Serbian Minister reacts to Haradinaj’s statement (Klan Kosova)
Serbia’s Minister for European Integration, Jadranka Joksimovic, assessed that the announcement of the Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradnaj that there is no border between Kosovo and Serbia, is concerning and warning. According to her, this statement marks the beginning of ruining the grounds that the OSCE and EU have created, and which make Europe […]
Read More →Dacic to Politika: No indication of US involvement in dialogue with Kosovo (Politika, Beta, N1)
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said that the US is ready to organise a signing ceremony between Belgrade and Pristina and to invite other countries to the ceremony. He added that the US National Security Adviser John Bolton had talked about it with the Rusian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. “It’s important […]
Read More →Haradinaj’s statement shows the Pristina regime’s tendency for Greater Albania (Beta, N1)
The Serbian government Office for Kosovo chief Marko Djuric said that Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj and Albania representatives statement after the signing of the agreement on the abolition of border crossings show the true “Greater Albania nature of the Pristina regime.” “Political rampage, like this, only creates fertile ground for new conflicts and distances […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 31 December
• Thaci: 2019, a year of historic decision (RTK)
• Assembly President Kadri Veseli’s end-of-year interview to RTK
• Missing persons, first topic to be discussed with Serbia (Kosovapress)
• EU calls on Kosovo government to reconsider decision on tariffs (Klan Kosova)
• Veseli: Vetevendosje and LDK’s behavior, regretful (RTK)
• Hoti responds to Veseli’s accusations (RTK)
• Haziri: There can be no agreement with Serbia without LDK (Telegrafi)
• Engel: No EU for Serbia unless war criminals face justice (Telegrafi)
• Simic: Pressure on Kosovo Serbs continuing (Zeri)
• Ceremony commemorating missing persons to be held in Pristina today (media)
• Brnabic: I did not request withdrawal of recognition of Kosovo (RTK)
• Serbian President fears unification of Kosovo and Albania (RTK)
UNMIK Headlines 29 December
• Government sets 100% tax for international brands coming from Serbia (media)
• EU Office calls on Kosovo to reconsider expansion of tariffs (media)
• Vucic: Regardless of measures by Pristina we will not kneel down (Express)
• Sarovic: We lost €4 million a month since tariff introduction (Telegrafi)
Serbia: Unrepentant War Criminals Enjoy Public Spotlight (Balkan Insight)
Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj was found guilty by the Hague war crimes court but remains an MP, while other war criminals continue to play public roles despite their convictions. See at: https://bit.ly/2ES1LLW
Read More →US Ambassador Philip Kosnett: There is no way to maintain status quo (Radio kontakt plus, KoSSev)
In an interview to KoSSev news portal, U.S. Ambassador in Pristina, Philip Kosnettt said that he thought that 2019 “must be the year of a comprehensive agreement”. “If the relationship between Serbia and Kosovo does not improve, it will become even worse. There is really no option to retain the status quo”. Ambassador Kosnett emphasized […]
Read More →Bishop Teodosije met with Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk in Moscow (Raska-Prizren Eparchy, KoSSev)
Serbian Orthodox Church Raska-Prizren Eparchy Bishop Teodosije met in Moscow with Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, who is a Chairman of the Moscow’s Patriarchate Department for Foreign Affairs, KoSSev portal reports. The two dignitaries also discussed Kosovo and Metohija. Metropolitan Hilarion underlined that Russian Orthodox Church fully supports Serbian Orthodox Church, and its clergy in Kosovo […]
Read More →RTS: Pristina introduces taxes for international brands coming from central Serbia (RTS)
Kosovo Government made the decision to expand its decision on 100 percent taxes and include international companies that produce their goods in central Serbia, national public broadcaster RTS reports. According to RTS this decision was made at today’s Kosovo government session, only a few hours after Quint ambassadors requested full abolishment of the taxes […]
Read More →Beqaj: The idea of demarcation has diminished the value of the dialogue (Danas, RTK2)
The Draft Law on Dialogue with Serbia means the official Pristina new approach in Brussels talks, but the question is whether it is realistic and whether it will be applicable in the further course of the dialogue process, professor and expert for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue Belul Beqaj said. Beqaj told RTK2 that the situation in […]
Read More →Kurz for progress in dialogue, revoking of Pristina’s taxes (Tanjug, RTS)
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz told Tanjug news agency that he expects further progress in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, which is a precondition for the EU accession process, adding Vienna supports revoking of the taxes introduced by Pristina authorities. Asked if he expects Belgrade and Pristina would be able to find out a solution by the end of […]
Read More →Dacic “wishes we never had common state with Montenegro” (Tanjug, B92, Dan)
It’s ridiculous that Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic says Serbia’s relations with “neighbors Zagreb, Pristina, and Podgorica” have been strained. First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic stated this, adding that it was also ridiculous to say that Montenegro was “not making anti-Serb decisions, but those in its own interest.” “I suppose Djukanovic means Montenegrin […]
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