Breaking old habits in the Balkans (European Council on Foreign Relations)
By: Robert Cooper Opinions cost nothing, but it is not our opinions that matter – let’s not take sides before we know what has been proposed. “An intellectual hatred is the worst”, says W B Yeats, “So let her think opinions are accursed.” That’s what I used to think when I was involved in diplomacy […]
Read More →Marjan Melonashi, Journalist – Testimony of Crime Discharged (Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) website)
Who was Marjan Melonashi? A 179 cm-high young man, with brown hair and green eyes. English language student at the University of Pristina, a dreamer, an in loved twenty-four-year-old, with plans for marriage. A journalist, a reporter of Radio Kosovo Serbian desk, Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) writes on its website. It was September […]
Read More →Security Committee session scheduled because of thefts in Partes (Radio KIM)
Partes Mayor, Dragan Petkovic scheduled for tomorrow an urgent session of the Security Committee because of latest thefts that occurred in this municipality, KIM Radio reports. Families Stankovic, Lazic and Vasic from the village were targets of thefts, that included stealing cattle, vehicle, hunting weapon, and pedigreed dogs. The Radio noted, representatives of the OSCE […]
Read More →Ljajic: America did change stance, but I am not optimist (Prva TV)
Serbian Trade and Telecommunication Minister, Rasim Ljajic told Prva TV he does not expect Pristina-Belgrade agreement to be reached in the forthcoming months. Commenting on media reports that USA President Trump praised Serbia and USA under his administration changed the attitude toward Serbia, Ljajic noted that change is evident. “(…) That stance is reflected in […]
Read More →Kosovo: Change of borders “cannot be free of violence” (Tanjug, B92)
“Change of borders” in Kosovo “cannot be free of violence,” states a confidential report prepared by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). Pristina-based Koha Ditore is reporting this, noting that it had seen the three-page report authored by Chairman of Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee Norbert Roettegen, and Robert Cooper, former supervisor in the technical […]
Read More →Dacic: I am interested to talk to those who recognized Kosovo (RTS, Tanjug)
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said he is interested the most to talk with the countries that have recognized unilaterally declared Kosovo independence and to re-examine their decisions, RTS reports today. “I am very pleased with how these talks are unfolding,” Dacic noted, adding he has said to the representatives of certain countries, having […]
Read More →Montenegro’s Foreign Minister: No to changes in architecture of Balkans (Express)
Montenegro’s Foreign Minister, Srdjan Darmanovic, said in an interview to Voice of America that Montenegro has always supported the process of dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, but that Montenegro’s position on ideas for border changes is that stability and security in the region is paramount. “What can a solution based on land swaps bring – […]
Read More →Serbian PM: UNMIK shouldn’t be reduced (Serbian media)
Prime Minister of Serbia Ana Brnabic announced that she will call not to reduce the UNMIK Mission in Kosovo at a panel in New York dedicated to peacekeeping operations, reports Serbian media. Brnabic, who heads the delegation of Serbia at the UN General Assembly, said that at a high-level meeting called “Action for Peace” she […]
Read More →KSF to transform into Armed Forces at the end of the year (Indeksonline)
The Kosovo government has recently submitted to the Assembly three draft laws for the transformation of the Kosovo Security Force into the Kosovo Armed Forces. KSF Deputy Minister, Burim Ramadani, told the news website: “the Kosovo government, through a regular procedure, has submitted three draft laws that enable the transitioning of the KSF. There is […]
Read More →“Trump told Brnabic – Serbs are good people” (Tanjug, B92, Vecernje Novosti)
According to the Belgrade press, in a brief conversation with Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, US President Donald Trump has referred to the Serbs as “good people.” Namely, Brnabic thanked the US president for the changing of the stance of the current administration in Washington toward Serbia, and for understanding the position of our country on […]
Read More →“U.S. support for dialogue is crucial” (media)
Several news websites report that Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj and Deputy Prime Minister Behgjet Pacolli met with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Wess Mitchell. A press release issued by Thaci’s office noted that the meeting focused on furthering bilateral relations between the two countries, advancing Kosovo’s […]
Read More →Prime Minister of Morocco denies talks with Pacolli (Serbian media)
Saad-Eddine El Othmani, Prime Minister of Morocco, denied the allegations made by Kosovo Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli, who announced on Twitter that he had had constructive talks with the official of Morocco in New York. “During a break with my delegation a gentleman from Kosovo imposed his presence. We have not discussed bilateral relations neither establishing […]
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