Moldovan authorities are investigating whether the data of users and drivers of Yandex applications is sent to Russia and whether the company evaded taxes. The same service, Jandeks Go, is also used in Belgrade, Novi Sad and Kragujevac
The proposal of France and Germany at the summit of the EU - Western Balkans in Tivat allows candidate countries for membership access to certain sessions of the Council for Foreign Affairs. There are other conditions
The latest WorldAtlas analysis, based on IMF data, shows that Serbia is still at the bottom of the European economic ladder, while Kosovo is ranked as the poorest economy in Europe.
Russian security services recruited around 150 people who underwent specialized training in Serbia to carry out direct attacks on selected targets, the Estonian intelligence service announced.
Moldovan police conducted more than 50 searches across the country as part of an operation against an organized group that allegedly planned destabilization and mass riots in Moldova, and was previously trained in Serbia
Russian citizen Sergei Andreenkov, suspected of participating in the combat-tactical training of citizens of Moldova and Romania, was probably in Serbia in September. Digital traces and investigation reveal details of his movements and activities
Based on preliminary results, the pro-European party of President Maja Sandu convincingly won the parliamentary elections in Moldova.
Elections are being held in Moldova on Sunday (September 28). The polls are open, and the results will show the future path of the country - towards the European Union or Russia
Two people were arrested in Serbia on suspicion of training citizens of Romania and Moldova for armed conflicts
Russia paid Moldovan Orthodox priests to go on pilgrimages to Moscow and gave them debit cards with hundreds of dollars, and the priests in turn created Telegram channels to influence Moldovan elections
Before the parliamentary elections, the Moldovan police conducted mass raids in which 74 people were arrested. The Moldovan authorities claim that the arrested were trained by the Russians to create riots, and that they were trained in Serbia
Hundreds of thousands of votes in the presidential elections and the referendum on the European Union were bought in the Republic of Moldova. How did this electoral fraud work, in which Russia had its fingers involved
Moldova's intelligence claims about pro-Russian camps in BiH drew condemnation. Officials from Banjaluka and the Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina say that there is no evidence, while international circles are calling for a more detailed investigation due to the potential danger to regional stability.
At the referendum on constitutional changes, the citizens of Moldova decided by a narrow majority that they were in favor of their country heading towards membership in the European Union. Pro-Western President Maja Sandu accused Russia of trying to influence the outcome of the referendum with a "vile attack" and to threaten Moldova's sovereignty
Both in the first round of presidential elections and in the referendum for or against the idea of entering the European Union into the Constitution, pro-Russian voters in Moldova messed with the supporters of European integration. They accuse Moscow of "buying 300.000" votes
The Moldovan authorities announced that they had exposed the training of hundreds of Moldovan citizens in Russia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the aim of destabilizing the upcoming elections. These revelations include links to Russian-backed criminal groups
While the EU special representative Miroslav Lajčak says that there is political momentum in the enlargement, experts of the situation for "Vreme" say that this momentum refers more to Ukraine and Moldova than to the Western Balkans.
The decision of the EU heads of state and government was confirmed by the President of the European Council, Charles Michel
The European Union must change in order to be able to receive new members, writes the respected Swiss "Noe Zircher Zeitung".
Before the meeting in Granada, the president of the European Council, Charles Michel, spread optimism, stating that by 2030, the EU should receive Balkan candidates, as well as Ukraine and Moldova. However, he was also clear: it will not work unless the European Union changes its own rules
"Protests are a good thing for democracy." This means that citizens are engaged, dedicated, that they care about certain changes happening. Worse than that is when nobody says anything in a society that is facing a lot of challenges, about which nothing has been done. That's why I think that these civil protests are an indication that people in Serbia are hurt, challenged and want that to change."
The military command in Kiev no longer excludes the possibility that military forces stationed in the pro-Russian Republic of Transnistria, which is formally part of Moldova, but de facto controlled by Moscow, could be involved in the armed conflicts in the southeast of Ukraine. The Kremlin denies this, but the Kremlin also denied that Russia is planning to attack Ukraine
At the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Putin demonstrated patriotism and determination. US and Chinese Presidents Biden and Xi discussed the war crisis. Russian civilian planes change location, Ukraine's power grid connects to Europe's, Russian ground troops make no progress, bombing and shelling of Ukrainian cities continues unabated
