Michael Martens
Journalist. Tweets mostly in English or auf Deutsch, Иногда по-русски, понекад на српском.
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Talked to several former and current German ambassadors about why German diplomacy in general and the Auswärtige Amt in particular must prepare for war – and support the German def...
An unlikely coalition of the US, the EU, a Turkish autocrat, a Caucasian dictator, a Greek Prime Minister & international energy companies helped Bulgaria to become independent fro...
Bulgaria may be setting a record in the EU next year: In the first quarter of 2023, it might have to hold parliamentary elections for the fifth time in less than two years.
On Russians and Serbs. (Well. That is way too pompous. So let this thread better be called: On some Russians and some Serbs.)
July 1991. German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher receive Croatian President Franjo Tudjman. The visit attracted a great deal of attention abroad...
Friday, July 13th, 1991. The German ambassador to Yugoslavia, Hansjörg Eiff (1933-2019) meets Serbia's opposition leader Vuk Drašković to discuss the political situation. https://t...
Delyan Peewski, ein mächtiger bulgarischer Oligarch, wurde von den USA 2021 mit Sanktionen wegen Korruption belegt. https://t.co/wS3HIrrc0i
Great news for all fans of EU enlargement! Great news for Ukraine, Serbia, Abania and all other candidates for accession to the European Union! If accesion negotiations continue at...
Last month, a Bulgarian policeman was shot dead at the border with Turkey. https://t.co/ULOUV3nSq8
A debate has erupted in Kosovo about whether Prime Minister Kurti made a mistake by admitting that the US ambassador in Kosovo at a certain time knew more about the situation in th...
Some people seem to consider it a scandal (or want it to turn it into one) that a US ambassador in certain moments might know more about the security situation in a certain region...
Albin Kurti, Prime Minister of Kosovo, in a comprehensive interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ): The aim of the recent compromise in the "license plate crisis" was fo...