thank you very much. different sides now to the balkans to the balkans from japan to israel to the balkanspublic croatia 10-17 years in bosnia and herzegovina on the 11th and 17th, probably the players of croatia and bosnia were together. good health, mr. oleksandr. thank you for finding time for us on sunday evening. we can talk today, you know , i don't remember which of the geniuses called it that the balkans are the sick man of europe, this was the first time in the first decade of the last century when the balkan wars were and so on, can the balkans again become the sick man of europe or in the balkans that's it is it more or less normal or these stories are related to serbia and the surrounding s- around the serbian environment on which there is always a service- serbia at one time encroached at the end of the 20th century zameloshevich is it still a factor of instability in europe good evening to all of course the balkans are still in the 19 century was called the powder keg of europe due to the fact that on a relatively small territory there were many nations with different faiths.

maria maria gality, an expert on balkan studies from the situation in the balkans, spoke about the aggravationuation in kosovo, not until the end of the recognized republic, where a small part of serbia, about 4%, lives, and who do not agree, for example, that to pass on new license plates they want to continue to drive with signs with the flag of serbia well, even such small things are now leading to a very serious aggravation, meanwhile, there is fresh information that a rocket has arrived in the bryansk region, according to the russian governor of bryansk, that it is a russian rocket and it flew into the city of klinsi klinsi it seems like this is what it's called. well, you can see how far it flew into the city. in fact, from the video, it has already appeared. now we can show if this is the city where the armored vehicles are located. where did he pull it out of the explosion? but this is an overturned armored vehicle, so i don’t know at the time, of course , that is, it is obvious that they fired at a russian military base, so far no casualties have been reported. well, this is the infor

the western balkans received such a promise back in 2003 during right here in thessaloniki that theyreceive membership in the eu. that is, it was a promise of the european union and unfortunately someone quickly joined the eu someone is having a hard time joining or has joined the eu, and in particular this is a speech about bosnia, but this promise was given and this is part of this promise. it is also necessary to understand that now the european union has taken a rather interesting position and i believe that for the first time in probably too many years, this is the right position for the european union . assesses the threat from russia and we understand that all the countries in the balkans that are not members of the eu or do not have this promise to be members of the eu, that is, do not have any status in particular , especially kosovo, but also serbia, they all are such countries that may fall under the influence of russia and therefore pose a danger to the security of europe, the eu is therefore moving in the direction of granting candidate status to all countries, and i exp

okay, thanks so much for that insight. pneumonia rich balkans expert from d. w. serbia. that's all the news for now. next by sir, thanks for watching the news . any questions about.

the balkans traditionally differed in the european historical process in that a match was lit and itwell , there are even several such traditions in such historical developments, why is this so and what to do with it from the other side. that today is 2022, the end of the 22nd year of training in the last months of the struggle of the ukrainian people and the assistance to the ukrainian people from the european union of the united states, the main political factors and the european and let's say so transatlantic, they are much better prepared , including from a political and military point of view, for such unpredictable developments , including in the balkans, so you can rule it out, but it seems to me that the readiness of the european, euro-american communities for the unforeseen the development of events, including in the balkans, today is much higher than a couple of years ago, we have several more important topics in the tempo, we need to get your professional comments on this account, uh, tonight and uh, yesterday evening, erdoğan spoke on the phone with putin, then spoke on t

the kicks off today between the blocks leadership and the balkan states. now the main purpose of the event is to keep these countries waiting around for the e, you to call them up and make a commitment of membership dangling the carrot. but like someone who sits at home waiting for the phone to ring and hoping that you know, it's there crush, asking the mote on a date. finally, while these countries are getting a little tired of just sitting around, it is true that polls in the last 18 months, both in our country and in our region, show decline and support for the you. we objectively do not see that the european integration process is moving forward. to make matters worse, the balkans had to contend with the spectacle this year of the you gushing over ukraine and falling all over itself talking about how badly it really wants. keith, can you imagine even waiting years for brussels to make a commitment, but a ring on it or even to show signs it's serious about the relationship. and suddenly it only has eyes for keith and can't talk about anything else. so i

