“Kosovo and Albania complicated things by boycotting SEECP Summit in Sarajevo” (TV N1)
Kosovo and Albania have only made problems for themselves by not coming to the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Summit in Sarajevo and have struck a heavy blow to regional cooperation, Bosnian Foreign Minister Igor Crnadak said on Monday, adding that he has no idea what prompted Pristina not to come to the Summit, TV […]
Read More →“Kosovo and Albania by boycotting summit launched joint foreign policy” (RTS)
Foreign Affairs Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Igor Crnadak said decision of Kosovo and Albania to boycott the summit in Sarajevo represents an implementation of announced joint foreign policy of Pristina and Tirana. Crnadak made these remarks to Sarajevo-based Klix portal, adding that Kosovo delegation recently submitted visa request which points out there was obviously […]
Read More →EU’s Hahn: Political compromise in Western Balkans must be rewarded (N1, FoNet)
Political agreement in the Western Balkans should be rewarded, the European Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn said on Monday and called on the bloc’s foreign ministers to start accession talks with North Macedonia, the FoNet news agency reported. Hahn added the move would be an essential signal to the whole region. “If the Belgrade – […]
Read More →RFE: Thirteen EU members demand expansion to Western Balkans (N1, Blic)
The European Union countries consider a non-paper regarding the bloc’s enlargement to include the Western Balkans as still a credible option, with 13 member states supporting the idea, Radio Free Europe (RFE) reported on Thursday. RFE had insight into the document which, among other things, said that EU should confirm its explicit dedication to the […]
Read More →Dacic: Morina is border between Serbia and Albania (RTS, Vecernje Novosti)
The crossing point of Morina is located at the border between Serbia and Albania, Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said commenting on the statement of Kosovo President Hashim Thaci that border point Morina “unjustly divides Kosovo and Albania,” RTS reported. “Serbia within these borders is a member of the United Nations. I do not […]
Read More →“Serbia is small, not stupid. Albanians spit in EU’s face” (RTS, B92)
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic has told public broadcaster RTS that Serbia is “a small, but not a stupid country.” He added that while Belgrade talks about compromise and dialogue, Pristina and Tirana are looking for ways to create ‘Greater Albania’ – an expansionist nationalist project at the expense of Albanians’ neighbors – and […]
Read More →Vucic on Thaci and Rama: Albanians say impossible things and made Europe used to it (Vecernje Novosti, Tanjug, B92)
By constant repeating about their national unification Albanians succeeded to make it sound normal and nobody reacts to it any longer, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said commenting on the meeting of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Kosovo President Hashim Thaci in Tirana yesterday. Vucic made these remarks following his meeting with EU High Representative […]
Read More →Dacic on Thaci and Rama: Pinnacle of insolence (B92, Tanjug)
The meeting of the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Hashim Thaci in Tirana represents a pinnacle of insolence by the Albanian politicians, Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said last night. Dacic’s statement came as a reaction to the topics of the meeting that included national unification of Albanians, abolishing the borders between Albania […]
Read More →Thaci and Rama on “abolishing the borders“ and “creating Albanian space” (KoSSev)
While the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic was preparing for his flight from Rome to Tirana and sending messages on the need to calm down the situation in the region, Kosovo President Hashim Thaci said from Tirana that “it is time to create an Albanian space without borders and to sensitize the rights of Presevo, Medvedja […]
Read More →Moscow: Tirana’s aspirations towards Greater Albania cannot be ignored (RTS)
The Russian Foreign Ministry said it cannot ignore “a series of steps taken by the current Albanian leadership in connection with the consolidation of the Albanian factor within the regional policy of Tirana,” reported Radio Television of Serbia. The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama said in an […]
Read More →After Dutch vote, Albania worried EU might reintroduce visas (Tanjug, B92)
Albanian President Ilir Meta says that Tirana should do everything in its power so that the Dutch parliament’s decision on visas does not cause a domino effect. “The move by the Dutch Parliament is unprecedented, because as far as I know, previously has not been such a demand for the Western Balkans and our countries,” […]
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