President: Serbia will keep free trade agreement with Russia (B92)
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić talked in Vienna on Thursday afternoon with representatives of major Austrian companies that are present in Serbia. Nikolić talked with members of the managing and executive boards of Strabag, Porr, Erste Bank, Raiffeisen Bank, Kapsch, UNIQA, assuring them that Serbia will keep the free trade agreement with the Russian Federation, which […]
Read More →Foreign policy to be “coordinated” with EU positions (B92)
As an EU membership candidate, Serbia must coordinate its foreign policy with the EU’s positions, Serbia’s chief EU negotiator Tanja Miščević has said. But she added that preparations for membership leave enough room for the country to resolve some issues on its own. The EU member states create the foreign and security policy by consensus, […]
Read More →Obama doesn’t know how Kosovo seceded (Blic)
The United States President Barack Obama’s statement that “Kosovo seceded in referendum” is a sad spinning of history, claim experts. In a speech held in Brussels two days ago Obama said that NATO intervened in Kosovo only after four years of maltreating of local population, and that Kosovo seceded in the referendum which was held […]
Read More →Serbian newspapers stopped at Jarinje (KIM radio)
Kosovo customs did not allow Belgrade newspapers to pass through the Jarinje crossing this morning because the VAT was not paid, although printed media are exempted from VAT.
Read More →Peja citizens to protest today against killings (Kosovapress)
Citizens in Peja have organised a protest today under the slogan “It could be you tomorrow” against the killings in the city. In a press conference, organisers calls on all the citizens to join the protest from the centre to the police station. The protest was called following the recent killings in the city believed […]
Read More →Vulin spoke with UN representatives (RTS)
According to the Office of Kosovo and Metohija, minister without portfolio in charge of Kosovo and Metohija, Aleksandar Vulin, met with the representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Office in Belgrade, Peter Due, and permanent UN coordinator Irene Vojačkova-Solorano. “In the context of the 15th anniversary of the bombing and […]
Read More →Prizren, a free economic zone (Kosovapress)
The Government of Kosovo decided in today’s meeting to declare the city of Prizren a free economic zone. During the meeting, Prime Minister Hashim Thaci again called on members of parliament to vote on the bill for Kosovo Liberation Army veterans.
Read More →Civil society criticizes parliament speaker on same sex marriages (Telegrafi)
Human rights organizations in Kosovo have reacted to a statement by Parliament Speaker Jakup Krasniqi who said that same sex marriages are the evil of democracy. Human rights organizations said the person who is supposed to uphold the Constitution of Kosovo has made a grave mistake. The Centre for Social Groups Development (CSGD), the Centre […]
Read More →VAT is not the excuse to stop newspapers (KIM radio)
Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) condemned prevention of the distribution of Belgrade printed media at crossing Jarinje. “VAT should not be excuse for the ban on distribution of newspapers”, reads the statement. UNS statement reads that newspapers from Belgrade were distributed yesterday with two hours delay, due to a request presented by the Kosovo […]
Read More →Protest of municipalities over the election law (KIM radio)
Kosovo municipalities with Serbian majority announced that they will stop their operation for 15 minutes today, thus expressing their opposition to adoption of the Kosovo Law on General Elections, learned KIM radio. In their protest against the placing on the Kosovo Assembly’s agenda a draft Law on General Elections and due to a non-adoption of […]
Read More →Minister Hoxhaj equipped with Greek visa (Lajm)
In their farewell meeting, the outgoing chief of the Greek liaison office in Pristina, Dimitris Moschopoulos, gave Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj the first Greek Schengen visa. Ambassador Moschopoulos explained this symbolic act with the fact that Minister Hoxhaj insisted during his recent visits to Athens that Greek visas should be placed on Kosovar passports […]
Read More →EUBRD ready to engage on railway projects (Epoka e Re)
Kosovo’s Minister of Finance Besim Beqaj met on Thursday with a delegation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, headed by the Director of the Transport Section, Sue Berret. Beqaj stressed the need to enhance cooperation with EUBRD in concrete projects, and informed the delegation on the macroeconomic situation and potentials of Kosovo. Berret, […]
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