Vucic-Trump meeting could happen by end of year (Blic, Tanjug, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic “should meet with US President Donald Trump” by the end of the year, writes the Belgrade-based daily Blic. According to the newspaper – which cited “a source from diplomatic circles in Washington” – Vucic will first meet with US Vice President Mike Pence in New York in September. Blic said that […]
Read More →Trump Budget Plan Is Bad News for Eastern Europe (Bloomberg)
Proposed aid cuts cast doubt on pledges to protect the region On edge as President Donald Trump cozied up to Vladimir Putin, Eastern Europe breathed a sigh of relief when U.S. officials swung by to reassure them of unwavering support. But Washington’s spending proposals tell a different story. Despite Vice President Mike Pence touring the […]
Read More →Serbian analysts on Dacic’s idea on delimitation of Kosovo (Tanjug)
Political analyst Dragomir Andjelkovic believes there is a room to make an agreement about the territorial division of Kosovo, as a solution in the future, but only if this issue is linked to the status of Republika Srpska, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tanjug news agency reported. Commenting on Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic proposal to territorially […]
Read More →Police investigate disappearance of Dayton Agreement document (Srpski Telegraf, Dnevnik, Tanjug)
The Serbian police is investigating what had happened with the original Dayton Agreement document in Serbia, who is to blame for its disappearance and whether a mere negligence or intentions were behind it, reported Serbian tabloid newspaper Srpski Telegraf. The daily refers to its source in the police, who said it is a document of […]
Read More →Djuric: Internal dialogue on Kosovo important for protecting Serbs and Serbian holy shrines (Blic)
“Internal dialogue could significantly strengthen the negotiation position of Serbia and is important for the future generations too, therefore it is needed to achieve the widest social cohesion and jointly respond to the challenges we face,” stated to Blic, Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo, Marko Djuric. Commenting on “Cyprus model” proposed by […]
Read More →Balkan Religious Minorities Still Feel Excluded, US Says (Balkan Insight)
Religious minorities in the Balkans still struggle with a degree of discrimination and with a lack of official cooperation in regaining assets confiscated by the communist regimes, a US State Department report says. Despite progress in terms of legislation safeguarding equal rights for all religious minorities, most Balkan states still discriminate against some groups and […]
Read More →Fixing What’s Wrong With Kosovo Politics (Balkan Insight)
By: Krenar Gashi Kosovo’s current crisis is a result of local power struggles and bungled foreign interference – and until people realize that, the political system will remain damaged. Since the snap parliamentary election in June, Kosovo has been struggling to constitute its state institutions. Parliament only kicked off its constitutive session last week. But […]
Read More →Kosovo journalist Parim Olluri attacked in Pristina (Prishtina Insight)
Award-winning investigative journalist Parim Olluri was attacked late last night in Kosovo capital by unidentified assailants. Parim Olluri, the director of Insajderi news outlet, was attacked last night in front of his apartment on Bajram Kelmendi Street in Pristina. At the time of the attack, he was accompanied by his wife who fainted but was […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 17 August
• Tanin: Kosovo lost significant economic opportunities (media)
• Haradinaj requests a broad based government (Kosova Sot)
• Head of Kosovo Correctional Service attacked in Pristina (media)
• PDK expects Veseli’s election (Kosova Sot)
• Director of Insajderi physically assaulted (Insajderi)
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