Mission impossible: Next EU foreign policy chief warns of EU irrelevance (Reuters)
The European Union must learn to speak with one voice on the international stage and also develop a “military capacity to act” or slide into irrelevance, eclipsed by Washington and Beijing, its incoming foreign policy chief said on Monday. See at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-commission-borrell/mission-impossible-next-eu-foreign-policy-chief-warns-of-eu-irrelevance-idUSKBN1WM1QW
Read More →Growth in Western Balkans to expand but remain vulnerable -World Bank (Reuters)
The economies of the Western Balkans are likely to expand faster than the European Union in 2019-20 but the outlook may be vulnerable to threats including popular unrest, the World Bank said on Tuesday. The global lender said the region encompassing Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia would grow by 3.7 percent on the […]
Read More →Delays in Kosovo talks could destabilize Balkans, Serbia’s president says (Reuters)
BELGRADE (Reuters) – The failure to revive talks between Serbia and Kosovo on normalizing relations could destabilize the Western Balkan region still recovering from the wars of the 1990s, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday. See at: https://reut.rs/2CwTyup
Read More →Germany urges Kosovo to drop tariffs on Serbia (Reuters)
PARIS (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Tuesday urged Kosovo to rescind, or at least suspend implementation of 100 percent tariffs that Pristina has slapped on Serbian goods, warning against any further escalation of tensions. Maas, speaking in Paris at a meeting on curbing the spread of small arms from the Balkans, said […]
Read More →Reuters: Serbian President says he wants EU membership guarantee as part of Kosovo deal
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he would seek a guarantee that his country would join the European Union in 2025 as part of any deal with neighboring Kosovo which would pave the way for both states to enter the bloc. See at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-balkans-serbia/serbian-president-says-he-wants-eu-membership-guarantee-as-part-of-kosovo-deal-idUSKCN1LT2EY
Read More →EU warns against Serbia-Kosovo land swap idea (Reuters)
Germany warned on Friday that redrawing Serbia’s border with Kosovo would fan ethnic tensions, while other EU states seeking peace in the Balkans rejected land swaps as too dangerous. Belgrade and Pristina have both this month raised the idea of redrawing their border. See more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-serbia-kosovo-eu/eu-warns-against-serbia-kosovo-land-swap-idea-idUSKCN1LG18C
Read More →Man avoids going to jail in Serbia, becomes judge in Kosovo (Serbian media, Reuters)
Radomir Laban, who escaped central Serbia to avoid going to jail on a corruption conviction, has been named a judge of the Kosovo Constitutional Court. The appointment was made by Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, whose cabinet published a photograph, showing Laban and other judges take their oath of office. “He is still a wanted person […]
Read More →Kosovo president rejects Serbian idea of partition on ethnic lines (Reuters)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci ruled out on Tuesday partition of the country with Serbia along ethnic lines, an idea raised in Belgrade to settle a long-running dispute that is hindering both sides’ ambitions to join the European Union. https://reut.rs/2LToWcn
Read More →Albania’s Balfin to buy Kosovo’s indebted nickel producer (Reuters)
Albania’s Balfin Group has agreed to buy Kosovo’s sole ferro-nickel producer Newco Ferronikeli in a rescue deal aimed at restoring operations that were halted when the heavily indebted company ran into financial difficulties. https://reut.rs/2OcZm0l
Read More →Kosovo doctors’ organ trafficking convictions confirmed (Reuters)
Two Kosovo doctors were convicted for a second time on Thursday of involvement in an organ trafficking ring that performed illegal kidney transplants at a clinic near the capital Pristina. https://reut.rs/2LvYAtU
Read More →Ethnic Serb fugitive is nominated as court judge by Kosovo (Reuters)
Kosovo’s parliament is facing criticism from the opposition and watchdog organizations for nominating as a judge a Serb who fled to Kosovo to avoid being jailed for corruption. https://reut.rs/2IJUHzT
Read More →EU leaders to woo west Balkan states but road to membership bumpy (Reuters)
When EU leaders pose for a “family picture” with counterparts from six western Balkan nations hoping to join the bloc, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will stay away in protest – highlighting how long and hard their road to membership is likely to be. https://reut.rs/2KwLf3g
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