According to preliminary results by the election commission, Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic leads with around 72% of the vote. If this holds, there won't be a second round of presidential elections
2 year agoKosovo President Vjosa Osmani said on Sunday that according to reports, 6,000 Albanians in Serbia were denied the right to vote because of Serbia's passivization campaign
2 year agoSerbs from Kosovo voted in four municipalities in Serbia after Kosovo's government refused to allow them to vote in Kosovo
2 year agoIsraeli army wraps up the Iniochos 2022 drill with Greece and several other countries
2 year agoRussian Navy KILO Class submarine on surface in Mediterrean. Unusual. Sailing directly away from a repair ship, PM-82. A Buyan-M corvette is nearby. Possible that the submarine experienced a problem. These forces are outer-defense for Ukraine invasion
The trial of the biggest corruption affair to have allegedly ever taken place in Kosovo, where an ex-Minister is charged over 53 million euros payment for a motorway, has encountered the first procedural violation
.@SecDef has decided to keep both @USSHARRYSTRUMAN strike group and @82ndABNDiv in place for now. @PentagonPresSec does not label an extension but says Pentagon will assess if this looks like it will be a long-term war what US footprint will be
2 year agoThe meeting of the UAE-Greek Military Committee concludes in Abu Dhabi
2 year agoElections in Serbia are scheduled for Sunday. Minister of Interior says "it will be chaos" and "Groups organized by a foreign factor will try to overthrow Serbia"
Russian delegates say that round of talks in Istanbul is over, there will be no additional talks tomorrow
Ukrainian negotiating delegation: We are talking about how we will implement the ceasefire and humanitarian aid
Ukrainian negotiator: Poland, Israel, Canada and Turkey could be guarantors of Ukraine's security under future agreement with Russia - Reuters
The Ukrainian negotiating delegation: An agreement can only be reached with the withdrawal of the Russian army to its areas of deployment on February 23
Ukrainian negotiator: If the new security guarantee system is approved, Kyiv will agree to a neutral situation
The meeting of the Russian-Ukrainian delegations at the Dolmabahçe palace ended
2 year agoUkraine-Russia talks: Meeting of heads of delegations Arakhamia and Medinsky
Ukraine-Russia talks to begin at 10 a.m. local time at Istanbul's Dolmabahce Palace. It's the first in-person talks in over two weeks. Ukraine said it's most ambitious objective is to secure a ceasefire
2 year agoTurkish Ministry of National Defense: Upon detecting a mine off the Igneada coast, close to the Bulgarian border, the intervention was started by the SAS teams, who were transferred to the scene.
2 year agoTurkish navy on alert against stray mines in Black Sea: Defense Minister
2 year agoBosphorus closed to international transit due to possible loose mines: Turkish Navy, Coast Guard and Bosphorus Coastal Safety planes, helicopters, patrol vessels are searching for more floating mines near the northern anchorage: Transit traffic is about to resume towards Black Sea
2 year agoTurkish Ministry of National Defense: "The mine-like object detected off the Bosphorus was secured by the SAS Teams and an intervention was started to neutralize it”
French President Emmanuel Macron says that France, Turkey, Greece will carry out an "exceptional humanitarian operation" "for all those who want to leave" the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which has faced near total destruction after an unrelenting Russian bombing campaign
US Embassy in Sarajevo called out political parties whose representatives in Bosnia's House of Peoples asked for accelerated membership in the European Union but then refused to vote for the key EU reforms
Dodik after the meeting of the ruling coalition: BiH is not endangered
2 year agoŽeljko Runje, a Croatian national who sits on the board of Russia's oil giant Rosneft, has been sanctioned by the UK as part of its new anti-Kremlin measures. Runje is a known node who has facilitated encounters between Croatian and Russian officials, incl Pres Milanovic
A group of MEPs submitted questions to EU High Rep JosepBorrell in which they argued that a recent Council decision regarding the framework for introducing restrictive measures in Bosnia deviates from the Council's Sanctions Guidelines
2 year agoProtests of Serbs were held in Kosovska Mitrovica and Gracanica
A convoy of ROSU(regional operations support unit) vehicles headed towards the North of Kosovo and Metohija on the eve of the protest of Serbs
Brnabic now says Brussels deal is dead while Vulin is doing the regular warmongering. Kurti hints Kosovo intel & prosecution have identified 10 Serbian right orgs aiming to destabilize Kosovo. Like many other times, this tension might pass, but broader context amplifies risks
Tensions are increasing between Kosovo-Serbia after no deal was reached on formula allowing Kosovo Serbs to vote in Serbia elections. Top Serb judge in north is now suspended by Kosovo Judicial Council for attending Vucic's national security meeting on the crisis