now the western balkan countries have long wanted to be part of the you. but is it, it's a process that is been dragging on for many years. that's often been a source of great frustration in western balkan capitals. now there's no doubt that within the e u, there is a, there are some divisions over enlargement, but russia's worn ukraine as sony focus mines. and what we are seeing is more and more e leaders, us sending the message here, wanting to send the message that are the western boykin's is very much part of the e family. we just heard as much from, shall michelle, the head of the council. as he arrived here in toronto a short while ago, what the you does it wants to do is try and mitigate the risk of people in the western balkans. becoming disillusioned with the you, with the whole process and possibly turning elsewhere. whether that be to china, that is investing heavily in the region or to russia that has those long, cultural and historical ties. particularly with countries like serbia that still has links to moscow and such a, what else are they g

or what else can western balkan countries hope from joining the e u? well the rest, the balkan countries are waiting and waiting for a long time, then our hoping for speeding up the whole process. and they also hoping for a tailor made approach for every country because every country has a different as different problems and different prerequisites. and we also ask people here on the streets of to run or what they as citizens expect from these are accession process. let's have a listen to unabashed when we want to cooperation between the ear and the western bulk in the psychology bucket. and we've been waiting so long to be anita you several. i mean, we are europeans and we cannot wait to enter the block source. so, and if there is unity, they can combat russia. latonya l. c. buried underneath. and as you can see, albanians are leaving their country every day at the does the living conditions are not good here. let's see. so i hope the summer will be a good opportunity for all of us the best that in one sam in particular is ella, i hope this is the mom

in general, including bulgaria and montenegro - these are the balkans, so the russian agency there hasake inventions for me, in fact, there is already a question about e-e organization it is even possible to unfreeze the conflict, and it is necessary to say that on the air, for example, solovyov, the ambassador of russia in serbia, i think it is enough, he frankly said about it, let's see how he said it, transition to a hot phaser, i always have hot phases Как может it looks like a formal nato base. it can start. what are the actions of the kosovo special forces and they will go to buryk, who provoked the bush? they understand everything will be distinguished. belgrade must use the force that was bought and is on the administrative line, as we can. сейчас почал well, where are the facts of our only and last ally in western europe, i recently spoke on the phone with the president of serbia, committing a wrong situation, no, no, there is something , yes, by the way, tell me that the question is coming from that, a false message, it's a big mistake, it's because of that and in this situat

waiting for a cup of hot tea and we turned to the balkans. now we're tensions are growing between serbia and kosovo, with concerns about the possibility of armed conflict. breaking out, serbia has put its military on high alert and erected roadblocks along the border. kosovo, says serbia is preparing a pretext for a military operation. negotiations with the e. u and united states or ongoing in hopes of avoiding renewed fighting in the region. vehicles blocked a road from kosovo to serbia, ethnic though ubs, living and not kosovo, accused the government of discriminating against them and have barricaded the roads in protest. the vizier, so be as president, says he is ever ready to defend them. realty will be in your cerebral. so the city journals, i wish to inform you that we are indeed in a difficult situation. but we will give our utmost to preserve peace and stability . not only that, we will protect our people in the not, of course, of all i will take all measures necessary to protect our nationally from you on monday. so be, i put its mil

well, if we talk about the balkans in general, including bulgaria and montenegro - these are the balkansn agency there has not only this goal, you know, to go there with some uh slogans, or should i make investments there, in fact, there is already talk of the organization of some such, even a possible thawing of the conflict, and it must be said that on the air, for example, solovyov , the ambassador of russia to serbia, i think it is enough frankly about this he said, let's see how he said it by transitioning to hot fesenzh and hot phases. how can it look like formally, the nato base is mine, it can start. what are the actions of the kosovo special forces? belgrade must use the force that was bought and is on the administrative line, how can we help now? well, where are the facts? to our only and last ally in western europe, i recently spoke on the phone with the president of serbia . to the west, they proceed from this alkaline message, this is a big mistake, because in this situation, we are with our friends, we are standing, we are not surrendering our slogan. well , you know this w

