Bulgaria’s pro-Kremlin president Radev asks Orbán Viktor’s illiberal govt, holding the EU presidency in 2H24 & very often coordinating Putin’s Balkan network, to support efforts to block North Macedonia’s EU path over the Sofia-Skopje identity dispute. m.novinite.com/articles/22627…

Today marks 29 years since the Tuzla massacre, one of the deadliest war crimes of the Bosnian War.

Milošević’s-proxy Army of Republika Srpska launched an artillery attack against the city’s Kapija district, killing 71 civilians aged 18-25.

Disturbing footage of the aftermath:

Serbia’s president Vucic on the Srebrenica Genocide.

1995, days after the massacre: “Kill one Serb & we will kill hundred Muslims”.

2024, moments after the adoption of the UNGA resolution: Triumphantly waving the Serbian flag & throwing the Serb nationalist three-finger salute.

This how Serbia’s President @AVucic has reacted to the adoption of the resolution on the Srebrenica Genocide by the UN General Assembly:

Ahead of tomorrow’s UNGA vote, Kremlin-aligned Bosnian Serb secessionist Милорад Додик threatens to propose a peaceful dissolution of Bosnia-Herzegovina to federal authorities:

• “The adoption of the UNGA resolution on the Srebrenica Genocide will mark the end of this country”.

Serbia's Movement of Socialists, a satellite party of Vucic's regime that is led by US-sanctioned Deputy PM Vulin, is pushing for a Russian-style law to restrict activities of foreign NGOs operating in the country.

The bill shall closely resemble Georgia's law on foreign agents.

In Albania’s capital Tirana, protesters are throwing gasoline bombs & eggs at the office of Mayor @ErionVeliaj.

They are calling on him to resign over corruption charges.

Vucic's regime will turn the 2 June local vote into another farce.

@OSCE_ODIHR's interim report:
• The political landscape is shaped by Vucic's continued dominance & entrenched polarization.
• Long-standing concerns related to vote-buying & pressure on public employees remain.

Montenegro has come of age. On this day 18 years ago, the country held a referendum proposing departure from the state union with Serbia. 55.5% of its citizens voted in favour of (re)gaining independence.

Congrats on that historic decision.

Srećan dan nezavisnosti, Crna Goro 🇲🇪

You never know whether this the stand of Red Star Belgrade’s Delije ultras or just another election rally of Serbian president Vucic.

A major operation by Kosovo Police in the Serb-majority north of Kosovo.

Six “parallel” branches of the Serbian Postal Savings Bank have been raided and closed by the prosecutor over their illicit activities.

Officers of EULEX Kosovo and NATO Kosovo Force - KFOR oversaw the operation.

From a parallel universe: Porfirije, the Serbian Orthodox Patriarch, organizes a prayer to support President Vucic ahead of his trip to New York to lobby against the adoption of the UNGA resolution on the Srebrenica Genocide.

The draft text does not refer to Serbia/Serbs at all.

Sec. Hillary Clinton on Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani: She is helping guide Kosovo forward & truly represents opportunities that can be seized by women who are not only well-prepared & ready, but also in a context where their positions are recognized.

Only two days after the attempted assassination of the Slovak PM, the country’s Minister of Defense & Fico’s long-time underling Robert Kalinak doubles down on his confrontational rhetoric, calling on the “opposition & hostile media to apologize”.

Slovakia’s president-elect Peter Pellegrini reports in English on his short conversation with PM Robert Fico:

• His condition is still critical. Difficult hours & days ahead of him.

• It was a very personal discussion. We didn’t discuss political matters.

In a passionate address at the 75th Council of Europe anniversary debate, MP Knut Abraham, MdB is calling on the German government to support Kosovo’s CoE membership bid:

• The country has fulfilled all requirements.

• This is a truly historic opportunity.

A few interesting Kosovo stats by International Republican Institute ahead of an (early) election:

• PM @AlbinKurti is by far the most trusted politician in the country.

• Since 2022, the number of Kosovars who believe their country is heading in the right direction has grown by more than 50%.