The EU is Watching the Balkans Come Undone (Balkan Insight)
Outbursts of violence, illiberal leaders and failures to reform mean Brussels must wake up to the fact that the Balkans are not headed towards EU membership but towards instability. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/the-eu-is-watching-the-balkans-come-undone-01-23-2018
Read More →Jaksic for referendum on Kosovo, but in fair conditions (KIM radio)
Citizens of Serbia to declare on Kosovo in a referendum might be the right solution if it takes place under fair conditions, says Marko Jaksic for RTV KiM, a member of the Presidency of the Movement of Serbs from Kosovo “Fatherland”. Jaksic thinks it’s time for the Serbs to say whether they prefer the EU […]
Read More →Kosovo officially takes over CEFTA chairmanship (RTK)
Kosovo has today officially taken over chairmanship over the Central Europe Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) and Kosovo’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Bajram Hasani, said on the occasion that Kosovo will play a constructive role during this period. “As minister of the Kosovo government and chairperson of CEFTA we will make utmost effort to fulfill […]
Read More →Jevtic: Vucic’s visit on time, and it calmed tensions in Kosovo (RTS)
Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo and Minister of Communities and Return Dalibor Jevtic points out that the visit of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to Kosovo after the murder of Oliver Ivanovic was timely, as well as that it calmed tensions and brought peace. “It was a good reaction and a decision by the president of […]
Read More →Thaci: Our shared values are under attack. They are also our best defence (media)
Editorial by President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci published on the World Economic Forum website At this year’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, global leaders will discuss the challenge of maintaining a shared progressive narrative in an increasingly fractured world. As President of Kosovo, a country that is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its […]
Read More →Patriarch Irinej: No extraordinary session about Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio, Danas)
Serbian Patriarch Irinej told the Belgrade based daily Danas that “there will be no extraordinary session of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), but most likely the regular May session will be waited” in which Kosovo will be one of the main topics.” According to the patriarch’s words, “only three […]
Read More →Hoxha: Kosovo to be included in all EU enlargement plans (media)
In a meeting with the French Ambassador, Didier Chabert, Kosovo’s Minister of European Integration, Dhurata Hoxha, said that any strategy regarding the Western Balkans integration into the EU would not be complete without incorporating Kosovo. “We are convinced that our country should be reconfirmed as part of integration strategies and of the enlargement strategy expected […]
Read More →Ljajic: A referendum on Kosovo may be a good solution (KIM radio, NMagazin, Danas, Beta, Dnevnik)
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Rasim Ljajic says that it is not realistic to expect a compromise solution in the internal dialogue on Kosovo, and that a referendum on this issue might be a good solution. – It is not realistic to expect that a compromise solution is reached in the course of the internal dialogue […]
Read More →Lazanski: Serbian army can take northern Kosovo within three hours (Zeri.info)
Serbian military analyst, Miroslav Lazanski said that “if anyone in Pristina, Brussels or Washington thinks that they can take northern part of Kosovo by force and expel Serbs who are absolute majority there, they should know that Serbian army can reach Mitrovica north within only three hours and to appear at the River Ibër/Ibar Bridge.” […]
Read More →Center for Europan Polycy Analysis: Balkan security and U.S. strategy (Europe’s Edge)
The Balkans are returning onto America’s radar screen as threats to regional stability and European integrity mount. To prevent a dangerous spiral of escalation, Washington must pursue a more vigorous strategy to help secure the remaining states within Western institutions and curtail Russia’s spreading subversion. Drift and delay in dealing with the Western Balkans can […]
Read More →Montenegrin Association: Haradinaj should protect us from assimilation (media)
Association of Montenegrins in Kosovo has appealed to the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, to in accordance with the promises and obligations deriving from the strategy for integration and affirmation of the Montenegrin community, resolve as soon as possible the general position of this community, in order to defend it from assimilation. “At these […]
Read More →Pacolli without support in Strasbourg (Vecernje Novosti)
Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti writes today that the Political Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Wednesday to discuss the situation in Kosovo and the murder of Oliver Ivanovic. Member of Serbia’s delegation and vice-president of the PACE Marija Obradovic says to the daily that the Kosovo’s Foreign Minister […]
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