and, you know, take, take advantage of the situation that was the w, balkans expert them yanna image. china's pandemic restrictions are said to ease further, even though the country is far from heard. immunity and cases appear to be soaring . aging, as announced, is ending almost 3 years of border controls on january the 8th, when code 19 is downgraded to a less dangerous class of infectious disease. but that may put the countries old and sick populations in particular danger. the end of these are restrictions for chinese wanting to travel abroad has sparked a surge in flight bookings from china, people there has spent 3 years putting up with travel restrictions locked downs, mass testing, and other tough measures. the sudden lifting of these has caught people by surprise . the official reason the army con variance is not as dangerous as 1st thought bunker. we'll go into funky at the moment. the pandemic response measures have entered a new phase in our country. were faced by a new situation and new challenges. oh jim, come with pivoting from preventing infection to protecting health

with us, we learned a little about the balkans, what is happening in the balkans, what about bulgaria and now uh, little by little, we are getting closer to the release of the news on eva melnyk, we are already ready to find out what happened in the last hour, but not yet. good morning, colleagues. thank you for your work. the news team will continue to work on the most important things in a few moments, in particular, the russian nazis shelled the kharkiv region, kherson

ah, ah ah, the 1st you western balkan. some it is that they kicked off on tuesday as countries in the region of peer to pool in their intent to join the european blog. these are the kinds of things that are absolutely everywhere here. this is, and they to a made grenade launcher, western supplied weapons are found as are to get the clues of access to ukrainian positions recently taken over by russian troops. the south african parliament rules to postpone a long waited vote on president ranma folks as impeachment by weak as the scandal continues to divide. the nation with kenya's largest ethnic group fights for its heritage. with the leaders calling for britain to return artifacts taken from the country decades ago. our artifacts were stolen by the british are being stored in english museums next time we get them back so that we can build our own museum. we lab for the generation with hello and good morning for moscow to wherever you may be, catching the program. welcome to the hour's top news stories from around the world

she is responsible for the hatred between the balkan christians, which led to the balkan warriors and atrocity of the beginning of the 20th century, that is, not the struggle of the great greek people. this is the ottoman yoke, and russian aspirations to the south, this is a betrayal of their people. although it is clear that your people are for you. it's definitely the ottomans they are greeks. blame russia, which has its best i gave my sons so that the balkans would be free. you lick your ass with the remains of the ottomans, i can say, it means, well, now, of course, when we speak in krasnodon, the patriarch, it is clear to understand that this is, well, not at all the patriarchy that is perceived in history christianity, but obviously not for a long time regarding the fact that the patriarchs are the level of george the theologian and the zolotostovites, although the great under which for the first time there was an attempt to baptize russia so and how many baptism of russia yes people who were included in the list of fathers church, this is what i want to explain. this is clearly

a with with has balkan countries appear to lose interest in joining the european block. you struggle to maintain its role in the region, holding a 1st ever summit in the western vall, kids, these are the kind of things that are absolutely everywhere here. this is, and they to a made grenade launcher. western supplied weapons are found as r t gets exclusive access to ukranian positions, recently taken over by russian troop, the south african parliament rule. to postpone a long awaited vote on president rama poses impeachment by this week. as the scandal continues to divide the nation kenya's largest ethnic group fights for its heritage. we're the leaders calling for britain to return artifacts taken from the country decades ago. our artifacts were stolen by the british are being stored in the english museums, but the time we get them back so that we can build our own a generation with hello and good morning from moscow to wherever you may be catching the program. welcome to the hour's top news stories from around the world. i'm feel as well as some balkan nations apparent

it sent a strong message that the european union needs the western balkans and that the western balkans need the european union in the face of russia's escalating war in ukraine if they want to preserve stability and it pass for economic growth in the region. right, here's a look at some more wild news stories. argentina's, former president has been sentenced to 6 years of jail or charges of corruption. christina fernandez dicky richna, found guilty of embezzling $1000000000.00 between 272015. the corruption cases divided the country. a supporter say the trial is politically motivated. she is expected to appeal al jazeera has referred the killing of its journalist, sharon blackly to the international criminal court. the media network says new evidence shows she was deliberately target by targeted, deliberately chilled, excuse me, by israeli forces. israeli army has admitted one of its soldiers like you shot abruptly in the west bank in may, but says she was mistaken for militant voters in the u. s, state of georgia going to the polls to decide the countries final senate race run off who

