Situation in Balkans won’t improve on its own, US General says (VoA, N1, Danas)
The appointment of Matthew Palmer as the US special envoy to the Western Balkans proves how much it is important for the American diplomacy that Kosovo and Serbia reach a long-lasting solution, a retired US Army General Ben Hodges has told the Voice of America (VOA) on Thursday, adding Belgarde and Pristina leaders should have […]
Read More →Vucic: We are working on new withdrawals of Kosovo recognition (RTS, B92, Tanjug)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said tonight that intensive talks are underway “with other countries” about revoking recognition of Kosovo’s independence. “They (representatives of Pristina) yesterday relieved us of all responsibility, saying that they had come for new recognitions of Kosovo’s independence. Now I say publicly – we are working on new withdrawals of recognition, they […]
Read More →Vucic: Merkel in Serbia; I would have met with Thaci, if I’ve been invited
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced the visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Serbia As he said, she will visit Serbia in 2020, prior to expiration of her term of office. Aleksandar Vucic underlined after the meeting with Chancellor Merkel that they had discussed Kosovo, and economy. The president said that there’s no doubt that […]
Read More →Thaci promises new Kosovo government will abolish tariffs (Vecernje Novosti)
Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti claims that Kosovo President Hashim Thaci ”publicly promised in New York” that the new government, once it is formed after the elections, will abolish 100% tariffs on goods from central Serbia. ”As Novosti unofficially finds out, Thaci said this on Sunday at a traditional informal dinner organised for the leaders […]
Read More →Serbian opposition leader has plan for Kosovo without Vucic and his partners in Pristina (FoNet, N1, Beta)
Serbian opposition leader Dragan Djilas told reporters on Thursday that his Party of Freedom and Justice has a plan for Kosovo which does not include President Aleksandar Vucic and his partners in Pristina. Djilas said that Vucic was out of the plan because “he does not know what the word reconciliation means”. “Our plan includes […]
Read More →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 →IFIMES: Kosovo – Albania – North Macedonia 2019: In anticipation of the collapse of the Thacii-Rama conjoined regimes? (KoSSev)
The International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES) in Ljubljana, Slovenia has prepared an analysis of the situation in Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia in view of the forthcoming early parliamentary election in Kosovo scheduled for 6 October 2019. ”It is expected that the incumbent regime will lose the election, which will accelerate the […]
Read More →Political analyst Veton Surroi says Serbian List produced by Vucic and Thaci (KoSSev, N1, KTV)
Kosovo publicist and political analyst Veton Surroi said on Friday that the Serb List was created by the Presidents of Serbia and Kosovo, Aleksandar Vucic and Hashim Thaci. The Serbian List is a Kosovo Serb party whose officials, including at least one person alleged to have criminal connections, enjoy the full support of official Belgrade. […]
Read More →Opposition leader Rada Trajkovic: I expect from Kosovo Serbs not to vote for Radoicic and Rakic (Danas, N1)
The newly formed coalition of Kosovo’s Serbs will go to the polls on 6 October and participate in an unequal and difficult battle, writes Belgrade based daily Danas. President of the European Movement of Serbs from Kosovo and member of the newly formed coalition, Rada Trajkovic, told Danas that the Serbian List has already begun […]
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 →Kosovo’s analyst: Vucic and Thaci discuss territory swap all the time (N1)
Fisnik Halimi, an analyst from Pristina, said on Thursday no one from Washington ever said that US National Security Advisor John Bolton would visit Serbia or Kosovo, and added that America was entering its election phase and that Pristina – Belgrade problem should be solved until the beginning of 2020 at the latest, N1 reported. […]
Read More →Thaci can still avoid elections, say interlocutors of Danas from Kosovo (Danas)
It is still uncertain whether the Pristina parliament will be dissolved on August 22, which would allow early elections to be called, claim Danas’s interlocutors from Kosovo. Some sources of daily Danas unofficially state that it should be seen whether two-thirds of MPs will vote to dissolve the parliament, and that Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci […]
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