PRISTINA Kosovo had repeatedly sounded the alarm about the movement of arms and weapons in north Kosovo along with security concerns, but they were interpreted as Pristina trying to find a way out of the EU-backed Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, according to Foreign Minister Donika Gervalla-Schwartz in an exclusive interview. Read more. /// SOFIA Angry miners continue to block roads in Bulgaria over plans to abandon coal. Bulgarian miners who are blocking highways and key roads in southern Bulgaria in a protest against the government – which officially submitted their territorial Just Transition Plans to the EU Commission on Friday – continued for the third day, with unions refusing to appear at the Council of Ministers for negotiations with Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov on Sunday. Read more. /// BUCHAREST Romanian defence system detects unauthorised airspace entry, citizens alerted. The radar surveillance system of the Romanian Army identified potential unauthorised access into its national airspace on Friday night, prompting alerts to citizens near the Ukrainian border about potential falling aerial objects. Read more. /// BELGRADE Vučić: Serbia does not want war with Kosovo. Serbia’s army has no intention of going over the administrative line with Kosovo as an escalation of the conflict would be counterproductive to Serbia’s desire to join the EU, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić told Financial Times, despite amassing troops at the border over the weekend. Read more. |