RF on secret training at US base, US on Kosovo recognitions (BETA, Tanjug, B92)
Russia and China have once again opposed initiatives coming from some UN Security Council members to change the format of the UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK. They hold the same position when it comes to attempts to change the format of the Council’s sessions dedicated to Kosovo. In this way, they supported Serbia’s stance on […]
Read More →EU Summit on WB: Enlargement possible, but many obstacles (N1)
The forthcoming European Union Summit on Western Balkans in Sofia will be an incentive to linkage and enlargement, but the potential candidate countries still face a number of obstacles, a conference in Belgrade has been told on Monday. The issue of enlargement was back on the EU’s agenda thanks to the Bulgarian presidency over the […]
Read More →Kosovo main ‘hurdle’ on Serbia’s path to EU: President Vucic (AFP)
Kosovo remains the major “hurdle” blocking Serbia’s path to European Union membership, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Monday, urging concessions from Pristina. “The only big problem that I see as a real obstacle in our European path is the Kosovo issue,” Vucic, an ultra-nationalist turned pro-European, told AFP in an interview. See more at: https://www.afp.com/en/news/826/kosovo-main-hurdle-serbias-path-eu-president-vucic-doc-14w94q1
Read More →Serbian FM asks UN not to change format of Kosovo sessions (BETA, B92)
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic on Monday asked the UN not to change the format of sessions dedicated to Kosovo – something requested by Western powers. Dacic was addressing a regular UN Security Council meeting dedicated to the new report of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the work of the UN mission in Kosovo and […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 15 May
• UN Security Council holds quarterly session on Kosovo (media)
• Thaci optimistic Kosovo will get visa liberalization this year (Klan Kosova)
• Haradinaj commends deputy ministers for their performance (Koha/Zeri)
• Haradinaj to report on three motions (Epoka e Re)
• Matoshi: No specific date for debate on KSF transformation bill (Zeri)
• Veseli urges Israel to recognise independence of Kosovo (Telegrafi/EO)
• Hoxha: No progress possible without fighting corruption (Zeri)
• Hoxhaj in Brussels for visas and dialogue with Serbia (Lajmi)
• 2nd UN Youth Assembly underway in Kosovo (RTK)
• Vucic: Division of Kosovo would be dangerous (AFP, RTK)