AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoTerror crackdown with Balkan links: The US Justice Department has arrested and charged an Iraqi man, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, accused of coordinating nearly 20 terror attacks and attempted attacks across the US, Europe and Canada, including an alleged arson attack against a synagogue in Skopje—along with plots targeting Jewish institutions in New York and beyond. NATO threat backdrop: Coverage also warns that the risk of a Russian attack on NATO is rising as the Ukraine war turns worse for Putin, raising fears of longer, riskier escalation. EU accession friction: In North Macedonia, politics stays tangled with Bulgaria—VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM trade accusations over the “North Macedonian” wording and constitutional amendments tied to EU talks, while the foreign minister seeks an official meeting with Bulgaria’s counterpart at the NATO foreign ministers’ gathering. Energy diplomacy: Ministers in Athens push regional gas and electricity interconnections as the route to steadier supply, with North Macedonia and Serbia in the mix. Legal pressure on language rights: Albanian law students keep pressing for the bar exam in Albanian and plan further protests on 18 May.
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