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October 01, 2021 – 22:42

Greece will not allow a repeat of the 2015 refugee crisis, following the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.

This was stated by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday, after a visit to a new refugee camp set up on an island near Turkey.

The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has raised fears in Europe of a repeat of the scenario of six years ago, when more than 1 million asylum seekers from Syria traveled to Europe crossing from Turkey to Greece.

As an example of toughening its immigration policy, Greece opened earlier this month an EU-funded camp on the island of Samos, strictly supervised and surrounded by barbed wire.

“European solidarity cannot be limited to financing the establishment of camps, but to a modern agreement on immigration and asylum, which will bring about a fair division of responsibilities for the management of a complex problem that affects the whole of Europe,” Kyriakos said. Mitsotakis.

Mitsotakis told reporters on his return to Athens that Europe must work with Afghanistan’s neighbors to keep Afghan refugees in the region.

Greece hosted 26 Afghan women, mostly lawyers and judges, as well as their families, but the head of government said the case was an exception and should not be interpreted as an indication of open doors.

Since August 15, when the Taliban took over Afghanistan, the country has plunged into an economic crisis. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday that within a few weeks, a famine crisis would ensue, prompting mass emigration. /euronews.al

The Association of Gatronomers of Kosovo has expressed dissatisfaction with the new measures of the Government, in which case it has requested a change in one point in the decisions taken.

This association has asked to change the point where the Government has limited services only to the “open spaces” of the premises.

“Letter gj. point 34 of this decision provides that the meaning of the expression ‘enclosed space’ and ‘open space’ has the same meaning as the Law on Tobacco Control, where according to this Law, enclosed space is any space covered with a roof or ceiling, that is movable or immovable, and surrounded by two or more sides, regardless of the type of material used and regardless of whether the structure is permanent or temporary. Based on this point, and based on the terraces that a very large number of gastronomy bars have built, it turns out that they can not work! Consequently, such a point, as it is foreseen in this decision, we propose to leave, and to be allowed to work the premises that have these terraces, according to other points of this decision “, it is said in their announcement.

They also demanded that a measure for financial support be initiated and devised by the Ministry of Finance, for half of the rent of the premises and half of the salary of the workers for the gastronomy sector. / Voice

AMS S adds that there may be a slightly longer delay during the day, primarily at the exit terminals to Hungary and Croatia, which is why it is still better to use smaller, alternative crossings.

According to the latest information from the PE “Roads of Serbia”, there are no vehicle detentions at toll stations.

According to the information of the Border Police Administration, passenger vehicles wait for three hours at Batrovci, 60 minutes at Horgos and Kelebija, 50 minutes at Gostun, and 30 minutes at Gostun.

There are no vehicle detentions at cargo terminals.

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Kosovo Police due to the large influx at the Merdar border crossing point requests that other border crossing points be used.

The press release states that the Kosovo Police, border police officers, are working at full capacity, at a time when the flow of entry / exit from the territory of the Republic of Kosovo is greater, especially at the Merdar Border Crossing Point. .

“The Border Department of the Kosovo Police informs all citizens, especially compatriots who are using the Merdar Border Crossing Point for entry and exit to the Republic of Kosovo, that due to the large influx of passengers, the waits are long and we appeal to all to use other border crossing points “.

According to the Police, the waiting time does not depend only on Kosovo officials, so they appeal to citizens to use other border crossings, where there is less flow and waiting is minimal. / Telegraphy /

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May 26, 2021 – 20:46

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, on Wednesday (May 26) ordered the American intelligence agencies to report to him for a period of three months whether the new coronavirus has its source in animals or from a laboratory accident.

The new coronavirus, which causes COVID-19 disease, first appeared in Wuhan, China in late 2019.

Agencies must “redouble their efforts to gather and analyze information that can bring us to a conclusion and report within 90 days,” Biden said in a statement issued by the White House.

According to Biden, agencies are currently segregated as to the possible source of the virus that swept the planet over the past year, killing more than 3.4 million people.

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The US administration is responding to domestic and international concerns about the origin of the coronavirus as well as pressuring China to be transparent about the outbreak.

Republicans, including former US President Donald Trump, have promoted the theory that the virus came out of a laboratory accident.

Biden found that two of the 18 intelligence agencies lean more toward the animal origin of the coronavirus and “one more anon” into laboratory theory.

Each of these agencies has “low or moderate confidence” in these theories, according to Biden.

The president instructed U.S. national laboratories to assist with the investigation and called on China to cooperate with international investigations into the origin of the pandemic.

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April 28, 2021 – 23:36

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned Turkey and all US allies to refrain from buying Russian weapons, as they could face more US sanctions.

Tensions between the US and Turkey have escalated on a number of issues, ranging from Ankara’s purchase of Russian missile defense systems, then human rights and the recognition of the Armenian genocide by US President Joe Biden.

Last year, Washington suspended Turkey from its F-35 covert fighter jet program.