however, since july of this year, the situation has worsened again . the head of the balkan columnistroject, natalya ishchenko, joins us. good night, ms. natalya, if you could explain to our viewers in a few words why in the last flared up again flared up again for a few months. this tension became the formal cause of the fact that kosovo began to demand from kosovo serbs to re-register car numbers from serbian to kosovo ones, that is, serbs who permanently lived in kosovo nevertheless had serbian state car numbers that were issued for settlements located in kosovo, but kosovo, of course, considered these numbers illegal because for these settlements there were, accordingly, kosovo numbers and when this procedure of re-registration of the kosovo serbs began to protest, this led to a series of such stages of escalation, in the end, the kosovo serbs protested from all the authorities of kosovo, where they participated, and when kosovo announced new elections, that is, the authorities are invalid, new elections are needed, attacks on representatives of the central election commission hav

here is their peacekeeping efforts in the balkans as a model for other regions.ke a magic wand. this means it allows conflicts, and on the balkan peninsula and therefore draw closer to the european union, integrate with the european union, and you will get the benefit of all your conflicts will resolve themselves, including the transnistrian conflict for the post-soviet space, and the armenian-azerbaijani conflict, and so on. yes, and the european union, uh, claims to play a central role in the settlement precisely here, uh, under this sauce, that we will provide you with european integration, which in turn will resolve all conflicts. and now we see that it is not works. here. what do you think, uh, this will be some kind of lesson, some kind of signal for the elites in the post-soviet space. e, dmitry vyacheslavovich i think that the leadership and the public, uh, in almost all countries of eurasia, uh, including the post-soviet states, adequately perceive the modern world situation, practically nowhere, there are some illusions and misconceptions, it’s another

i think that serbia accepts moscow's instructions to create problems in the western balkans and diverttion from the events in ukraine, and i am joined by the balkan columnist, the fighter varga from the city of novi sad. greetings boris, what is the situation on the border of serbia and kosovo good evening, it is now the third week of the situation on the border with serbia and kosovo, and it is tense and one can say on the verge of conflict in the north of kosovo, and it is pleasing. came and granted autonomy to the ethnic serbs, which is part of the kosovo serb agreement and dialogue, mediated by the eu, at the same time, on the other side of the border, the serbian army announced the highest level of combat readiness and in the leading the serbian mass media conveys a picture of a conflict that almost exploded, independent analysts warn that pro-russian organizations and even russian security services can provoke incidents on the border with kosovo, just as it happened in montenegro before its accession to nato in 2016, and i must say about the latest news that evening information h

is unacceptable now, but also should not be repeated in the future, this conflict in the western balkans for decades, more than 90% the population of kosovo are ethnic albanians, they practice islam. serbs, who are mainly orthodox christians, make up 5% of the country's population. it is the latter who are dissatisfied with the independence of kosovo and are in favor of joining serbia, regularly organizing protests and strikes in the region in the 90s. serbia's policy towards neighboring countries was similar to russia now belgrade was then the capital of the great communist state of yugoslavia after the collapse of the ussr on the right here they also went for the best way countries began to separate by forming independent governments in bolgrad, of course, they were against, the then leader slobodan milosevic began to fight with them, motivating the aggression of the protection of ethnic serbs, who were all allegedly oppressed in the early 2000s with the support of the un and nato, the milosevic regime was overthrown and most countries were able to live peacefully, the majority, but no

of his older sister. went to liberate bulgaria in december 1877, the russian army crossed the icy balkanins and moved deep into bulgarian territory in the first echelons of the advancing marches. the narva hussar regiment, commanded by colonel alexander pushkin , the russian-turkish war had been going on for more than six months, they started in june, they counted on a quick victory, but the stubbornness of the turks. and more importantly, the strange behavior of their own command turned the victory march into a grueling campaign at the cost of huge losses, managed to capture the pleven. after that, the turks began to fight back to their capital. and constantinople, turning bulgarian cities and villages into ashes on the way, managed to recapture some of them. here pushkin's narva hussars distinguished themselves a couple of times. they even acted as firefighters pulling out women's children from the fire, somewhere the courage helped the place, the city of tatars, bazardzhik, rescued, armenian, telegraph operator avanes svadzhan, teams. for the turkish army, suleiman pasha asked the sul

