Belgrade and Pristina see partition as answer to Kosovo impasse (FT)
Two decades since Serbia’s war with former province Kosovo, diplomats and leaders are toying with an idea that used to be considered a red line. https://on.ft.com/2MNxcYR
Read More →Kai Sauer comments on ideas for exchange of territories (Deutsche Welle/Gazeta Express)
Gazeta Express re-runs an interview that Kai Sauer, the Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations and former assistant to Kosovo Status Envoy, Martti Ahtisaari, gave to Deutsche Welle. What has happened with the Ahtisaari Plan for Kosovo? I think that plan was made not only for Kosovo but for the whole region. You […]
Read More →Kai Sauer comments on ideas for exchange of territories (Deutsche Welle/Gazeta Express)
Read More →“If USA would support delineation, Berlin’s stance to be “neutralized”” (Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti, Dnevnik)
Read More →“If USA would support delineation, Berlin’s stance to be “neutralized”” (Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti, Dnevnik)
Berlin’s stance on change of borders in the Balkans would look differently, if Washington would support an idea of Serbian President Vucic on delineation, analyst Dejan Vuk Stankovic told Tanjug news agency. At the same time, he assessed that the statement of German Chancellor Merkel is not a principled stance against delineation, since Germany by […]
Read More →Srpska Lista backs President Vucic, criticizes opposition (Serbian media)
The leader of Srpska Lista, Goran Rakic has expressed support on Tuesday for the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s efforts to resolve the Kosovo issue and called the opposition to end its “witch hunt” against the head of state. Rakic told a news conference in Mitrovica North that the Serbian opposition should leave the Kosovo issue […]
Read More →Thaci welcomes Merkel’s borders remark; Dacic: What borders? (B92, Beta, Tanjug)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has welcomed German Chancellor Angela Merkel saying she was “against any changes of borders in the Balkans.” “All there is to be done is for the majority of the European Union to convince its five members that haven’t yet recognized Kosovo and Serbia, too, to recognize it within the existing borders. […]
Read More →A Quick Kosovo Deal? ‘Forget About It,’ Serbia’s President Says (Bloomberg)
Serbia’s president abandoned his plan to forge a quick deal on repairing ties with Kosovo after German Chancellor Angel Merkel said there would be no redrawing of borders in the Balkans. Aleksandar Vucic has pledged since last year to present a plan to tackle the issue of Kosovo, which broke away after a 1998-1999 war […]
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