Pacolli in Berlin: Tax on Serbia was not punitive but to show that Kosovo is independent (Klan)
Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Begjet Pacolli said after the meeting with the German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Berlin, that they discussed the issue of the negotiating team and the tax on Serbian goods. Pacolli told the media that the negotiating team will have the full support of the President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci, and that […]
Read More →“The agreement in 2019; neither Kosovo or Serbia will be asked much” (KIM radio, KTV)
Kosovo Assembly Vice President Xhavit Haliti said that Pristina and Belgrade would not be asked much about the agreement on normalizing relations between Kosovo and Serbia. He told Pristina based KTV that a legally binding agreement would be reached this year, and only thanks to the high pressure of Western diplomacy, reports KIM radio. “We have […]
Read More →Kosovo in 2019: Pressure Mounts for Deal With Serbia (Balkan Insight)
Henry Kissinger’s famous saying about Europe: “Who do I call if I want to call Europe?” applied all to well to Kosovo in 2018. With President Hashim Thaci advocating a “border correction” with Serbia in a quest to find the long-sought agreement with its northern foe, Serbia – and with his own Prime Minister, Ramush […]
Read More →Serbian Magazine Wants Kosovo Car Fire Investigated (Balkan Insight)
The Serbian weekly Vreme has called on the Kosovo Police to investigate a mysterious fire that broke out in their journalists’ car during their trip to northern Kosovo. The Serbian weekly Vreme has called on the director of Kosovo Police, Rashit Qelaj, to investigate the fire that broke out in the vehicle driven by three of its journalists and a […]
Read More →Haradinaj condemns Serbia’s detention of Kosovo official (RTK)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj said Nebojsa Jakovljevic’s detention by Serbian authorities in Merdare is yet another unacceptable and condemnable act. He appealed at EU officials and the international community to make pressure on Belgrade to immediately stop such consecutive actions against Kosovo citizens, which clearly show the road which Serbia has chosen, […]
Read More →Serbia’s President to Receive Controversial Russian Award (Balkan Insight)
Russia’s President is to bestow the Alexander Nevsky award on Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, putting him in the company of a number of world leaders not known for their democratic principles. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has been awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky by Russian President Vladimir Putin – which testifies to the warm links […]
Read More →Corruption In The Balkan Countries Is Impeding EU Membership (valuewalk.com)
The six Western Balkan countries – Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Albania, are “state captured” by corrupt politicians, linked with organized crime. These facts have been documented by various international reports, which are raising major concerns among EU officials on the enlargement process. See at: https://bit.ly/2QEgQD7
Read More →Hahn expects Pristina’s response “these days” (Tanjug, RTS)
European Commissioner for Enlargement Negotiations and Neighborhood Policy, Johannes Hahn said he hopes a response from Kosovo related to the taxes would arrive these days, RTS reports. Commissioner Hahn repeated to the journalists in Brussels his offer to negotiate on economic barriers in a special format, stressing that the solution for the taxes must be […]
Read More →Time will reveal everything, Oliver Ivanovic’s widow says (Prva TV, B92)
It will soon be one year since the murder of Oliver Ivanovic. His widow, Milena Ivanovic who is conducting her own investigation, told Prva TV that she can only guess who killed him. “I will not point the finger at anyone, these are serious things, but when I am one hundred percent sure and when […]
Read More →Serbia-Kosovo: Where neighbours do not share a coffee (BBC)
It is your ethnicity that determines where you drink coffee in the Serbian town of Bujanovac, close to the border with Kosovo, “Albanians and Serbs don’t use the same bars,” says Valon Arifi, an ethnic Albanian. The town’s population is majority Serb, but in the wider region Albanians are more numerous. See at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46808673
Read More →Serbia-Germany bilateral relations “very good” (Serbian Government, B92)
First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic received on Wednesday Germany’s Ambassador to Serbia Thomas Schieb, B92 reports. The two officials confirmed that the bilateral relations of the two countries are very good and that they are characterized by developed cooperation in all areas, the Serbian Government announced. They particularly noted that dialogue […]
Read More →“All from Marty’s list could go to court, Thaci and Haradinaj as well” (BETA, B92, KTV)
Kosovo Assembly Deputy Speaker, Xhavit Haliti said that those whose names were mentioned in the Dick Marty’s report could be invited to appear before the Specialist Court, if there are evidences, BETA news agency reported. Haliti made these remarks for KTV, adding he expects the Specialist Court would invite all persons mentioned in the Swiss […]
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