russians. european union leaders have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen ties with western balkan countries, all of which are e u. membership hopefuls at a conference in the obeying in capital, tirana, leaders of bosnia montenegro, kosovo, north macedonia, serbia, and albania. met with top you officials to discuss areas of possible cooperation. the war in ukraine has accelerated, the importance for the huge counter outside influence on the region. here is what european commission president was enough on the line had to say. let me re assure you that we have full heartedly supporting enlargement program process and the regional integration this year has seen a lot of progress. we have had indeed the 1st intergovernmental conference with albania, north macedonia. there's finally new movement, momentum in the whole process. it was a historic step to open the accession negotiations. and now the screening has started and the momentum is there are brussels bureau chief alexander phenomena followed the summit for us from toronto today. and here's her assessment of the meeting. you leader

i am personally investigating the actions of the intelligence services in lebanon, syria, the balkansics and russia , and behind such a character by the name of christopher donali, noted in the nineties, as the very famous gentleman of british intelligence misha, who in the late nineties headed nato intelligence departments then he disappeared appeared in russia in 2003 and was the founder of a number of companies associated with the development of gas fields. then he disappeared. well in the aftermath appeared as the organizer of a number of proxy companies called bbc medio bbc this is only a similar name for albany to the diary, as well as a specially created fund. the first is where they were involved. we have these materials, believe me. i am what i am saying now. i say, not on the basis of the media, i published them on the basis of some documents i found on the internet, but in the light of completely understandable documents that were obtained from completely reliable sources more clearly, they appeared precisely these companies under the leadership of this gentleman. we were p

prime minister viosa osmani announced this during her participation in the eu form in the western balkanscording to the head of the government of kosovo, she hopes for support, and then a quote from the minister, i am here as the leader of one of the most pro- european countries and we have already proven it. now we need the eu to move from words to deeds, such as the liberalization of visas to the eu. i, er, to the president of serbia, aleksandr vučich, er, mrs. prime minister kokos said that he continues to think in the old way, and it's finally time to decide who he is with russia or with the country. will think to himself well, mr. uchach did not waste time and it is obvious that he responded to this reproach of the kosoya prime minister. what to say about this, he said while participating in the summit, there are the western balkans. in tirana, mr. uchich emphasized that serbia is an independent country that is on its way to the european union, and according to him, it will continue to be so if he decides on sanctions and if he will decide on the support of ukraine, then he will have

turkey greece with small grants, they need to blow up the balkans more, which means they will sink fasterhan food. i just want to say that we are somewhat, probably misleading misplaced stocks, please, all this policy is determined by the united states of america. everything is just all these policies are managed, it's obvious that i think at all. these waterings are compromising evidence of the united states, see the statement of mother merkel who, in general, according to such a mother to whom the stepmother after such statements, you know, undermined her political career, there are experts who believe that there is compromising evidence about merkel’s connections with the stasi, which allows the united states of america to manipulate her. and this is her and her statement that the minsk agreements were just a gain of time to strengthen the army of ukraine is a demonstration for russia that in europe it is impossible to negotiate with anyone , it was only worth the macron to declare with the united states, that he is ready there for the negotiation, we will ensure the interests of russi

, because let's not forget that the balkans started a lot of, let's say, not small confrontations, andemember all the historical events that, as they say, we found ourselves with helpers, well, let's say that we will act on our struggle so now turn on the light for us has been going on for many centuries and about the new phase, the institute for the study of war is constantly researching the moods, strategies and tactics there, and they have traced that despite various statements, the kremlin wants to implement maximalist targets against ukraine. low and partially confirmed these very forecasts of the institute of war, but the kremlin probably did not give up its maximalist goals in ukraine because of their information, well, statements they make a lot of statements. they deliberately confuse, perhaps, so that they do not understand their real goals . have those goals changed or not? are they there? are there any general tactics being observed? well , i also accidentally lost connection. i understood that the kremlin's goals have changed. judging by the question , it means the goals o

