Adi Ćerimagić
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Senior Analyst @ESI_eu . Western Balkans, EU, human rights, democracy & rule of law. Bridging the Western Balkans-EU gap.
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When asked if
#Serbia
’s membership in the EU as soon as possible would be good, the
#Eurovision2022
representative of 🇷🇸 said she “respects EU as a good idea but I got tired of how long it is taking for us to become its member. The process drags on for too long.”👇🏼
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Mayors of
#Sarajevo
&
#BanjaLuka
met today. Both politicians are part of the post-war generation.
The City of Sarajevo will build a playground for children in Banja Luka, while the city of Banja Luka will build a drinking fountain in Sarajevo "as a sign of the new era."
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“Pay attention to the
#Balkans
,” 🇺🇦 President
#Zelenskyi
told a group of journalists yesterday.
“Believe me, we are getting information:
#Russia
has a long plan. The Middle East. The second distraction will be the Balkans. At least, if the countries of the world, the partners,
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🇽🇰’s PM
@albinkurti
repeats his call for 🇪🇺 to integrate Western Balkans in its
#Single
#Market
, as a first step towards full 🇪🇺 membership. He is right!
Having a realistic path to reach 🇪🇺 four freedoms is key not only for economic convergence & RoL, but also as a vision for
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🇩🇪 Foreign Office on 🇽🇰-🇷🇸:
🔸 24 September was “a deadly attack by a terror group.”
🔸 Everyone - and in particular President
#Vu
čić - need to … do everything to de-escalate the situation.
🔸 Day of Mourning - which from 🇷🇸 point of view was aimed at honoring perpetrators -
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“They need to arrest [Milan]
#Radoi
čić,“ says the 🇺🇸
@SenatorShaheen
after separately meeting with both 🇷🇸 President
#Vu
čić & 🇽🇰 Prime Minister
#Kurti
during the
#MSC2024
, adding that “he [Milan Radoičić] has admitted complicity in what happened on September 24 and the killings.
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In a powerful speech at the 🇩🇪 Bundestag, foreign minister
@ABaerbock
rejects criticism of her feminist foreign policy by describing her heartfelt meeting with Mothers of
#Srebrenica
who still feel the wounds of the 1992-1995 🇧🇦 war.
@MSrebrenice
@SrebrenicaMC
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“There is no more business as usual,” says
@GermanAmbKOS
, adding that “everybody has said that reaction of 🇽🇰 Police was very professional and in close cooperation with international security providers,
#KFOR
and
#3ULEX
.” 👇🏼
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European Commission on 🇽🇰🇷🇸:
🟡 🇽🇰 Police was attacked on 24 September by “a heavily armed individuals in the midst of a major weapon smuggling operation, leaving one policeman dead and three wounded. The armed perpetrators barricaded themselves in the Monastery Banjska. In the
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“Or Kosovo, a victim of Serbia’s genocide, which is once again under massive pressure from Serbia through strange troops that come from the north and of course have nothing to do with the President of Serbia and Serbia. Just like on the Crimean Peninsula, the soldiers there
Bundesminister
@cem_oezdemir
bricht zu einem mehrtägigen Besuch nach
🇲🇰 Nordmazedonien, 🇽🇰 Kosovo und die 🇲🇩 Republik Moldau auf. Im Fokus stehen der 🇪🇺-Beitrittsprozess des Westbalkans & der agrarpolitische Dialog, den wir mit diesen Ländern intensivieren werden.
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With everything happening between 🇽🇰 & 🇷🇸, one thing is certain: no one wants to read about another political crisis in 🇧🇦. But here it is!
Milorad
#Dodik
- with support from the ruling coalition in
#RepublikaSrpska
- has issued a demand for 🇧🇦 Constitutional Court (CC) - by
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I leave
#BiH
🇧🇦 worried about its security. In 30+ meetings with those that matter - from Sarajevo & Mostar to Banja Luka - it is clear that for most of them another conflict is no longer unthinkable & for some even desirable. 🇪🇺🇺🇸 engagement is welcoming but needs adjustments.
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A lot was tweeted on yesterday's
#UN
Security Session on 🇧🇦 but the three clear
#winners
are:
🇫🇷 for saving the
#EUFORAlthea
military mission.
🇷🇸 for (almost) not being mentioned (in positive or negative way).
