke én eneste dansker, der ikke har haft gavn af det her«
Udenlandsk arbejdskraft har stor betydning for dansk økonomi.
jyllands-posten.dk
December 23, 2024 at 7:37 AM
Article in Jyllandsposten about the inflow of foreign workers in Denmark boosting the economy. Eight nationalities have grown tenfold last 15 years: Portuguese, Croatians, Greek and Romanians from Europe. Plus from Argentina, Bangladesh, Eritrea & Syria
jyllands-posten.dk/erhverv/ECE1...
jyllands-posten.dk/erhverv/ECE1...
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Brexit reset: five business leaders on how they’d like relations with the EU to change
Brexit reset: five business leaders on how they’d like relations with the EU to change
Rachel Reeves has spoken of a reset in EU relations. Here, experts in everything from music to farming explain what they hope it will mean
Earlier this week, the UK chancellor, Rachel Reeves, said she was hoping talks in the new year could lead to an…
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December 14, 2024 at 5:07 AM
Brexit reset: five business leaders on how they’d like relations with the EU to change
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huge protest tonight in front of the state tv, belgrade, serbia. students demand truth and justice. this wave of protests began after 15 people died under the rubble of newly renovated train station in novi sad, exposing ravaging corruption, captured justice system and autocracy
December 12, 2024 at 9:12 PM
huge protest tonight in front of the state tv, belgrade, serbia. students demand truth and justice. this wave of protests began after 15 people died under the rubble of newly renovated train station in novi sad, exposing ravaging corruption, captured justice system and autocracy
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Congratulations to Radmila Sekerinska, the next NATO Deputy Secretary General 👏
As defence minister of North Macedonia 🇲🇰 she paved the way for her country’s accession. A strong & smart leader, she’ll be the 1st senior alliance leader from the W Balkans & 2nd woman DSG.
www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
As defence minister of North Macedonia 🇲🇰 she paved the way for her country’s accession. A strong & smart leader, she’ll be the 1st senior alliance leader from the W Balkans & 2nd woman DSG.
www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
November 19, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Congratulations to Radmila Sekerinska, the next NATO Deputy Secretary General 👏
As defence minister of North Macedonia 🇲🇰 she paved the way for her country’s accession. A strong & smart leader, she’ll be the 1st senior alliance leader from the W Balkans & 2nd woman DSG.
www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
As defence minister of North Macedonia 🇲🇰 she paved the way for her country’s accession. A strong & smart leader, she’ll be the 1st senior alliance leader from the W Balkans & 2nd woman DSG.
www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
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Kosovo arrests eight linked to canal explosion as tensions with Serbia rise
Kosovo arrests eight linked to canal explosion as tensions with Serbia rise
Pristina labels incident ‘terrorist act’ by neighbouring country, activating armed forces to prevent more attacks
Kosovo’s interior minister, Xhelal Sveçla, said on Saturday that police had arrested eight people after an explosion hit a canal that sends…
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Kosovo arrests eight linked to canal explosion as tensions with Serbia rise