Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, who, “in the post-election euphoria of 2020”, decided to call an early general election in two years’ time, would not have done so if he had known the problems that awaited him. Among them is Russia’s attack on Ukraine, Borut Šuklje, a former diplomat and expert on the Western Balkans, told … More Pundit comments on Vučić’s situation ahead of election

What Javier Solana told us. I met him in the early 1990s when he was Foreign Minister of Spain and the story I heard from him took place exactly in those years. As he spoke, he was smiling, taking off his glasses and rubbing his eyes. I claim I will never again experience what I … More He Was Completely Alone And It Was Cold

We could see the letter sent from Moscow as an intimate message, full of longing and passion. Perhaps we would otherwise be confused that such a personal letter was not sent only to him, but could be viewed by anyone who wanted it. But we could also explain that as a sudden decision of a … More And Then She Wrote Him a Letter

Every time I came to one of his offices, I was surprised by the neatness of the desk. In such a neat order of arranged letters, documents, confidential messages, his Montblanc fountain pens had special place. These fountain pens, with their symbol that could be read as a star or just mechanically, as a wheel, … More A Minister Who Loves Fountain Pens

Albin Kurti is the surprising winner of the Kosovo parliamentary elections and most likely the new prime minister of Kosovo. He literally knocked out from the stand the established dominance and power that depended on two owners of all decisions in the country, president Hashim Thaci and prime minister in resignation Ramush Haradinaj. As some … More A President Who Loves Smoke Bombs

On March 24, 2019, a police boat of the Republic of Croatia entered the Slovenian sea and sailed almost up to the Piran cape, without neither a permit nor the needed diplomatic announcement and approval. Then it turned around and returned it home. A few hours later, they repeated the invasion of the Slovenian sea; … More Croatian Police Sails into Piran Bay

It is almost impossible, in the midst of the European democratic monotony, to conceive of an image of a ruler locked up in his presidential palace, who proclaims he is not afraid because the worst thing that can happen to him is getting killed. Such an image would be perfectly understandable during the major changes … More The Decline of the Patriarch

As a rule, photographs from political events should not only be looked at, but also read, as they usually tell us more than the official statements. An excellent example of this was when the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Carla del Ponte, was photographed wearing her large dark sunglasses … More A Tough Week For President Aleksandar Vučić

Both Presidents received a letter, it was relatively modest in scope. Because of the date, it was December 14, 2018, it could have easily contained a unique Christmas or New Year’s greeting, adorned with the unmistakable signature of the US President Donald Trump. However, the letters that were sent to the Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić … More An Irrefutable American Invitation

When in Rome, I always like to go for a meal, most preferably in the restaurant Tempio di Iside, where they always find completely new and exciting flavors to taste. And so, I remember and can describe the visits of various places, through unusual and unique searches of the distinctness of eliciting the mystery of … More Entanglement Over Lunch at Palazzo Chigi