Vucic’s ‘tight’ agenda in New York (B92, Tanjug)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic reached New York on Monday afternoon to attend the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly Immediately upon arrival, Vucic will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Namely, Merkel initiated a meeting with the President of Serbia, although he has only a day and a half in New York and […]
Read More →UNESCO Director – General: “We are closely monitoring the situation in Kosovo” (KIM radio, Politika, Kontakt plus radio)
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said the United Nations institution is closely monitoring the situation regarding the UN mission in Kosovo. “Our experts are helping to manage the World Heritage Sites that are listed on the Hazard List,” Azoulay told Belgrade based daily Politika. Responding to Politika questions on protected monuments in Kosovo, just after the […]
Read More →Company “Koto”: We found a hidden cultural treasure in a Serbian fortress in Novo Brdo (KIM radio, Tanjug, Blic)
The ”Koto” company from Serbia, selected by UNESCO to restore the medieval Serbian fortress in Novo Brdo, has found cultural treasures inside the building. According to Belgrade based daily Blic, the company “Koto” found a church with the remains of frescoes, a steam bath, the remains of a palace, two buildings, streets, a square, tanks […]
Read More →Vucic with UNESCO Director: Serbian heritage in Kosovo is the world heritage (RTS)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Audrey Azula, and discussed opportunities for more meaningful co-operation and the protection of Serbia’s heritage in Kosovo, reports Radio Television of Serbia (RTS). Vucic said that Serbia appreciates UNESCO’s activities in protecting the endangered Serbian historical, cultural and religious […]
Read More →Dacic to RTS: One more country withdraws recognition of Kosovo (B92, RTS, Politika)
The Head of Serbian diplomacy, Ivica Dacic, told Serbian public broadcaster RTS on Friday that this week he will say the name of the 15th country that withdrew the recognition of Kosovo. Dacic said for RTS that in this moment less than 100 countries acknowledge ”the independence of so-called Kosovo”. „The President Vucic told me […]
Read More →Dacic: Peru recognized Kosovo; however, it supports us in Security Council (RTS, TV N1)
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic assessed his visit to Peru as of historic importance, since it is in the interest of Serbia to renew relations with this country, RTS reports. He added, strategic relations between the two countries and Serbia’s presence in this region are the most important topics to discuss. “From such friendly […]
Read More →Kosnett on institutional violence against Decani: The road in Decani gorge is illegal (KoSSev)
Even though the paving of a road in the Decani gorge –which leads to the mountains of this municipality and the border with Montenegro and partly passes through a special protected zone – was stopped in May last year, the Decani municipal authorities continued with the road construction. The road works were continued despite the […]
Read More →Serbia’s Minister of Culture wrote to UNESCO: Falsification of the Truth about the Orthodox Church in Novo Brdo (Serbian media)
Vladan Vukosavljevic, Serbia’s Minister of Culture and Information, warned UNESCO on Wednesday about the state of Serbia’s cultural heritage in Kosovo, following “the forgery of the historical facts about the Serb Orthodox St. Nikola’s church in Novo Brdo,” the FoNet news agency reported. In a letter to UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, Vukosavljevic listed “a permanent” […]
Read More →Kosovo Minister: Import taxes are all we can do, we have nothing else (N1)
Valdrin Lluka, Kosovo’s Minister of Economic Development, told N1 on Thursday he expected a final solution in Belgrade – Pristina dialogue on normalisation of relations to be reached this year and accused Serbia of not implementing deals agreed in Brussels. Speaking at the sidelines of the “Challenges and perspectives of normalisation between Belgrade and Pristina” […]
Read More →Dacic: Brussels or Burundi? Burundi’s nicer, they like us there (Tanjug, B92)
Preserving and protecting territorial integrity, EU integration, and better cooperation with countries around the world are Serbia’s main foreign policy goals. First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said this on Wednesday in Belgrade, and pointed out that Serbia has strengthened its position on the international scene. At the session of the Foreign Affairs […]
Read More →Former ambassador of Serbia says less chance for Kosovo’s UNESCO membership (Danas, Beta, N1)
A former Serbian ambassador to UNESCO said on Thursday that Pristina has less chance of joining that organization than it did two years ago. Ambassador Darko Tanaskovic told Belgrade based daily Danas that there is no certainty that Kosovo would apply to join the UNESCO this year as some officials in Pristina have said. “That […]
Read More →Tanaskovic: Fight in UNESCO under more favourable circumstances than in 2015 (RTS)
Former Serbian Ambassador to UNESCO, Darko Tanaskovic told RTS there is a “basis of understanding” formed in the international community, and it did not exist back in 2015 when Pristina attempted to become UNESCO member. Asked if epilogue in Interpol could influence the situation in UNESCO, Tanaskovic replied it could either encourage or discourage Pristina […]
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