🇦🇱 for having a clear & strong message for Milorad
#Dodik
. 👇🏼
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This evening in
#Prijedor
songs in support of war criminals are chanted.
During the 1990s war almost entire non-Serb Prijedor population (65,000) was expelled & too many ended in mass graves (
#Toma
šica).
Of some 35,000 non-Serbs who returned, many are afraid tonight. Terrible!
Navijačke skupine u Prijedoru večeras veličaju ratnog zločinca Ratka Mladića. “Generale, nek je tvojoj majci hvala”, glase stihovi pjesme posvećene haškom osuđeniku za genocid u Srebrenici i ratne zločine u Prijedoru (video: Omer Redžić)
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🇩🇪 government made a mistake on 🇽🇰’s membership in the
@coe
! It opted for doing nothing & finding excuses. It disregarded own interests in 🇽🇰 & the region.
Shit! Europe is going to lose more and more leverage in the Western Balkans. The situation is getting worse. Nationalism, authoritarism, rising 🇨🇳 and 🇷🇺 influence in the region are a threat. Leadership and courage matter.
Council of Europe won’t be complete without Kosovo. 🇽🇰🇪🇺
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For someone who was 5 years old when the Balkans wars started, having an institution like the War Childhood Museum is such an important, noble & emotional thing.
My warm recommendation for everyone who is coming to
#Sarajevo
.
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All six Western Balkans together & on the right side of history. More of such unity coming up, I hope. 🇦🇱🇧🇦🇽🇰🇲🇪🇲🇰🇷🇸🇪🇺
1/2 I praise the approval by the
#UN
GA with an unprecedented majority of votes of the resolution with a strong demand to Russia to immediately stop the treacherous attack on 🇺🇦. I’m grateful to everyone & every state that voted in favor. You have chosen the right side of history
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Is unprecedented (& militarised?!)
#delegation
of 🇷🇸 at this year's
#9January
in
#BanjaLuka
a coincidence?
Are simultaneous fireworks at 8pm this evening in
#Belgrade
& throughout Republika Srpska a signal to the West (as it scrutinises recent 🇷🇸 parliamentary elections)?
Or
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Happy visa-free Balkans, everyone! 🇽🇰🇧🇦
Next step: visa-free EU-Balkans 🇪🇺🇽🇰
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After 11 years with
@ESI_eu
, I am happy to share that I will continue as a Special Advisor
@OHR_BiH
.
🇧🇦 is in a need of comprehensive reforms: from agriculture & health to climate change & education.
It is time to use the
#BonnPowers
to make 🇧🇦 democratic, prosperous & 🇪🇺-fit.
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#Serbia
’s 33 🇪🇺 acquis chapters, level of preparedness for 🇪🇺 membership, as assessed by the European Commission since 2015.
Open discussion w/ 🇷🇸 Minister of European Integration Tanja Miscevic
I encourage
#Serbia
to continue show its dedication to deliver on outstanding rule of law issues & to ensure implementation of recent laws
Our meeting confirms that 🇪🇺Reform agenda is a top priority for 🇷🇸
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New 🇩🇪 government continues to argue among
#EU27
for the use of the 2011 sanctions regime in 🇧🇦.
Minister
@ABaerbock
goes further thank her predecessor & names Milorad
#Dodik
. 👇🏼
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“They [Americans] are wounded beast,” said Milorad
#Dodik
in last night’s interview.
“Americans have left
#Afghanistan
, they were crushed in
#Syria
, and they were crushed in other places. They rallied the West against
#Russia
in
#Ukraine
and they were crushed.
Citizens of
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I never fully understood the logic behind hyping the number of Serbs leaving Kosovo.
Last night 🇷🇸 President Vučić spoke about 9 percent of Serbs who left Kosovo [since Albin Kurti became prime minister in February 2020/March 2021].
Vučić claimed what for years he, politicians
👇
Another (dangerous) myth: invented “ethnic cleansing” of Kosovo Serbs
@faznet
@Andric1961
@adicerimagic
It is an old myth:
ESI in 2004:
2019:
2023:
@RoryStewartUK
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Drei Nobelpreisträger – drei Vorbilder für viele künftige Generationen.
Das Große Goldene Ehrenzeichen am Bande ist die höchstmögliche Auszeichnung und Anerkennung, die unser Land vergeben kann – genau deshalb haben Eric Kandel, Peter Handke und Anton Zeilinger sie verdient.
