🇨🇿🇷🇴 Visegrád 24 on X:

Czechia and Romania, 2 countries that have contributed a lot to Ukraine’s war effort and weren’t invited to today’s European emergency meeting on Ukraine in Paris are upset with Macron for not bringing them to the table.

A Czech government source told Le Monde that the decision shows Macron’s “arrogance.”

He stated that along with Poland, there’s no other country in Europe that’s closer to the war than Czechia. He pointed out that no country hosts more Ukrainian refugees per capita and that Prague runs one of the most efficient arms supply systems for Kyiv, including its huge joint artillery ammunition procurement program for Ukraine started in 2024 when U.S. weapon deliveries to Ukraine broke down for 7 months.

In Bucharest, the tone is more polite, but the disappointment just as perceptible, given that Romania shares over 600 kilometers of border with Ukraine and remains a strategic location for arms supplies.

Cristian Diaconescu, defense and security adviser to interim president llie Bolojan, expressed regret that his country had not been invited to Paris “despite its efforts.”

Diaconescu said that Romania’s absence means that not enough focus will be placed on the issue of the security and stability of NATO's eastern flank in the discussions in Paris, including the crucial topic of security in the Black Sea.

🇷🇸 The President of the National Assembly of Serbia, Ana Brnabić, announced that student tuition fees will be reduced by 50%, in line with their demands.

She also stated that the budget allocation for higher education has been increased, fulfilling the fourth request of students participating in the blockade, while the salaries of employees in higher education institutions will be increased by 16%.

— The National Independent

🇷🇸 Serbia voted in favor of a UN resolution affirming Ukraine’s sovereignty and labeling Russia as an aggressor.

President Vučić called the vote a mistake and apologized, suggesting Serbia should have abstained. Deputy PM Vulin strongly condemned the decision as a “betrayal,” blaming Foreign Minister Đurić and demanding political consequences.

Vulin argued the vote was not just against Russia but also against Serbia and Vučić’s policies.

🇷🇴👮⚠️ BREAKING: Former Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu was stopped by police in traffic and has been taken for questioning at the Prosecutor General's Office.

The announcement comes as authorities conduct 47 searches targeting Călin Georgescu's close associates, including Horațiu Potra, the leader of the mercenaries, Georgescu's bodyguard, and a newly identified figure, the bodyguard's partner, who is allegedly linked to high-ranking power circles in Moscow.

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🇭🇷🤝🇷🇸 — Croatian President Zoran Milanović condemned attempts to oust Milorad Dodik, President of Republic of Srpska, from politics for defying EU-backed Christian Schmidt, whom he called a "colonial administrator."

➡️ He questioned, "What century are we living in?" and warned that such moves won’t scare Serbs but spark their revolt.

🔗 The National Independent (@NationalIndNews)

🇮🇱🤝🇷🇸 — Ahead of Dodik Verdict, a proof of Israeli-Serbian friendship emerged as the Strongman of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, shared a video showing a Jerusalem Rabbi praying for him and for Serbian people in Bosnia

On Statement via Twitter/X, Mr. Dodik said:

Thank you to the rabbi who held a prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem last night in which he stated:

"For the success and progress of President Milorad Dodik, son of Mir, a dear friend of the Jewish people. May there be blessings in all his deeds, may he overcome all difficulties, slanderers and opponents, and may the Holy One, the Blessed One, protect him from all his enemies. Amen.
On the 26th of Shevat 5785. Jerusalem."

➡️ It is well-known that Dodik has good relations with the State of Israel, the US Republicans and the Russian Government, being one of the few Pro-East figured to condemn October 7th massacre and Hamas-led Terror offensive into Israel

🔗 Милорад Додик (@MiloradDodik)

🇷🇺📞🇷🇸 — On February 24, 2025, ahead of his trial results, Dodik announced that he held talks with Russian Federation Ambassador regarding the State of affairs in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Željka Cvijanović and I spoke today with the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Igor Kalabukhov.

Due to the ongoing legal violence against the Republic, culminating in the trial against the institutions of Republika Srpska, Republika Srpska will take immediate measures to preserve the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its Dayton position, through exclusively political and legal means.

🔗 Милорад Додик (@MiloradDodik)

🇧🇦🇷🇸 - Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik banned from any political mandate for 6 years.

🇧🇦❌🇷🇸❗️ Bosnian Serb leader Dodik sentenced to prison for defying EU-Backed International Peace Envoy

➡️ A Bosnian court has sentenced Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik to one year in prison for defying the rulings of the international peace official overseeing peace in the Balkan country.

➡️ On Wednesday, the court in Sarajevo also handed the 65-year-old leader of Bosnia’s autonomous Republika Srpska a six-year ban from office.

➡️ Dodik, president of Bosnia’s autonomous Serb Republic, was indicted in 2023 for signing laws that suspended rulings by the constitutional court and by international peace envoy Christian Schmidt.

Dodik has rejected the indictment as politically motivated.

“There is no reason to worry. I learned to put up with more difficult things,” Dodik told supporters in Banja Luka.

❗️ The Implications of this move, as Russian Observers note, could lead to the dissolution and collapse of Bosnia & Herzegovina as we know

🇧🇦🇷🇸 - Rybar's opinion on what's coming in Bosnia. (noteworthy given Russia's historic ties with Bosnian Serbs)