Special police units raid house of former KLA commander in Pristina (media)
Most news websites are reporting that Kosovo Police special units have raided this morning in Pristina the house of Sabit Geci, a former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army. A police spokesman told Lajmi that following an order from the Basic Court in Pristina, police carried out an operation in several locations, aimed at combating […]
Read More →Ljajic on Pristina’s tariffs, Trump’s letter (FoNet, TV N1, RTS)
Serbian Trade and Telecommunications Minister Rasim Ljajic said on Thursday that following Pristina’s 100 percent customs duties on goods from Serbia introduced on November 21, Belgrade had lost 34.6 million Euros and that the move boosted smuggling, FoNet news agency reports. Ljajic told public broadcaster RTS the figure showed only the direct damage to Serbia’s […]
Read More →Serbian PM and EU Trade Commissioner: Pristina’s customs duties undermine stability (BETA, TV N1)
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and the European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström agreed in Brussels on Wednesday that Kosovo import tariffs on goods from Serbia and Bosnia had undermined the regional stability, BETA news agency reported. A statement from Brnabic’s office said the country had lost an estimated 25.7 million Euros in export due […]
Read More →“Entire Balkans should be allowed to join EU immediately” (Tanjug, B92)
Former Austrian Vice-Chancellor Erhard Busek thinks that the EU must change its strategy towards the Western Balkans. And it should allow all countries from the region to join immediately, he said, B92 reports. During last night’s debate “Europe and you: the balance of the Austrian Presidency and the prospects for the European Parliament elections,” held […]
Read More →Djuric: All traces in murder of Oliver Ivanovic lead towards Albanian side (TV N1, KoSSev, Insajder)
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, Marko Djuric told the independent “Insajder” production that all traces related to the assassination of Kosovo Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic in January lead to the Albanian side. Ivanovic was gunned down outside his party’s headquarters in Mitrovica North, 11 months ago and since then both Belgrade and […]
Read More →Vulin and Chepurin on security situation and cooperation (RTS, Tanjug)
Serbian Minister of Defense, Aleksandar Vulin met with the Russian Federation Ambassador to Serbia, Alexander Chepurin and discussed the current security situation as well as advancement of cooperation in the field of security, RTS reports. Minister Vulin thanked the Russian Federation for the full support to Serbia’s efforts to point out to the illegal establishment […]
Read More →Kesic: US would like to use opportunity, offer carrots to both leaders (Prva TV)
Obviously, there is a decision in the US administration to use the opportunity and push the story on the resolution of Belgrade-Pristina issue forward, analyst Obrad Kesic told Prva TV. However, he termed the timing to do so as “strange” since relations between Belgrade and Pristina have escalated. “The letters US President Donald Trump sent […]
Read More →Poe: America would like to help (Tanjug, B92, Voice of America)
A Co-chair of the Serbian Caucus in US Congress, Congressman from Texas Ted Poe expects that Washington would get active on the issue of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Serbian media report. “I think Washington would be more involved and it should be more involved in resolving this issue, and maybe move the EU to some other […]
Read More →“Trump’s letter casts all doubts away” (BETA, Danas)
Letter of Donald Trump sent to Hashim Thaci unequivocally shows there is a secret diplomacy held behind the scenes, leading towards resolution of the Kosovo issue, BETA news agency reports. These remarks were made by the leader of Peoples’ Party Vuk Jeremic. “If anyone had any dilemma whether it is true that things behind the […]
Read More →Blic: Trump “puts delimitation officially on table” (Blic, Tanjug, B92)
With his letter to Aleksandar Vucic and Hashim Thaci, Donald Trump has practically put delimitation as a solution to the Kosovo problem officially on the table. That’s according to Belgrade-based daily Blic. The paper writes, referring to diplomatic sources in Washington, that the US President was probably influenced by his National Security Adviser John Bolton […]
Read More →EU “grateful to Serbia for no counter-measures against PR” (Serbian Government, B92)
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic met on Wednesday in Brussels European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. Brnabic said after the meeting that she felt “support and gratitude to Serbia during her visit to Brussels for not imposing countermeasures against Pristina, which in particular contributed to regional stability.” Brnabic stressed that during a two-day visit to Brussels, […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 20 December
• Mogherini meets Western Balkans leaders in Brussels (dailies)
• Thaci: We do not have a more loyal ally than the U.S. (RTK)
• Veseli confident there will be no Kosovo division (media)
• Stoltenberg: NATO to review engagement with KSF (media)
• Uncertainties over Kosovo’s official position on dialogue (Koha)
• Dialogue draft law to be sent to government by 15 January (Epoka)
• LDK will not become part of negotiating team (Epoka)
• Hoxhaj: New dynamics from January, agreement possible at White House (Lajmi)
• Avramopoulos: Kosovo has met all visa liberalization requirements (Zeri)
• Pacolli reports before Assembly committee on foreign affairs (dailies)
• Qalaj: We don’t know if we’ll apply for INTERPOL membership next year (Koha)
• Serbian secret services plan to create incidents in Kosovo (RTK)
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