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Mr. Schmidt’s statement on
#Srebrenica
being “a genocide-style situation” raised sveral eyebrows & provoked disbelief among those familiar with the history of 🇧🇦. Senada raised her voice. Kudos,
@SeloSabic
! 🙏🏻
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Flattered & humbled to be recognised as one of 28 individuals by
@_EmergingEurope
for their “Architects of Tomorrow” award.
“This group of exceptional people represent the brightest and best of our diverse region.”
Craig Turp-Balazs, editor of
#EmergingEurope
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When asked about land swap & border changes along the ethnic lines between 🇽🇰 & 🇷🇸, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said:
“It is not at all on the agenda & no one is even discussing it.”
Very good! 👌
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I made a personal plea to the presidents of
#Serbia
and
#Kosovo
last weekend — and will keep making it until it no longer falls on deaf ears.
My take of Saturday’s panel
@forumalpbach
for
@POLITICOEurope
.
@ESI_eu
#efa18
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🇩🇪 Chancellor Olaf
#Scholz
on 🇪🇺 enlargement to Balkans six:
“I just want to say: This [
#enlargement
] should be done as quickly as possible. The Thessaloniki conclusions are 19 years old. Nobody thought at the time that it would take 20 years. That's why it has to be fast now.”
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At this moment ruling coalition in 🇧🇦 entity of Republika Srpska (RS) led by Milorad
#Dodik
is making another step in implementation of their plan to create an “Independent Republika Srpska within the Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina.” My 🧵 1/15
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This month
@EU_Commission
has a chance to recommend
#EU27
to recognise 🇧🇦as an🇪🇺candidate.
No other country in the Balkans or 🇺🇦🇲🇩 got (& implemented) so many conditions. After 13 years time to stop this unjust & demotivating policy + start treating
#BiH
like all other states.
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Finally!
Two out of three members of 🇧🇦 Presidency are going to visit
#Kyiv
🇺🇦 next week. First high-ranking visit from 🇧🇦 since 24 Feb 2022.
Would be great if they offer to support demining efforts.
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Past couple of weeks have been quite eventful on 🇧🇦.
Following many meetings, emails, (zoom) calls, background talks and tweet-reads, let me bring together some key facts, assessments, positions & actions of different actors.🧵 1/24
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Both laws that HR
#Schmidt
annuled last Saturday, have now been published in Republika Srpska’s entity Official Gazette.
The one on the non-application of the decisions of the 🇧🇦
#Constitutional
#Court
comes into force tomorrow, 10 July 2023.
The other on the non-publication of
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The rally is over! Milorad
#Dodik
brought thousands of his supporters to Banja Luka (official numbers: 50,000), as well as parts of political leadership of 🇷🇸.
A mix of big (=dirty) words: denial of the
#Srebrenica
#Genocide
, calls for unification with 🇷🇸, anti-Western
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Member of the🇩🇪
#Bundestag
& 🇩🇪delegation to
@PACE_News
Mr
@Knut_Abraham
says "membership of
#Kosovo
🇽🇰in the
@coe
would be a step in the right direction" & calls on🇩🇪 government to support it in the CoE Committee of Ministers. Encouraging support!👇
#Kosovo
can become member of the
@coe
now! 🇽🇰🇪🇺
@ESI_eu
sets out steps to be taken for this long overdue step that is good for Europe, Balkans,🇷🇸& Kosovo Serbs.
@FrankSchwabe
@ArminLaschet
@michael_g_link
@josip_juratovic
@KLeikert
@borismijatovic
@KonstantinKuhle
@Knut_Abraham
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If we look at where in
#Europe
our enemy
#Putin
could misuse the situation to create problems & weaken us, we would make a mistake not to look at 🇧🇦 &
#WesternBalkans
, says
@rumeliobserver
(
@ESI_eu
) at
#ZDF
’s
#MarkusLanz
, calling for 🇩🇪🇪🇺to send a strong signal to the region. 1/4
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Anyone who takes time to read this final draft of the
#UNGA
#Srebrenica
#Resolution
will quickly understand:
its adoption is needed, beneficial & good.
For the UN & everyone in 🇧🇦 as much as for the rest of the region, Europe and the world.
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“They [Bosniaks] have no power in Banja Luka, Trebinje or in cantons with Croat majority,” said Milorad
#Dodik
this evening.