it will help, uh, and bigger things were done by russia in the balkans.he attempted coup d'état in montenegro, and nobody in the european union was interested it is not a threat to europe, what the russians are doing in bosnia and herzegovina also constantly means, er, searching for the situation, it also somehow does not cause a strong reaction from the eu , so i think that the representatives of the kosovo authorities simply understand that this argumentation will not provide anything and therefore it should not be dragged to the official level, where it will only interfere with what i said in private conversations with people from kosovo, and unofficial journalists there, public figures and official ones, they all see in this the influence of russia, the influence of moscow, and we well, we even know what and when we will say there. well, in the summer, on the line, it means the separation between the serbian so-called kosovo. that is, it is also kosovo, but mostly serbs live there, everything is in northern kosovo, and when there were some disputes th

and russia hasa repeatedly demonstrated that they consider the western balkans and environment that they can use to punch back against the european union and the west. in general, russia was accused of her attempting, a qu in montenegro, for instance in 2016 to prevent the country's membership in nato and russia is supporting separatist to minded to leaders in bosnia herzegovina, for instance, another country in western balkans where we still see ethnic and political tensions, and let's take serbia, for instance, a country that it's quite critical of nato because of its history. and that is quite close to russia. this country has not supported the european union sanctions on russia. so you understand how important it is for the european union to know that those neighbors are standing together with the european union. and it's a big game. this big battle between democracy is and also italian regimes. and let's have to listen to was all the law funder lion at the european commission president had to say about that mac mano, this struggle is also apparent in the westmark, comes on from russ

it's time to look a little from abroad, so to speak, at the balkans, approximately in the north of kosovo, local serbs are blocking the main roads for the second day in a row, the police kosovo reported shelling of their positions by unknown persons, the situation in that region is worsening again, and in contact with the studio, nataliya ishchenko, head of the balkan observer project ms. natalya, congratulations slava i believe in ukraine glory good day what do you think is coming now are we on the eve of an escalation that could lead to an open fire conflict that literally the night from sunday to monday will be the most difficult in his political career, but so far nothing terrible has happened, there are no hostilities there are not even any local the sides of the clashes are still standing, the serbs are standing on the barricades they built in the north of kosovo, the special forces are also standing in their positions, on their bases, on their patrols, there are no clashes, all western capitals washington, brussels, paris, berlin are also asking bill to play a pretext to stop, not

it sent a strong message that the european union needs the western balkans and that the western balkans needs the europeans in the face of the escalating war in ukraine. >> here is a quick look at some other world stories we are covering for you today. latvia has revoked the broadcasting license for rain, the independent russian broadcasting tv channel. the move came after rain had shown the crimean peninsula as part of russia among other violations that are alleged. the al jazeera media network has -- they said they had uncovered new evidence in the case. deciding the final senate race in georgia. the runoff pull pits herschel walker against the incumbent democrat. indonesia's parliament criminalizes sex outside of marriage. it makes eramaritasex pleasurable by ar in pris. it i part of sweeping lal overhaul that has drawn criticism from several liberties groups. authorities have arrested 12 members of an opposition network with links to your. the iranian revolutionary guard accused the group of planning acts of sabotage and coronation with germany and the netherlands. this took place a

we were such an assistant to russia in the balkans and only in recent years began to try to build oury, but because of these we have remnants, one of them is the non-recognition of kosovo. and as for the current reaction, ukraine is in a very difficult situation, because you know that serbia still supports russia more than ukraine, kosovo clearly supports ukraine, and serbia and we traditionally, they have always declared that we have good relations, but there are no diplomatic relations with kosovo at all, well, that is, it is not even a diplomatic split, but some kind of complex acrobatic figure, well, i understand correctly. what, for example, now if on the territory of the same northern mitrovica, it is a territory of northern kosovo, there is a couple of battalion-technical-tactical groups of the armed forces of serbia of the republic of serbia going to say and now, well, this is our territory, and now these battalion-tactical groups will stand here and here we appoint the same head of the military-civilian administration , then ukraine in in principle should support such a decis

the balkan was launched. less than a month ago at 24. tv broadcasts should have started.mmediately an act of political censorship was the reason, allegedly an interview with the russian ambassador to serbia 3 days ago, apparently, the west was afraid of the content in the serbian language, they said in the editorial office of the channel and reminded that over the past fortnight of work, rt balkan has become a full-fledged part of the media space of the region portal highlights the most current events alternative point of view, but the west decides not only for itself, even for the public of the country, which gladly accepted the news of our discovery. these are the words of the editor-in-chief of the channel elena milich after the start of a special military operation in ukraine against moscow were applied. thousands of restrictive measures, including the blocking of russian media, including against the resources of the sputnik art agency and ria novosti, to block all youtube channels related to them. started back in march, in total more than twenty different channels of

