“Unlikely that Pope Francis will go to Pristina” (B92)
Serbian Ambassador to UNESCO and the country’s former ambassador to the Vatican Darko Tanaskovic say he does not believe Pope Francis will visit Kosovo. Tanaskovic also noted that even if that were to happen, “it would not have to mean that the Vatican had recognized, or was going to recognize, Kosovo.” The diplomat also advised […]
Read More →“Montenegro and Kosovo in dispute over Serbian territory” (B92, Sputnik)
Montenegro has unfortunately recognized Kosovo as independent, and now Podgorica and Pristina are in dispute over a piece of territory that belongs to neither. This is what Milovan Drecun (SNS), chairman of the Serbian Assembly’s Committee on Kosovo and Metohija, has told Sputnik. Instead this territory – the subject of a contentious demarcation agreement – […]
Read More →Borrowed Peace-Broker Could Persuade Belgrade to Recognize Kosovo’s Independence (Sputnik)
Both Kosovo Albanians and Kosovo Serbs are reportedly concerned about Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama’s planned visit to the upcoming economy and security summit in Belgrade. Some of Albania’s leaders are reportedly alarmed over Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama’s decision to speak on behalf of Kosovo. Meanwhile, some Kosovo Albanians and Kosovo Serbs have reacted […]
Read More →Recognition or termination of negotiations in Brussels (Sputnik)
Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said that negotiations with Belgrade under the Brussels agreement must be given a time limit, and the end of the dialogue, but also a completely different form of negotiations. Mustafa has announced that he will appeal to Brussels for the “behaviour of Belgrade in the dialogue” because as he said […]
Read More →Whether there are preparations for a new resolution? (Vesti)
Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Chepurin this weekend in Mitrovica said that the basis of resolving the Kosovo problem is the Resolution 1244 of the United Nations Security Council. Does the statement say little more than already known principled Russian policy towards Kosovo? – There is an initiative to verify the current level of normalization […]
Read More →Đurić: Hardly attainable normalization of relations between Serbs and Albanians (Blic, Sputnik)
Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Đurić said this evening that “the persistent aggressive rhetoric”, which often is veiled and sometimes not even that, or anti-Serb, by individuals in Pristina, creates negative social climate in which is difficult to achieve normalization of relations between Serbs and Albanians. – The European […]
Read More →Moscow Urges Kosovo to Implement Obligations Under Deal With Serbia (Sputnik)
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov on Tuesday called on Kosovo to implements obligations it had agreed to under the deal with Serbia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, Gatilov and UN Special Representative for Kosovo Zahir Tanin held a meeting to discuss the situation in […]
Read More →Serbian Dečani/Deçan – The new Albanian revolt (KoSSev, Sputnik)
The announced protests of Albanians, because of the restitution of land of the Dečani monastery, could raise ethnic tensions, also might radicalize the differences between the Albanian parties, which could directly affect the Serbian community in Kosovo. Media in Pristina are full of headlines on the decision of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo about the […]
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