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Trump dangles Rose Garden treaty moment in quiet peace effort between Serbia and Kosovo (The Washington Post)

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Under pressure from the Trump administration and with President Trump dangling a White House peace ceremony, Kosovo’s president has pledged to take a major step toward resolving an escalating standoff with Balkan rival Serbia. Trump has made an unusual direct appeal to Serb and Kosovar leaders as 10 years of hostilities threaten to boil over […]

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Drecun: We must accept that Greater Albania will be created (TV Pink, B92, Beta)

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Serbian Assembly Committee on Kosovo and Metohija chair Milovan Drecun has assessed that the creation of Greater Albania is an irreversible process. Drecun also told Belgrade based TV Pink that this will be created “in one form or the other” and that this is being done in order to create a counterpoint to Serbia – […]

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Brussels To Host Serbia-Kosovo Talks Amid Tensions Over Tariffs (RFE)

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EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says she is planning to host a new round of normalization talks between the presidents of Kosovo and Serbia in Brussels on November 8, two days after Pristina announced its decision to impose tariffs on Serbian goods. Kosovo’s move prompted anger in Serbia, where Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic accused […]

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More than 40,000 Albanians ready to leave Kosovo – report (B92, Sputnik, Indeksonline.net)

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The mass departure from Kosovo shows that nothing has been done over the past two years economy-wise to make people want to stay, Belgrade based portal B92 quotes the Albanian language website indeksonline.net. According to the website, almost 40,000 people are currently waiting for the German embassy to reply to their applications to be granted […]

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Protest of Albanians in Djakovica prevented the Serbs from visiting the city on Christmas (RTS, Tanjug)

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The displaced Serbs from Djakovica, due to the protests of the Albanians, did not go to the Church in their native city, reported Radio television of Serbia. In Djakovica, Albanians organized a protest in order to prevent the displaced Serbs from coming and visiting the Church during Christmas. The organizers of the protest said that […]

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Serbian Trade Minister: We can’t expect CEFTA to solve the tariffs dispute with Pristina (Beta, N1)

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Belgrade does not expect the problem of Kosovo’s increase of tariffs on goods from Serbia to be solved through the Central European Free Trade Agreement, CEFTA, and there is no hope for any compensation for the economic damage the policy has caused, said Serbia’s Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, Rasim Ljajic. “Nobody expects that […]

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UNMIK Headlines 8 January

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• Thaci: PDK initiated the tax, Haradinaj only voted (Klan Kosova)
• Haradinaj: Tax will remain in power until Serbia recognizes Kosovo (media)
• Government: Thaci should protect state interests, not deal with taxes (media)
• EU hopes state team will support Thaci’s efforts and retraction of tariff (Koha)
• EU: Consultations with the team, dialogue with Presidents (Zeri)
• Limaj: Tax won’t be rescinded until Serbia recognizes Kosovo (media)
• Kosovo state delegation to travel to U.S. to get “visa” (Zeri)
• Opposition parties have no strategy to stop negotiating team (Zeri)
• Bislimi: Negotiating team lacks support from Albanian majority (Epoka)

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