Vucic met with Bjornstad, Oslo Representative for the Western Balkans (Tanjug, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met this morning with Special Representative of the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Western Balkans. Arne Bjornstad was, until recently, Norwegian Ambassador to Serbia in Belgrade. The president of Serbia posted information about the meeting on his Instagram account “buducnostsrbijeav”, along with the photos from the meeting.
Read More →Vucic for TV Prva: An agreement with Pristina can be reached in 5 months, 50 years or never (Serbian media)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic stressed after visiting New York that situation regarding Kosovo is very difficult, complicated and complex But, he added, in tactical terms, ”we should try to do everything we can to create a more favorable position for our people and country”. Vucic told Belgrade based TV Prva, summarizing talks in New York […]
Read More →Western Balkans countries will fill in gap on European map, Ivan Vejvoda says
Ivan Vejvoda, the Director of the European Project at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna (IWM), said on Tuesday he believed the Western Balkans countries would become the European Union member states and that the question was not whether but when that would happen, the Beta news agency reported. Addressing the seminar organised by […]
Read More →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 →Brnabic to attend meeting of prime ministers of Visegrad Group, Western Balkans (Serbian Government, media)
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic will attend the meeting of the prime ministers of the Visegrad Group and of the Western Balkans in Prague on 12 September. The host of the meeting will be Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, Serbian media report. This is the first meeting of the prime ministers of the Visegrad Group […]
Read More →Polemics between Palmer and Botsan-Kharchenko (RTS)
RTS reports about polemics between the newly appointed US envoy for the Western Balkans Mathew Palmer and Russian Ambassador to Serbia, Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko. Earlier Palmer told Montenegro-based television that Moscow wishes unstable region. Botsan-Kharchenko responded to this by saying why would Russia need instability in the Western Balkans while her leading companies are implementing the […]
Read More →Fabrizi: Western Balkans remains priority of new European Commission (Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti)
Head of EU Delegation in Serbia, Sem Fabrizi said the crucial topic for the Western Balkans states during the mandate of a new European Commission (EC) would be structural reforms, Tanjug news agency reports. He added that Western Balkans remains priority for the new EC. “Portfolio for the Western Balkans remains the same, structure remains […]
Read More →“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 →Bled forum starts today: Dacic on the sidelines of a forum with Palmer (Blic)
The traditional Bled Strategic Forum, which begins today in Bled, Slovenia, will be dedicated this year to stability in the region, sustainable development and economic prosperity. Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic represents Serbia. The two-day gathering ”Sources of (in) Stability” will bring together a number of senior EU officials from the Western Balkans, Turkey, the US […]
Read More →Szijjártó: Serbia should be given EU membership before 2025 (RTS, Tanjug)
Hungarian Foreign Affairs Minister Péter Szijjártó pledged for faster accession of Serbia and the Western Balkans to the EU, Tanjug news agency reports. “Serbia must be enabled to join the EU even before 2025,” Szijjártó said. He made these remarks in a meeting of the European Union Council in Helsinki, adding that the integration of […]
Read More →Has French Ambassador confirmed Macron would appoint special envoy? (B92, BETA, RTS)
French Ambassador to Serbia Frederic Mondoloni said President Emmanuel Macron wants that France plays greater role in Serbia and the region, B92 reports. According to Mondoloni media allegations on the future appointment of a special French envoy for the Balkans should be viewed in that context. “President Macron wants that France plays its full role […]
Read More →Von der Leyen: Western Balkans is very important for the European Union (TV N1 Belgrade, TV N1 Zagreb)
Ursula von der Leyen, former German Defense Minister and a prominent member of Germany’s Christian Democrats, talked to N1’s Ivana Dragicevic on Tuesday evening shortly after the European Parliament confirmed Von der Leyen as the new European Commission president. Asked to comment on the future composition of the European Commission, especially regarding officials from Eastern […]
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