Vucic met with McAllister (Tanjug, B92)
President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic had a meeting with the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament, David McAllister, Tanjug news agency reports. This is the first McAllister’s visit to Belgrade after taking up a new duty. On his Instagram account, the President posted that Serbia agrees with the EU member […]
Read More →Djilas: McAllister won’t call situation in Serbia by real name (FoNet, N1)
Serbian opposition leader Dragan Djilas said on Monday that European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman David McAllister knows exactly what is happening in Serbia but refuses to call things by their real name, FoNet news agency reports. The leader of the Freedom and Justice Party (SSP) issued a written statement saying that if McAllister really […]
Read More →Last year 228.000 persons left Balkans, 51.000 left Serbia and 34.500 left Kosovo (Serbian Times, KoSSev)
Last year 51.000 persons have left Serbia and went to the EU countries, while the highest number of migrants comes from Albania 62.000 and Bosnia and Herzegovina 53.500. Meanwhile, 34.500 persons have left Kosovo, 24.300 North Macedonia and 3.000 persons left Montenegro, KoSSev portal reports referring to Eurostat data. The highest percentage of Albanian citizens […]
Read More →“Change the format of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, a conference after elections” (BBC in Serbian, KIM radio, Kontakt plus radio)
Two years ago, there was much more room for an agreement between Belgrade and Pristina, but unfortunately it was not used, Austrian diplomat Wolfgang Petritsch told BBC in Serbian, and added that it was necessary to change the format of the dialogue and proposed international conference after the elections in Kosovo and in Serbia. Petric […]
Read More →Ambassador Botsan-Kharchenko to N1: ”Serbia may be a link between West and Moscow; Haradinaj’s statement ‘ridiculous”’
Russian ambassador to Serbia Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko told N1 on Thursday that Russia sees Serbia as a link between the West and Moscow, adding the free trade agreement between Serbia and Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) was expected to be signed on October 25. He added that Serbia’s road to the European Union should not distant the […]
Read More →Serbian FM Dacic: Pristina has no place in Helsinki (RTS, Tanjug)
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic believes that EU Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, by inviting Pristina to attend Helsinki meeting, where EU candidate countries are invited, is trying to create a presidency that Belgrade should accept, but which, he adds, certainly won’t happen. Dacic says that the name of another brave country that has withdrawn its […]
Read More →Vucic says Serbia can’t recognize Kosovo in present circumstances (N1, VoA, Beta)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told the Voice of America that Serbia can’t recognize Kosovo in the current circumstances. He said the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue needs to be continued to reach a compromise solution. “We can talk about everything only if it’s about a compromise. They will never get my signature to give the Albanians everything and […]
Read More →Serbian ambassador says US does not see Kosovo as closed issue (RTS, FoNet, N1)
Serbian Ambassador in Moscow Miroslav Lazanski told Serbian public broadcaster RTS on Tuesday that Washington does not consider the Kosovo issue closed. He says that today’s meeting between Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and US State Secretary Mike Pompeo shows that Washington insist on the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to continue. “The fact that America insists on meetings […]
Read More →Dacic: I would consult with Vucic, but most probably we would go to Finland (Tanjug, B92)
“Serbia would most probably participate in a meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers and membership candidate states in Helsinki,” Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said Tanjug news agency reports. The news agency recalled that outgoing EU High Representative Federica Mogherini invited Pristina representatives to this event as well. Dacic added he would consult with the […]
Read More →Reactions of US and Russian ambassador to Belgrade on the Quint statement (Serbian media)
US Ambassador to Belgrade Kyle Scott twitted that it was time to put an end to the conflicts of the 1990s and called on Belgrade and Pristina to resume dialogue as soon as possible, Serbian media reports. “It is time to put an end to the conflicts of the 90s. I urge Kosovo and Serbia […]
Read More →Carpenter for VoA: Elections stop Serbia-Kosovo agreement, what is plan B if the exchange of territories plan fail (Serbian media)
American Balkans experts Michael Carpenter told the Voice of America that the coming elections in Kosovo and Serbia could slow down the process of reaching an agreement to normalize Belgrade-Pristina relations. Carpenter, formerly a senior Department of Defense official for Russia, the Balkans Eurasia, said that election season is a very bad time to reach […]
Read More →Josep Borrell is officially new head of EU diplomacy (Tanjug, B92)
European Council had appointed Spain’s Foreign Affairs Minister Josep Borrell for the new chief of EU foreign policy. As European media report, EU members had officially named Borrell the successor of Federica Mogherini on the position of EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security. Borrell will take over his duty at the end of […]
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