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Lately, there have been signals for a possible union of Albania and Kosovo. Such signals through various statements by Albanian officials and analysts from both sides, have shown that two independent countries, having the same origin, history, language, and culture have the right to decide by themselves to join each…
Poland’s Prime Minister Beata Szydlo easily survived a no-confidence vote in parliament today called by the opposition. There have been rumors however that the leaders of the Law and Justice Party (PiS) would like to see her replaced by finance minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, who may have a better hand in…
EU Takes Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic To Court To Push Acceptance Of Hundreds Of Thousands Of Islamic ‘Refugees’.
In the last several days the situation in Albania became alarming due to heavy rain. There have been floods, especially in the central and southern regions. Roads have become impassable, rivers have washed over their banks, villages have flooded, and people have been evacuated. Mother Teresa Airport was closed and…
Image by epSos.de Several days ago, after a long international investigation with cooperation between Serbia, Macedonia, the US Secret Service, and Turkey, the largest laboratory for illegal synthetic drugs in the Balkans was discovered. The lab was located in a village called Small Recice in the Tetovo area. The laboratory…
Image by Accent TV Russia has issued an international arrest warrant for Moldovan oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc for murder charges. “The investigative authorities of Russia filed a petition to the Moscow Basmanny Court to arrest the leader of the Democratic Party of Moldova, oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc, reported Russian news outlet Rosbalt….
The failure of the Soyuz 2-1b rocket launch recently has continued a depressing trend for the Kremlin, with 10 failed launches during the tenure of Dmitry Rogozin, the deputy prime minister in charge of the defense industry. In a recent Kremlin meeting on the subject, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev…
Image by premier.gov.ru Russian President Vladimir Putin announced today that he will run for a fourth term as leader of the Russian Federation. It has been obvious the Kremlin was active in preparing the ground work for this announcement as opposition candidates have been marginalized, the military conflict in Syria…
Russia Barred From 2018 Olympics Over Doping.
An attempted arrest by Ukrainian security services of the former mayor of Odessa, and former Georgian president, Mikheil Saakashvili, turned into a tense circus today which saw Saakashvili threatening to jump off the roof of his house. He was detained and placed in a van however the vehicle was immediately…