“They [Bosniaks] should focus on streangthening their capacity [to govern Bosniak-majority territory of 🇧🇦], and say, ok, this is Bosnia, since in
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#QuoVadisAida
is now officially nominated for the
#Oscars
Congrats, Jasmila #Žbanić & the team. 🇧🇦🙏🏻👇🏼
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Moms rock! 🇧🇦🏳️🌈
We spoke to one Mom who is joining today's
#Pride
parade in Sarajevo in solidarity with her son.
Background:
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It should not be this hard for 🇪🇺 to name a Western Balkans country - in this case
#Serbia
🇷🇸 - when it is destabilising its neigbhours - in this case 🇧🇦.👇🏼
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🇧🇦 is voting on Sunday! This will be the ninth general elections since 1996 & the end of the war.
Here are
#six
things I will be following on Sunday & days after. My 🧵
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With 2 October
#elections
in 🇧🇦 less than 3 weeks away, some ask what will happen. While it is impossible to predict the outcome of 40 simultaneous electoral races, lessons from the past can be useful.
So let's have a look at the
#BiH
entity of
#Republika
#Srpska
(RS).
My🧵1/16
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“I am afraid…” says one member of the 🇧🇦 Central Election Commission with tears in her eyes, adding she is afraid for her child coming back from school.
“They are using lies to put a target on my forehead. I am sorry for showing emotions… some will rejoice it.”
#izbori2022
🇧🇦
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#Kosovo
in the
@coe
is a win-win for all democracies in Europe, Western Balkans & for all citizens of 🇽🇰.
Allies & friends of the region should support this process & membership.
🇽🇰🇪🇺
Today the Government of the Republic of Kosova 🇽🇰has held an electronic meeting in which it has approved the decision to apply for membership in the Council of Europe
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Some believe that
#BiH
local elections were about
#nationalism
.
@bpolitics
reports that "Nationalist Hardliners Lose Local Ballot in Big Cities" &
@Reuters
that "opposition parties proclaimed victory...defeating long-ruling nationalists."
What were these elections really about?
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Europe’s capital this evening:
#Tbilisi
🇬🇪🇪🇺
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🇺🇸 appreciates 🇩🇪 leadership when it comes to limiting some of the financial flows to Republika Srpska’s President
#Dodik
, and rejoining and streangthening the
@euforbih
Althea mission, says
@SecBlinken
after his meeting with 🇩🇪 FM
@ABaerbock
. Adding they also talked about how
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Reading
@EU_Commission
’s report on visa-free
#Balkans
+ 🇺🇦🇲🇩🇬🇪 one cannot but notice how 🇲🇪+🇲🇰’s visa-free regime with 🇽🇰 is flagged out as a deviation from 🇪🇺 policy.
For 🇦🇱&🇷🇸 (also with 🇽🇰 visa-free regime) this is not mentioned.
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“In recent years we have disappointed and neglected" the Western
#Balkans
, says 🇩🇪FM
@ABaerbock
ahead of her visit to 🇧🇦🇽🇰🇷🇸. Adding that “today's peace may not be perfect but it is precious.” 🇩🇪 will NOT leave
#WB6
to 🇷🇺 & needs to "engage in a creative & future-oriented manner.
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For
@Reuters
Sunday's
#local
#elections
interrupted nationalist long-rule in Sarajevo where according to
@derStandardat
voters "punished the ethnic thinking" by electing one mayor with "a non-Muslim name" & thus becoming "symbol of modernity."
What really happened in
#Sarajevo
?
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"I do not like borders. I think they are scars of history left on the face of the Earth, made with fire and blood. Progress comes with overcoming borders and the
#EU
is a clear example of that. The first thing we should do in the
#Balkans
is to open borders."
@JosepBorrellF
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🇧🇦 needs (more) women in every room where the future of our country is discussed. 👇🏼
Palmer met with pol. party leaders today to discuss the imperative of electoral reform, including limited constitutional changes, and election integrity. It is clear that everyone has an interest and stake in a more functional 🇧🇦 where everyone’s democratic rights are protected.
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Habemus Commission’s
#BiH
#candidate
#status
recommendation!
The wording is a copy paste of a formula used for 🇺🇦 & 🇲🇩 (+🇷🇸 in 2011!
#EU27
followed Commission’s recommendations for 🇺🇦🇲🇩 seven days later with granting them candidate status.