uh, the rt balkan channel was. e.s than a month ago, in 24, television broadcasting was supposed to begin, but immediately an act of political censorship was allegedly an interview with russian ambassador to serbia alexander botsin. kharchenko she came out 3 days ago, apparently, the west was afraid of the content in the serbian language, the editors of the channel said and reminded that over the past half a month of work. rush there and the balkans has become a full-fledged part of the media space of the region ; portals cover the most current events from an alternative point of view, but the west decides not only for itself, even for the public of the country, who gladly accepted the news of our discovery. these are the words of the editor-in-chief of the channel elena mileynich, nu and let me remind you that after the start of a special military operation in ukraine against the russian media , blocking was used many times. including in relation to the resources of rt and the satellite agency, their inaccessible to

this is a positive sign about western balkans. are you aspirations now? the western balkan countries have long wanted to be part of the you, but is it is a process that is been dragging on for many years. that's often been a source of great frustration in western balkan capitals. now there's no doubt that within the e u, there is a, there are some divisions over enlargement, but russia's worn ukraine. i certainly focus mines and what we are seeing is more and more e leaders. us sending the message here wanting to send the message that of the western balkans is very much part of the family. we just heard as much from oh, shall michel the head of the council as he arrived here in toronto a short while ago. what the you does it wants to do is try and mitigate the risk of people in western balkans, becoming disillusioned with the you, with a whole, a process and possibly turning elsewhere. whether that be to china, that is investing heavily in the region or to russia that has those long, cultural and historical ties. particularly with countries like serbia th

balkans, that is, finally put in place the still obstinate serbs. how likely is that.serbian question be resolved we asked a well-known serbian historian aleksandar rakovich professor rakovich what options does belgrade have, president vučić said that serbia was coming to the wall, and this is the most difficult moment of his political career, no doubt with the government. there is a scenario for various cases, including escalation, but we must not forget that this is a confrontation not only with the kostovo albanians, but with the snata who are present there. and they have already clearly said that they will intervene if serbia defends its people in kosovo mitohi without nato permission, at the moment the best solution would be to passions subsided completely serbia has already fought twice with nato 94-95 in the republika srpska and the serbian crane and in the ninety-ninth in kosovo and mitohi. now we do not have the resources to enter into a confrontation with nato, so the best solution would be peacefully, and it will be for a long time. peaceful solution to the

for instance, another country in western balkans were we still see ethnic and political tensions . and let's take survey, for instance, a country that it's quite critical of nato because of its history. and that is quite close to russia. this country has not supported the european union sanctions on russia, so you understand how important it is for the european union to know that those neighbors are standing together with the european union. and it's big game at this big battle between democracies and authoritarian regimes. and let's have to listen to what all the law fund a lie, and the european commission president had to say about that. sing mcmann. all this struggle is also apparent in the west mall comes on for the rushes, trying to gain influence. china's trying to gain influence. we are the biggest investors. we are the closest partners. and that's what this discussion is about. you have to decide on which are side you stand on the side of democracy that the european union, your friends and partners are. do you want to choose another way? what are what? yeah, none. b. so let

now to attentions in the balkans, serbia has asked nato peacekeepers to allow the country to dispatch up to $1000.00 police and military personnel to kosovo amid mass demonstrations, which are wrapped in belgrade. on friday, demonstrators and the serbian capital burns separatist flags and denounce western backing of the territory. tensions erupted when ethnic reserve demonstrators barricaded streets to prevent the transfer of a serbian inmate to the country's capital. here's what serbians have to say. good persecution of the serbian population is taking place in kosovo. people are being arrested for defending their homeland to that of the serbian army should go there and the whole nation wants the mer to say can no longer endure the terror and cost of, of me tributes. i came to support our brothers in kosovo, who are now going through a difficult period. lee, my family is there and no one knows who will be arrested. who will be taken to preach tina and terrorist. mildred, a serbian representative has accused the pristine government of seizing power in the majority serb area of metro v