Analysis with journalist Sead Rizvanović and report from the Zelensky’s visit to the summit in Tirana
The guest in this edition of Labyrinth is fellow journalist Sead Rizvanović, with whom we analyzed the military situation, as well as potential hotspots such as the Transnistria region in Moldova. Rizvnovic says there is a real threat of the war spilling over. Labyrinth was also in Tirana to follow the first visit of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the Balkans. The summit organized by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama was attended by all Balkan leaders, as well as the President of Moldova, Maya Sandu. The President of North Macedonia, Stevo Pendarovski, said in a short statement that everyone is there to confirm their support for Ukraine. The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, who is the only leader in the region who refuses to impose sanctions on Russia, also stopped briefly. Although we insisted on an answer, Vucic in his style (didn't) answer the question. A Declaration in support of Ukraine was also signed, in which several terms were changed at the request of the Serbian president.
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France with a challenge to form a Government - NATO with new Declarations
Reporting from Washington and Analysis from Paris
The largest military alliance marked the 75th anniversary of its existence with a Summit whose focus is the war on European soil. The leaders of the member states gathered in the American capital to confirm the commitment to help Ukraine. Some of them used the margins of the Summit for meetings related to bilateral issues. A meeting between the Macedonian and Greek Prime Ministers did not take place, and journalists behind the scenes say that there was no interest on the part of the major powers to discuss such issues within the framework of the Summit. From the press room in Washington, we include Romanian military reporter and senior political correspondent Cristina Cileacu. In addition to the fact that the Alliance confirmed the commitments to help Ukraine, Cileacu also informed us about the other agreed strategic determinations, such as declaring China a country enabling Russian aggression. We asked Chileaku tofollow up the meetings of the Macedonian Prime Minister.
From the French capital, on the other hand, we are talking with an advisor in the French Assembly on topics related to the great upheaval that occurred during the elections. Councilor Matthias Vasquez from the ranks of Macron's party talks about the mood of the voters and the actions of the parties that led to this turn. At the moment, the main challenge facing France is the election of a prime minister, which the winning coalition seems to be having difficulty electing. Vasquez is a good expert on the Macedonian and Balkan situations, given the fact that he was previously on missions in these countries, so we used this call to ask him for his opinion on the French proposal that was imposed after the Bulgarian veto announcements.
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Dolidze: Georgians are not giving up on the fight for a European future – There will be protests even during the holidays
Georgians will welcome the New Year with protests and will not give up on their European future – says the Leader of the For the People party, Anna Dolidze. Dolidze is an expert in international law, until 2018 she was the legal advisor to the President, and then a member of the Judicial Council.
In Labyrinth we talked about the stolen elections and the Russian hybrid influence that managed to divert the country from the European integration path. The protests escalated, and the use of water cannons and violence by the police did not change the Georgians’ minds to continue fighting for their rights. About 500 protesters, including some injured, will spend the holidays in detention. We also discussed with Dolidze the international support and the sanctions imposed by the US and the UK on some of the Georgian authorities, but not by the European Union.
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EU residents vote for their future - the Balkans remain in the waiting list
What course will the new political setup in the EU take?
Macedonia's neighbors are again using the country for internal political purposes, the European Union is in an election process that has greatly divided the residents of the Union, even greater challenges await the new European set-up, military hotspots are still part of the world - we talk about these topics in Labyrinth with the political scientist Viktor Jakimovski.