🇧🇦 should NOT be treated differently!
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Among top 10 most polluted major cities at this moment four are in the Western
#Balkans
:
1. 🇧🇦 Sarajevo (very unhealthy)
5. 🇲🇰 Skopje (unhealthy)
7. 🇷🇸 Belgrade
10.🇽🇰 Pristina
Could reaching 🇪🇺 standards help? What to do?
Let's take a closer look at Commission's reports! 🧵
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Citizens of
#BanjaLuka
& several
#Sarajevo
municipalities voted for mayoral changes, showing that each vote counts!
Will the votes for municipal/city councils bring new faces, ideas, energy & proposals? And is the next stop
#Mostar
?
🇧🇦🇧🇦
#Izbori2020
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With 🇧🇦
#elections
being less than 2 weeks away, many are asking who will win the Croat race for a member of the state
#Presidency
.
Željko
#Kom
šić (
#DF
) or Borjana
#Kri
što (
#HDZBiH
)?
Let's take a closer look.
My 🧵 1/13
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“EU with 36 member states will be able to assert itself better in the world of 8 or 10 billion people,” says 🇩🇪 Chancellor
@OlafScholz
at this week-end’s
@PES_PSE
congress.
“We gave our word to the Western Balkans almost 20 years ago. These words must now follow with deeds.”
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Yes, the
#BerlinProcess
mobility agreements entered into force in 🇽🇰 but they DO NOT apply for 🇧🇦 until ratified there as well.
So, for 🇧🇦 citizens to enter 🇽🇰 one STILL needs a visa
(Either 🇽🇰 one or a biometric 🇪🇺 residence permit, in my case the 🇩🇪 one).
😤
So waiting for
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Encouraging & good news for 🇧🇦 & its long overdue 🇪🇺 path!
The European Council has just decided to open accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Congratulations!
Your place is in our European family.
Today’s decision is a key step forward on your EU path. Now the hard work needs to continue so Bosnia and Herzegovina
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@MilanN_inBerlin
@dwnews
If anyone is in need of a 1-minute explanation of what comes after of 🇸🇰 elections & from
#Fico
for 🇪🇺,
#NATO
& 🇺🇦, here it is 👇🏼
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🇩🇪 FM
@ABaerbock
called on 🇪🇺 member states to “deliver on things we promised for a long time, like on
#visa
liberalisation for 🇽🇰… now.”
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“The RS can only exist inside BiH. RS secession or “disassociation” does not mean RS independence or the end of BiH, it means the end of the RS.”
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For
@albinkurti
with a new
#Kosovo
government "the idea of territorial exchanges will die. Those are solutions from 19th century and we are in 21st century." Correct and good!
@ESI_eu
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There will be no fast-track
#EU
membership for 🇺🇦, 🇧🇦 or any other Balkan state. What would be realistic & needed instead, however, is a 🇫🇷🇩🇪-led initiative to offer all six Western Balkan states a credible 🇪🇺 perspective that is achiavable in 5-7 years.
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So was 🇷🇸 participation in & messaging on this year’s
#9January
in
#BanjaLuka
a coincidence, a signal to the West, a sign of what is coming, and/or announcement of intentions?
Let’s read two quotes:
1️⃣ In November 2021, twenty months before
#Banjska
in north
#Kosovo
happened,
Is unprecedented (& militarised?!)
#delegation
of 🇷🇸 at this year's
#9January
in
#BanjaLuka
a coincidence?
Are simultaneous fireworks at 8pm this evening in
#Belgrade
& throughout Republika Srpska a signal to the West (as it scrutinises recent 🇷🇸 parliamentary elections)?
Or
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.
@IgorBandovic
& me finding out that [insert country name] might veto opening of accession talks with 🇲🇰 (facial expressions)
Four years and counting…
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Bosnia and Herzegovina should abolish visa requirement for Kosovo cotizens this year 🇧🇦🇽🇰
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A long overdue decision!
But the 🇪🇺 candidate status alone will not change political dynamic in 🇧🇦. To do that, the accession process needs to be revived for those countries that reform & make progress.
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#Serbia
has offered &
#BiH
's entity
#Federation
has accepted donation of 5,000 doses of
#AstraZeneca
vaccines.
This comes two weeks after
#Serbia
started vaccination of 5,000 health workers from the other
#BiH
entity
#RepublikaSrpska
.
Great news!
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