Former US ambassador Montgomery: The whole process around Kosovo is a sham (Tanjug)
The whole process around Kosovo is unfair, and the culmination of the international community’s hypocrisy is the invitation to Belgrade and Pristina to return to dialogue without sanctioning Pristina for disrespecting the agreement and imposing fees, former US ambassador William Montgomery said on the occasion of the Quint announcement. “The unpleasant reality is that this […]
Read More →EU has not abandoned Western Balkans, diplomats say (N1, Beta)
The European Union is not investing strong efforts to resolve the Kosovo-Serbia problem and stimulate reforms in the Western Balkans, but it still wants to stabilize the region, the Beta news agency was told at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg. Diplomatic sources told the news agency that the EU’s strategic goal is […]
Read More →Blic: Battle for supremacy over Europe to be decided in Kosovo (B92)
The battle for supremacy over Europe is being fought between Germany and the US, and it could be decided in Kosovo, Belgrade based daily Blic writes on Friday. For Germany, Kosovo is an independent state and there is no further discussion about border change, Blic says, and reminds that German parliamentarians Peter Beyer and Christian […]
Read More →KoSSev: Thaci wanted amnesty, Mogherini faked the process to keep her job – Weber to KTV
”The exchange of territories is being discussed because Federica Mogherini faked the process and progress in order to keep her job, while HashimThaci wants an amnesty from the Special Court,” German political analyst and expert on the Balkans, Bodo Weber said during his guest appearance on the KTV Rubikon show. According to Weber, the narrative […]
Read More →No democratic country can allow violence, Serbia’s Vucic tells Europeans (N1, FoNet)
Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic told the European Council on Foreign Relations on Monday his country was a democratic state and that he was satisfied when people could protest peacefully, but that country could not allow violence, the FoNet news agency reported. A statement from Vucic’s office said he was happy that people were free to […]
Read More →Hahn: EU underestimates China’s influence on Balkans (Financial Times, Beta, N1, Danas)
The European Union has minimised the impact China has on the Balkans, the bloc’s Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn has said on Tuesday, adding he is worried about the level of loans for infrastructural projects those countries take from Beijing, the Beta news agency reported. In an interview with Financial Times, Hahn said such loans […]
Read More →US Ambassador to NATO on Belgrade-Pristina relations (Tanjug, B92)
USA Ambassador to NATO, Kay Bailey Hutchison said the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina would also mitigate other problems on the both sides, Tanjug news agency reported. “We want Kosovo and Serbia to work together on normalization. Normalization would contribute to mitigate many other open issues that both sides have,” Ambassador Hutchison said. […]
Read More →Vucic spoke with Wess Mitchell, Johannes Hahn (BETA, Tanjug)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic spoke yesterday over the phone with US Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia, Wess Mitchell, BETA news agency reports. The two officials discussed the situation in the region, in particular Belgrade-Pristina relations. US official said he expects Pristina to revoke the tariffs on Serbian goods and to create conditions […]
Read More →Ljajic: If taxes are not lifted, dialogue remains frozen (Vecernje Novosti, Tanjug, TV Pink)
Serbian Minister of Trade and Telecommunications, Rasim Ljajic said it is not possible to predict further Pristina’s moves and whether it would revoke its decision on additional taxes for goods from central Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tanjug news agency reported. Ljajic noted there is a clear consensus among the international circles that taxes are […]
Read More →Kosovo Trade Minister: I interrupted CEFTA meeting because of “Kosovo and Metohija” (Beta, N1)
Endrit Shala, Kosovo’s Trade Minister, said late on Thursday he had suspended a Central European Free Trade (CEFTA) meeting because a representative from Serbia addressed Kosovo as Kosovo and Metohija, Belgrade’s official name for its former province, despite being warned on several occasions not to do that, the Beta news agency reported. Shala told Pristina’s […]
Read More →Djuric: Territory swap with Kosovo not excluded (BETA)
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric said on Thursday that it was time for a compromise between Belgrade and Pristina and that an idea on the territory swap should not be discarded if it would lead to a solution, Beta news agency reported. Speaking at the Belgrade Security Forum conference on […]
Read More →Srpska Lista does not believe Pristina would establish ZSO (RTS)
One day prior to deadline to draft the Statue of the Association/Community of Serb-Majority Municipalities (ZSO), Srpska Lista does not believe Pristina would establish it, RTS reported. Management Team members stated draft statute would be ready within a given deadline and they remain ready, at any moment, at Brussels request to present the text to […]
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