Balkan View

• 27. avgust/kolovoz, 2014.

  Why Does Serbia pay the highest price for Russian gas?

  The tight “fraternal” energy embrace of Serbia and Russia, since the sale to Gazprom of a majority stake in the former Serbian gas giant NIS in 2008, has not paid off for Serbia. It has been paying more to its Russian “brothers" than other countries.

• 27. avgust/kolovoz, 2014.

  Altmann: Ukranian crisis puts the Balkans in focus again

  In light of what has happened in Ukraine, the accession of the Balkan countries to the European Union becomes even more important so these countries can reach safer waters before Russia expands its influence in the region, says Franz Lothar Altmann, former director of the Balkan branch of the Berlin-based Institute for International and Security Affairs.

• 25. avgust/kolovoz, 2014.

  How Long Can Belgrade Remain Neutral in Ukrainian Crisis?

  Can Belgrade maintain its neutral position on the Ukrainian crisis if Brussels requires Serbia to impose sanctions on Russia and that Serbia fall in line with EU foreign policy?

• 19. avgust/kolovoz, 2014.

  Serbian Oil and Gas Privatization: Investigation Promised

  Serbian authorities have promised to launch an investigation into the controversial privatization and sale of Naftna Industrija Srbije AD (NIS), the national oil and gas company that allowed Russian OAO Gazprom Neft to gain control of the company.

• 19. avgust/kolovoz, 2014.

  Serbia: A Law to Keep Citizens Out of War Zones

  Serbian citizens are being drawn into conflicts in the world, and are fighting on either side of the Ukraine crisis, in Syria and in Iraq, either as volunteers or mercenaries.

• 12. avgust/kolovoz, 2014.

  Serbia and Russian sanctions: Short-term profits, long-term risk

  Short-term profits, long-term risk – that is the consensus of those talking to RFE about whether Serbia might profit from Russian sanctions against the EU and the US on the import of a large number of agricultural products.

• 8. avgust/kolovoz, 2014.

  Serbia pressured by both East and West

  Pressure by the west on Belgrade to fully align its stance towards Russia with their policy has not reached boiling point. if the conflict between Moscow and western capitals continues to escalate, Serbia will find itself between the rock of the West and hard place of Moscow.

• 26. juli/srpanj, 2014.

  How Is Belgrade Communicating With Brussels? Some Insights

  Serbia’s policy of “both the EU and Russia” raises the question of whether the EU will let it sit out the sanctions or whether the EU expects it to align its policies more strongly with the EU.

• 21. juli/srpanj, 2014.

  Montenegro, Russia and NATO: An Issue of Double Agents?

  After the Associated Press (AP) published on June 8 a statement from an unnamed NATO source that between 25 and 50 Montenegrin intelligence officers have close links to Russia, Montenegro became embroiled in controversy.

• 15. juli/srpanj, 2014.

  Slobodan's Ghost

  Comparisons of Vladimir Putin to Slobodan Milosevic are all the rage. But what does the Milosevic experience tell us about where Russia may be headed?

• 8. juli/srpanj, 2014.

  Russia Follows 'Different Strategy' As Serbia Courts EU

  As traditional Russian ally Serbia pushes ahead with its bid to join the European Union, Moscow's reaction has been muted. Does the Kremlin see strategic advantages in having such a reliable friend inside the Western bloc?

• 7. juli/srpanj, 2014.

  Serbian Prime Minister Vucic’s visit to Moscow: What is on the discussion menu?

  Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will discuss two major topics with his Russian counterparts on July 7: the Ukrainian crisis and South Stream, a planned gas pipeline to transport Russian natural gas through the Black Sea to Bulgaria and through Serbia.

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