Ankara signed the agreement with Moscow in 2017, justifying the acquisition with its security needs. Turkish officials have said Russian systems will not be integrated into NATO defense infrastructure.

Deliveries of the first four missile batteries, from Russia to Turkey, began in July 2019.

Blinken also said that the recognition as genocide of the massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in 1915, should not be surprising given the widely known views of President Biden.

Turkey’s presidential spokesman said on Sunday that Biden’s statement was “merely offensive” and that Turkey would respond in the coming months. / rel

PRISTINA, Kosovo – US President Joe Biden has urged the Kosovo government to continue dialogue on normalizing relations with neighboring Serbia, stating that any agreement between the two former enemies “should focus on mutual recognition”.

Biden sent a letter to the new President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, whose office released the notice on Tuesday. In it, he said Washington will “continue to support efforts for lasting peace through a productive dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia and ultimately a comprehensive normalization agreement that we believe should be based on mutual recognition”.

Biden described the normalization of relations with Serbia as “essential for Kosovo to realize its potential and to fully integrate into the Euro-Atlantic institutions”.

“I know that achieving this goal will require flexibility and difficult compromises, and the United States will be your partner every step of the way,” wrote the US President.

The government, which took office in Kosovo in March, has said it is focused on fighting the pandemic and that talks with Serbia are not high on the list of immediate objectives.

The negotiations facilitated by the European Union to normalize relations between Serbia and its former province began a decade ago and stalled last year.

Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, a decade after a brutal war between separatist ethnic Albanian rebels and Serbian forces between 1998 and 1999. The war ended after a 78-day NATO air campaign that displaced Serbian troops and a peacekeeping force moved in .

Most Western nations have recognized Kosovo’s sovereignty, but Serbia and its allies Russia and China have not. Tensions over Kosovo remain a source of volatility in the Balkans.

In his letter to Osmani, Biden mentioned his family’s “personal connection” to Kosovo. The President’s late son, Beau, worked with the armed forces and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe after the war in Kosovo to strengthen the rule of law there.

When he was Vice President, Joe Biden and his family visited Kosovo in 2016 to attend a ceremony in which a street near a U.S. military base was named after his son, who died of brain cancer the previous year at the age of 46 was.

“My son Beau loved the time he spent in Kosovo promoting peace and the rule of law,” wrote Biden.

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PRISTINA, Kosovo – Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, has informed Kosovo that normalizing talks with Serbia is essential on its way to the European Union.

The Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti published a letter of congratulations on Thursday that he had received from Blinken the day before. Blinken called on Kosovo “to participate productively and immediately in the US-backed, EU-backed dialogue with Serbia”.

“Securing a comprehensive normalization agreement with Serbia that focuses on mutual recognition is critical to Kosovo’s ability to reach its full potential and advance its EU accession path,” wrote Blinken.

Brussels has also stressed that normalization talks between Kosovo and Serbia are fundamental to the goal of one day becoming bloc members.

Kurti, who on March 22nd after his left self-determination movement or Vetevendosje! Taking office, won the most votes in Kosovo’s parliamentary elections on February 14. The talks with Serbia are not one of the immediate objectives.

Negotiations to normalize relations between Kosovo and neighboring Serbia, which began a decade ago, stalled last year.

Kurti and the new President Vjosa Osmani mentioned the problem of around 1,640 people missing in the 1998-1999 war as a priority in these talks.

Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, a decade after a brutal 1998-1999 war between separatist ethnic Albanian rebels and Serbian forces that ended after a 78-day NATO air campaign that evicted Serb forces and drafted peacekeeping forces.

Most Western nations have recognized Kosovo’s sovereignty, but Serbia and its allies Russia and China have not. Tensions over Kosovo remain a source of volatility in the Balkans.

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PRISTINA, Kosovo – The European Union’s Special Representative on Tuesday called on Kosovo and Serbia to resume talks on normalizing their relations.

Miroslav Lajcak is on a three-day visit to Pristina, the capital of Kosovo, before heading to Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.

The bloc and the United States “await the continuation of the dialogue process” which “deals with issues that are important to every citizen of Kosovo and, of course, are inevitable for Kosovo’s European path”.

Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, a decade after a brutal war between separatist ethnic Albanian rebels and Serbian armed forces between 1998 and 1999. Most western nations have recognized Kosovo’s independence, but Serbia and its allies Russia and China have not.

After a summit in the White House and talks in Brussels in September, the dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo stalled.

Lajcak had a “constructive meeting” on Monday with Albin Kurti, who is expected to become the new Prime Minister of Kosovo after his self-determination party won the February 14 parliamentary elections.

The dialogue could be completed in months if Pristina and Belgrade were ready, Lajcak said at a press conference following a meeting with incumbent President Vjosa Osmani.

“We definitely don’t need another 10 years, not even five years, not even three years if there is commitment, when the parties are ready,” he said.

For Osmani, the ultimate goal of the dialogue would be for both Kosovo and Serbia to become members of the EU.

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Semini reported from Tirana, Albania.

Florent Bajrami and Llazar Semini, The Associated Press