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Thaci: Serbia has committed genocide in Kosovo; Djuric’s case a provocation of the Serbian authorities (Blic)

By   /  14/06/2018  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci says in an interview with the Vienna daily Presse that the ”case” of Marko Djuric was unnecessary and that something like this should not be repeated, and that he agreed with the President of Serbia about necessity of the agreement between Belgrade and Pristina, reports Belgrade based daily Blic. – Djuric’s case […]

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Vogel: Serbia must recognize Kosovo’s reality (Blic, RFE)

By   /  21/05/2018  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

The EU-Balkan Summit in Sofia, conceived as Thessaloniki 2, is very disappointing because there has been no reaffirmation of the prospects of Balkan countries’ membership in the EU, says Toby Vogel, a researcher of the Brussels-based Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS) for Radio Free Europe, daily Blic reports. French President Emanuel Macron has “thrown […]

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EU reaffirms support for Western Balkans (Serbian media)

By   /  17/05/2018  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

The European Union today welcomed the commitment of the Western Balkans to shared European values, including democracy and the rule of law and reaffirmed its unequivocal support for the region’s European perspective. “The EU welcomes the shared commitment of the Western Balkans partners to European values and principles, and to the vision of a strong, […]

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Vucic met with European Parliament chief Tajani, EU leaders in Sofia (TV N1, Tanjug, B92)

By   /  17/05/2018  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Agreement on Serbia’s accession to the European Union by 2025 could be reached, European Parliament President Antonio Tajani is quoted as saying on Thursday at the EU – Western Balkans Summit in Sofia. A press release from the Serbian president’s cabinet said that Tajani told President Aleksandar Vucic that the date set for possible accession […]

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Joksimovic: Message there is perspective for Western Balkans (RTS)

By   /  17/05/2018  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

EU-Western Balkans Summit in Sofia is a signal and a message there is a perspective for the Western Balkans, Centre of Foreign Policy Director Aleksandra Joksimovic told RTS. Speaking for the RTS news edition, Joksimovic said the EU went through number of crisis and was focused on its internal affairs. She added a period of […]

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Donald Tusk ahead of the EU-Western Balkans summit and the Leaders’ agenda dinner (Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union)

By   /  17/05/2018  /  International  /  No Comments

We are ahead of a summit during which EU leaders will discuss innovation, European future for Western Balkans, and the response to President Trump’s policies on trade and Iran. See at: https://eu2018bg.bg/en/news/1062

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Spanish PM decides to snub EU-Balkans summit over Kosovo (Tanjug, B92)

By   /  15/05/2018  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy will definitely not participate in the EU-Western Balkans summit in Sofia, due to his country’s position on Kosovo. Spain does not recognize the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo. “It was clear from the beginning that Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy does not want to attend due to Spain’s position on Kosovo’s status,” […]

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EU Summit on WB: Enlargement possible, but many obstacles (N1)

By   /  15/05/2018  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

The forthcoming European Union Summit on Western Balkans in Sofia will be an incentive to linkage and enlargement, but the potential candidate countries still face a number of obstacles, a conference in Belgrade has been told on Monday. The issue of enlargement was back on the EU’s agenda thanks to the Bulgarian presidency over the […]

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PM Brnabic: KiM most important topic, reconstruction of government can wait (TV Pink, Tanjug, Dnevnik)

By   /  11/05/2018  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic told TV Pink, that Kosovo issue is the most important topic and government reconstruction can wait. She added the reconstruction of the government was a topic some time ago, however serious things occurred in Kosovo and Metohija, thus it became “obvious that our unity is a priority and support to […]

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Still uncertain whether Spanish PM will attend Sofia summit (Tanjug, B92, 24 Chasa)

By   /  11/05/2018  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Bulgarian newspaper 24 Chasa is reporting that Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy will attend an informal meeting of the European Council on May 16 in Sofia. However, it is not yet certain whether Rajoy will also participate in the EU-Western Balkans summit on May 17, BTA agency quoted the daily. The report also stated that “Romania, […]

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Romanian war over Kosovo and Jerusalem (Politika)

By   /  03/05/2018  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Anyone even remotely monitoring how the internal political situation in Romania is unfolding, recently has noticed an irreconcilable conflict between the two leading palaces – the presidential (Cotroceni) and the government (Victoria), write today Belgrade based daily Politika. Immediately after the 2016 parliamentary elections, where coalition partners (Social Democrats and new liberals) took a convincing […]

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Ivan Korcok on Sofia Summit: Pristina there, no flag (Vecernje Novosti)

By   /  03/05/2018  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti writes today that Sofia is carefully polishing the format of forthcoming Sofia Summit, in order not to hurt sensibility of states which have not recognized unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo. Their message is clear, there would be no room for any kind of Kosovo „statehood“ there. Slovakian State Secretary in the […]

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