EC nominees: Hungarian new EU enlargement Commissioner, Croatian vice-president (N1)
President-elect of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyen, presented her new team and the new structure of the next EC on Tuesday, with Hungarian László Trócsány set to be a new Enlargement Commissioner and Croatia’s MEP Dubravka Suica as EC’s Vice-President for Democracy and Demography. Later in September, Parliamentary committees will hold hearings […]
Read More →Von der Leyen: Western Balkans is very important for the European Union (TV N1 Belgrade, TV N1 Zagreb)
Ursula von der Leyen, former German Defense Minister and a prominent member of Germany’s Christian Democrats, talked to N1’s Ivana Dragicevic on Tuesday evening shortly after the European Parliament confirmed Von der Leyen as the new European Commission president. Asked to comment on the future composition of the European Commission, especially regarding officials from Eastern […]
Read More →This and next year to be “crucial for Serbia’s EU bid” (B92)
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic met on Tuesday with Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Sem Fabrizi. Fabrizi presented the Report of the European Commission on Serbia’s progress in the process of EU accession, the Serbian government announced on its website. Brnabic told in a joint press conference that this annual report is good and […]
Read More →EU: Arbitrage is not a solution for visas (Koha Ditore)
The announcement of the government that demarcation of the border with Montenegro might end up at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, has not shaken the position of the European Commission. Officials of the EU institutions who assesses fulfillment of the criteria for visa liberalization, mentioned the two remaining criteria as inseparable. The Commission expects fulfillment […]
Read More →EU sources comment on US diplomat’s statements about Serbia (B92, BETA)
Recent statements made by US State Department official Brian Hoyt Yee are “his views, that have not been not harmonized with the EU”. This is what EU sources in Brussels told Beta on Tuesday. Yee was in Belgrade in late October when he said that that Serbia will not progress on its path toward the […]
Read More →Ljajic: I believe more in the threat, than the CEFTA reaction (RTS)
Minister of Trade, Tourism and Communications Rasim Ljajic told Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) that Serbia should be dissatisfied if next year it’s not among the top 30 countries on the Doing business list. When it comes to taxes which the Kosovo authorities have imposed on the flour imports from Serbia, the Minister of Trade […]
Read More →European Commission: We will provide argumented response to Serbia’s letter (Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti)
The European Commission stated, it will, upon receiving the letter from the Serbian authorities, in details respond to questions related to its position on Kosovo and Catalonia cases, Tanjug news agency reported today. “When we receive the letter, we will respond to it. You can be assured that our response would be well prepared and […]
Read More →Dačić: Hypocrites, they supported Kosovo because they wanted a weak Serbia – they will not succeed (RTS)
In the case of Kosovo was told that “unilateral moves are possible, and then you will depend on the affection of great powers” – there is no international law, this is the policy of force, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić told RTS. Reactions of the EU and the member states to the referendum in Catalonia […]
Read More →Serbia to address a letter to EC due to the statement on Catalonia-Kosovo (B92)
The president and the government of Serbia will address the European Commission (EC) in a letter, looking for answers to a range of questions. Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić announced this late on Monday. Brnabić added that the letter would be addressed to the EC, after it announced that the cases of Catalonia and Kosovo […]
Read More →There is no alibi for snatching the territory (Večernje Novosti)
Tough to defend ‘rhetorical mimicry’ and an attempt to cover up EU’s participation in the Kosovo’s secession by double standards – this is how experts of international law and analysts estimate the EC’s view that the Catalan case cannot be compared to Kosovo, since Serbia, unlike Spain, is not a member EU, writes daily Večernje […]
Read More →Urgent consultations convened due to the EC announcement on Kosovo and Catalonia (Večernje Novosti, Blic, B92, Tanjug)
After the Catalan referendum and the European Commission’s position that this referendum is illegal, it is probably clear how difficult it is to safeguard the independence of Serbia, says President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić, daily Večernje Novosti writes. President Vučić called on Prime Minister Ana Brnabić, all members of the government, as well as representatives […]
Read More →EC: Catalonia and Kosovo are not comparable, Spain is in EU (Tanjug, B92)
The European Commission (EC), that declared the referendum in Catalonia as anti-constitutional, claims that the case of the Spanish province and Kosovo “are not comparable,” Serbian media reported today. The EC further elaborated on its stance by saying “Spain is a member state of the EU”. “When it comes to the recognition of Kosovo, it […]
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