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Gjeraqina Tuhina

Gjeraqina Tuhina has been engaged with RFE/RL's Balkan Service since 1996, when she started reporting from Kosovo. After the war in Kosovo, she moved to Brussels and since then has covered EU and NATO-related activities in the Western Balkans.

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May 17, 2024
U.S. Ambassador To NATO Calls On Western Balkan Countries To Increase Defense Spending

The United States hopes that by the upcoming NATO summit in Washington, nearly all 32 alliance members will meet the pledge made 10 years ago to increase defense spending to 2 percent of GDP, said U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith.
February 03, 2024
Two Years Into EU Ban, Russia's RT And Sputnik Are Still Accessible Across The EU

EU-wide sanctions should have blocked easy access to the websites of two key Kremlin media outlets that the bloc says are spreading propaganda and disinformation. But RFE/RL's Balkan Service discovers that the websites are still accessible.
March 22, 2023
EU Envoy Says Agreement Reached By Leaders Of Kosovo, Serbia Is Turning Point On Road To Normalization

Miroslav Lajcak, the EU envoy for the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade, believes that an agreement reached between Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti represents a turning point in the process of normalization of relations.
November 03, 2022
Germany Calls On Balkan Leaders To Overcome Regional Differences

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on Balkan leaders to overcome regional conflicts as they look to make progress down the path to European Union membership amid Russia's war against Ukraine.
October 11, 2022
Montenegro Has Not Shown Proper Commitment To Reforms, EU Report Concludes

A draft report by the European Commission says Montenegro's lawmakers have failed to demonstrate a commitment to enacting reforms needed to bring it closer to the European Union.
July 19, 2021
Serbia-Kosovo Talks Make No Progress, Each Side Blames The Other

The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have traded barbs in a round of talks that highlighted the differences between the two former Yugoslav entities and failed to bring them closer to resolving one of Europe's thorniest territorial disputes.
June 23, 2021
Montenegro Getting European Help To Refinance Its Massive China Debt

Macedonia is close to an agreement with a European institution to help with its $1 billion loan from the Export-Import Bank of China.
April 14, 2021
No Clear Option For Montenegro As It Tries To Repay $1 Billion Highway Debt To China

With pleas to Brussels for financial help rebuffed, a still-unfinished highway finds itself at the heart of a wider geopolitical contest over Chinese influence on the EU's doorstep.
February 04, 2020
EU Proposes Greater Role For Member States In Enlargement Process

The European Commission has drafted a new methodology to handle the bloc's enlargement process that would give member states a stronger role in accession talks with EU hopefuls, according to a document seen by RFE/RL.
February 25, 2019
Exclusive: Daughter Of Putin's Spokesman Working In European Parliament

The daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman works as an intern in the European Parliament in Brussels, and has unhindered access to various EU documents, RFE/RL has learned.

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