Big tech companies like Google and Facebook parent Meta will have to police their platforms more strictly to better protect European users from hate speech, disinformation and other harmful online content under landmark EU legislation approved early Saturday. European Union officials clinched the agreement in principle on the Digital Services Act after lengthy final negotiations… Continue reading EU reaches deal on major law aiming to regulate tech giants
The Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, has repeated the calls for all the countries in the region to join the “Open Balkan” initiative, while he has also called on Turkey, Greece, Italy and Hungary to join this initiative. “For us, it is very important that not only all the countries of the region join… Continue reading Rama invites Turkey, Greece, Italy and Hungary to “Open Balkan”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia’s military operation in his country was just the beginning and that Moscow has designs on capturing other countries, after a Russian general said it wants full control over southern Ukraine. “All the nations that, like us, believe in the victory of life over death must fight with us.… Continue reading Zelensky warns Russia is eyeing other countries after Ukraine
The EU’s special envoy for the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade, Miroslav Lajcak, believes that the current political calendar presents a unique chance for the process of normalizing relations between Pristina and Belgrade, because as he says, elections are not expected either in Kosovo, Serbia, not even in the EU or USA. This chance, Lajçak… Continue reading Lajcak: The next two years, a unique chance for the normalization of Kosovo-Serbia relations
One person died and at least three were injured in a strong earthquake that struck Bosnia-Herzegovina on April 22, sending people fleeing their homes. The earthquake, which struck shortly after 11 p.m., was felt throughout the country and in neighboring Kosovo, Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro. The director of the Safet Mujic Cantonal Hospital in Mostar… Continue reading One death reported after strong earthquake felt across Balkans
The American president, Joe Biden, criticized Donald Trump and his “extremist” supporters on September 1, describing them as enemies of American democracy. Speaking in Philadelphia, the US president attacked all Republicans who support former President Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) ideology and called on his supporters to fight this ideology. “Donald Trump and MAGA… Continue reading Biden: Trump’s ideology threatens American democracy
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Friday there is growing evidence of war crimes in Ukraine, with the majority of violations attributable to Russian forces. The U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has been gathering and documenting evidence of hundreds of alleged unlawful killings of civilians in Bucha, and in towns… Continue reading U.N. rights office cites growing evidence of war crimes in Ukraine
Britain plans to reopen its embassy in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv next week and is looking at reinforcing allies who sent armaments to Ukraine, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday. The British government announced in February, days before Russia invaded Ukraine, that its embassy in Kyiv was relocating temporarily and staff were operating… Continue reading Britain to reopen embassy in Kyiv next week, Johnson says
The American ambassadors in Kosovo and Serbia, Jeffrey Hovenier and Christopher Hill, have welcomed the implementation of the agreement between Kosovo and Serbia on entry/exit documents. This agreement between the two countries was reached under the mediation of the European Union on August 27. According to her, Kosovo and Serbia have agreed to remove additional… Continue reading American ambassadors welcome the implementation of the document agreement
Ukraine’s president has told the world’s finance ministers his country needs $7bn (£5.4bn) every month until the summer to keep functioning. Volodymyr Zelensky also said “we will need hundreds of billions of dollars to rebuild all this later”. He was addressing an International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank conference via video link from Kyiv.… Continue reading Ukraine War: Country needs $7bn a month in aid, Zelensky says
