“If the Balkan doesn’t join EU soon, we will regret it” (Tanjug, B92)
Outgoing EU High Representative Federica Mogherini urged the EU to maintain a strong presence in the Western Balkans achieving a clear interest of the region’s EU accession, Tanjug news agency reports. In her address at the annual conference of EU Ambassadors in Brussels, she assessed that the accession of the Western Balkans in the EU […]
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 →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 […]
Read More →Vecernje Novosti: ”Mogherini’s suggestion to Belgrade and Pristina: Stop lobbying until a solution is reached”
According to Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti, the European Union’s foreign policy chief and mediator in Belgrade and Pristina’s dialogue, Federica Mogherini, suggested to the two parties that the Kosovo authorities first abolish the taxes on Serbian products, and then both sides to postpone lobbying until a solution in the dialogue. The daily explains it […]
Read More →Mogherini must do much more, EP official says (Vecernje Novosti, B92)
European Parliament Committee for Cooperation with Serbia Chairman Eduard Kukan believes that inclusion of Russia and the US in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue would end it. The EU and its foreign policy chief had to show much more firmness and determination in the enlargement process and, above all, in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina; the […]
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 →Italy “understands Belgrade’s position on Kosovo” (Tanjug, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic was in Rome on Wednesday where he met with Italian Deputy PM and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. According to announcements, Vucic discussed the Kosovo-Metohija issue with Salvini, whom he sees as one of Europe’s most influential politicians. Despite a differing stance on the Kosovo issue, Italy understands Serbia’s position, Vucic said […]
Read More →Western Balkans leaders to attend summit in Tirana (BETA, TV N1)
Albanian capital Tirana will host the leaders of the Western Balkans on Wednesday and Thursday at the Brdo – Brioni Summit, an initiative launched by Croatia and Slovenia in 2013 to speed up the region’s path to the European Union, BETA news agency reported. The leaders of Bosnian tripartite Presidency, Milorad Dodik, Sefik Dzaferovic and […]
Read More →Serbia is ready – but it’s not up to us, says President Vucic (B92, Tanjug)
Serbian President met on Monday afternoon with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in Berlin. Vucic told Mogherini that Serbia was ready to, “as soon as tomorrow” to continue the dialogue, if Pristina lifted their taxes on Serbian products. “Whether that will happen is not in our hands,” Vucic told reporters in Berlin. He pointed […]
Read More →Dacic: Vucic will be pressured in Berlin, meeting organized without knowledge of EU (TV Pink, Tanjug, B92)
President Aleksandar Vucic would face pressure in Berlin over Kosovo and Metohija, therefore the meetings he would have in Beijing with Chinese and Russian presidents are very important, Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic told TV Pink. Dacic noted he does not expect pressure related to making some new framework of the content of the […]
Read More →Mogherini unveiled mural dedicated to Western Balkans people in Brussels (BETA, TV N1)
European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini unveiled a mural by Bosnian artist Rikardo Druskic which he dedicated to the peoples of the Western Balkans, BETA news agency reported. The EU along with the Balkan Trafik Festival and the City of Brussels supported Druskic’s work. It will become a part of the popular Brussels’ Street Art […]
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