Šešelj: Albanians plan to attack Northern Kosovo; Serbian Gendarmerie moves to the south (InSerbia)
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić spoke to reporters after the meeting with leaders of Serbs from Kosovo and announced that now it is most important to preserve peace and stability. “I want to say that we had difficult talks in which we accepted everything. I’ll soon be ready to tell everything to the citizens of […]
Read More →ROSU lately frequently patrols through Serbian settlements (Politika)
Special Kosovo Police Unit (so called ROSU) in last couple days frequently patrols through Serbian settlements south from Kosovoska Mitrovica. The remaining Serbs in Velika Hoča and Orahovac said to RTS that members of ROSU are patrolling their settlements in the evening hours, what worries them, considering that they are not used to such police […]
Read More →Rakić: Priština always fails to implement agreements (RTS)
The Mayor of Mitrovica North Goran Rakić said to RTS that the Prime Minister of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, requested from Serb representative to remain calm and united, and to avoid unilateral moves. Rakić said that Serb representatives have informed the Prime Minister in Raška about the situation in northern Kosovo as well as with concerns […]
Read More →Stojanović: I hope that wisdom will prevail (RTS)
Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović said to RTS that representatives of Serbs will invest additional efforts and that further talks are expected to take place today, aimed at finding solution for the wall. Authorities in Pristina announced that they will demolish the support wall in Mitrovica North in the vicinity of the bridge, which […]
Read More →NATO helping Western Balkans resist foreign influence: Stoltenberg (Reuters)
NATO is helping Western Balkan governments build up intelligence and defense bodies to resist foreign, especially Russian, political influence, alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-balkans-nato-russia-idUSKBN15H1E8
Read More →Daçić complains to Trump about Kosovo (media)
Serbia’s Foreign Minister, Ivica Dačić, expressed fear that “some unmeasured actions” of Pristina could destabilize the entire region. Dačić is currently in Washington, invited for the Morning Prayer, where he expressed his concern to the U.S. administration for the pressure and the situation created by Kosovo, reports B92. “We met with the American administration and […]
Read More →EU Office speaks about lack of the integration minister (Koha Ditore)
The European Union High Representative in Pristina, Natalia Apostolova, stressed the importance of the nomination of the Minister for European Integration. The promise of the President of the Parliament, Kadri Veseli, that he would nominate Bekim Çollaku’s successor within the week, was not kept. Asked about this matter, the EU office relied to the paper […]
Read More →“Pristina uses dirty propaganda, but Serbs must remain calm” (B92)
In the dialogue with Pristina, Belgrade was brought to a situation to say “no” to one thing, in order to be blamed for everything, PM Aleksandar Vucic has said. “Pristina is engaged in the dirties propaganda. My message to Serbs is this: don’t fall for provocations, peace is our interest,” Vucic said during a break […]
Read More →Vucic: Mogherini needs to react to Pristina’s conduct (Tanjug)
Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday urged EU foreign policy and security chief Federica Mogherini and her team to react to Pristina’s conduct, noting the EU had clearly said it would react if someone violated the agreement reached in Brussels late Wednesday. “I want her to make it clear that the (Kosovo) Albanian side did […]
Read More →FM Hoxhaj: Serbia running propaganda war on Kosovo (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s Foreign Minister, Enver Hoxhaj, accused Serbia of running a “special propaganda war” against Kosovo. “The government of Serbia has launched a war of information against Kosovo to incite unrests in Kosovo and the region. An unacceptable attack on peace,” Hoxhaj said.
Read More →Stojanovic: I will present our concerns to Stoltenberg (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister, Branimir Stojanovic, said he will ask NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenerg for NATO and KFOR to do everything in their power to make sure that there are no incidents in the northern part of Kosovo. “I will discuss with him the situation on the ground. NATO and KFOR must do their […]
Read More →Kosovo-Serbia Talks Fail to Defuse Tensions (Balkan Insight)
The second round of talks between Kosovo and Serbian politicians in Brussels was reportedly a failure – and the participants notably omitted to give any real details of what was said after the meeting. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/dialogue-of-normalizations-or-tensions-02-02-2017
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