Message to Kurtz: Stop “inflaming” Balkan region (Tanjug, B92)
Leader of Austrian People’s Party (OVP) Sebastian Kurtz should stop “inflaming” Balkans, Steffi Krisper and Douglas Hoyos from Austrian party NEOS underlined He reacted to the interview that former Austrian Chancellor had given to Tanjug News Agency. “With its irresponsible attitude, Austrian People’s Party jeopardize the safety of Western Balkans and Austria”, they believe, based […]
Read More →Serbian Defence Minister wants demarcation with Albanians (Vecernje Novosti, N1)
Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin told Friday’s Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti that demarcation between Serbs and Albanians should be implemented as soon as possible. The sooner we achieve demarcation, the sooner Serbia can focus on itself and the Serbs outside its borders, he said and added that he would like to see his stand […]
Read More →Dacic: Very important meeting with Pompeo for the Kosovo issue (Danas)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is very significant – both for relations between our two countries and the Kosovo issue, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic tells Belgrade based daily Danas, commenting on the meeting between Vucic and Pompeo, happening in New York today, at the margins of the […]
Read More →Trump set August 25, 2020 as a deadline for Kosovo? (Vecernje Novosti, Srpski Telegraf, Tanjug)
Srpski Telegraf daily writes today that US President Donald Trump has set August 25 next year as the deadline for resolving the Kosovo issue, and states that it includes a demarcation deal. “The deadline to put an end to the Kosovo node is August 25 next year, two months before the US presidential election (in […]
Read More →Jeremic: Vucic must not be allowed to broker demarcation deal (Kontakt plus radio)
Leader of the opposition People’s Party Vuk Jeremic said, while visiting the village Pasjane on Saturday that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic must not be allowed to make a “demarcation” deal which would be equal to recognizing Kosovo as an independent state, reported Kontakt plus radio. According to the party’s press release, Jeremic made the statement […]
Read More →Vucic: I’m for demarcation with Kosovo, people are not (Serbian media)
In an interview with the Belgrade-based Prva TV, Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic said he believed the demarcation with Kosovo was “absolutely the healthiest solution for Serbia and the Serbs,” but added the people would not accept it, the Beta news agency reported on Thursday. Vucic said a referendum on the issue would be held if […]
Read More →Dacic to Politika daily: They never asked us what we want with Kosovo
There was never a talk with representatives of the international community about what Serbia would like as an outcome in the negotiations with Pristina, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said in an interview for Sunday’s edition of the Belgrade based daily Politika, answering the question of whether in the past the issue of the Serbian […]
Read More →Abbot Sava Janjic warns of possible Serbs’ migration from Kosovo caused by the idea of demarcation (TV Hram, RFE, KIM radio)
Abbot of the Visoki Decani monastery Sava Janjic told the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) TV Hram that due to some political solutions mentioned, it may happen that the Serbian people disappear from Kosovo, citing the idea of demarcation. “Today we are facing a particularly great temptation, because with certain solutions that are sought on a […]
Read More →Dacic: Serbia to propose demarcation to solve Kosovo issue (N1, FoNet)
Demarcation will be Serbia’s official proposal to resolve the Kosovo issue, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Tuesday. Dacic said that the exact demarcation line has not been defined yet even though the demarcation idea is in play. The Kosovo Albanian side is keeping quiet about the proposal, he said, recalling that the Belgrade-Pristina […]
Read More →Russian daily: Putin’s visit is a test for Belgrade (B92)
Putin’s visit to Belgrade is of political importance and should answer the question: is Serbia ready to be Moscow’s key ally in the region, B92 portal reports, quoting Russian daily Kommersant. If not, Serbia will continue its rapprochement with the EU and NATO, balancing between the West and Russia, assesses the Moscow daily. The daily […]
Read More →Beqaj: The idea of demarcation has diminished the value of the dialogue (Danas, RTK2)
The Draft Law on Dialogue with Serbia means the official Pristina new approach in Brussels talks, but the question is whether it is realistic and whether it will be applicable in the further course of the dialogue process, professor and expert for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue Belul Beqaj said. Beqaj told RTK2 that the situation in […]
Read More →Demarcation with Kosovo least painful idea, Serbia’s FM says (Pravi ugao, RTV, N1)
Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said that the demarcation with Kosovo is the least painful suggestion and that it includes that in addition to the northern part, all other areas populated by the Serbs which could be territorially linked to central Serbia remain parts of the country, the Beta news agency reported on Tuesday. ”I […]
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