Yuri Ushakov: Vladimir Putin will set out Moscow’s position on Kosovo tomorrow (NSPM, Tanjug, TASS, Vecernje Novosti, RTS)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will announce the position of Moscow on Kosovo in the course of the talks in Belgrade, reports the NSPM portal. “This position is clear, consistent and based on international and legal frameworks, including those contained in UN Security Council Resolution 1244,” said Yuriy Ushakov, Aide to the President of Russia Vladimir […]
Read More →Montenegrin opposition leaders, Dodik to meet Putin in Belgrade; Erdogan on the Dayton agreement (B92, Al Jazeera, Beta, Glas Srpske)
Leaders of Montenegro’s opposition Democratic Front Andrija Mandic and Milan Knezevic will attend the lunch that the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will organize for Vladimir Putin. The Russian president will arrive in Serbia on Thursday to a formal visit. Beta agency reports on Wednesday that Belgrade, but also “international circles”, perceived the visit as “one […]
Read More →Chepurin: Russia sees what kind of pressure is exerted upon Serbia (Tanjug)
Regularity of Russian and Serbian presidents’ meetings indicates good relations between the two countries, Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Chepurin told Tanjug news agency. In addition to bilateral topics, the two officials would also discuss geopolitical matters, Ambassador Chepurin noted, adding that the situation in the world is getting complicated. The two presidents would also […]
Read More →Putin warns West on Balkans as Serbia prepares lavish welcome (BBC)
Russian President Vladimir Putin heads a powerful delegation to Serbia on Thursday, aiming to cement co-operation with a country seeking to join the EU. Ahead of his Belgrade visit, Mr Putin accused some Western countries of “destabilising” the Balkans. See at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46892363
Read More →Putin Arrives to Hero’s Welcome as Serbia Seeks Kosovo Leverage (Bloomberg)
When Vladimir Putin lands in Belgrade, the ruling party will welcome him as the country’s most popular foreign politician with a rally that underscores Serbia’s conflicted approach to joining the European Union. President Aleksandar Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party, which is itself facing anti-government protests, is mobilizing thousands of its members in the capital on Thursday […]
Read More →Serbian FM welcomes Russian counterpart (B92)
First Deputy PM Minister and FM Ivica Dacic welcomed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade late on Wednesday. Dacic welcomed his colleague and friend Lavrov and expressed great satisfaction to meet him again, the Serbian Foreign Ministry said in a press release, cited by the government. Dacic “once again […]
Read More →Serbian Protesters Commemorate Kosovo Politician’s Murder (Balkan Insight)
Serbs who have been protesting against the rule of President Aleksandar Vucic for the past six weeks on Wednesday marked the first anniversary of Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic’s murder. Thousands of Serbs gathered in the capital, Belgrade, on Wednesday to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of the Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic, […]
Read More →EU is dead, don’t give up Kosovo, French officer tells Serbs (BETA, B92)
Retired French Colonel Jacques Hogard, who in 1999 protected Serbs in Kosovo after the withdrawal of the Yugoslav Army, met in Belgrade with Milos Jovanovic, leader of opposition Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), BETA news agency reported. According to a press release, Hogard and Jovanovic, discussed the situation in Kosovo, as well as the political […]
Read More →“People don’t trust a single politician in northern Kosovo” (Radio KIM)
During a debate “What has changed after January 16, 2018” organized in Mitrovica Social Club, NGO Aktiv Executive Director Miodrag Milicevic said that “88 percent of people don’t trust a single politician in northern Kosovo”, Radio KIM reports. The panelists in the debate also included Deputy Leader of Civic Initiative, Freedom, Democracy, Justice (GI SDP) […]
Read More →Chinese president invites Vucic to Belt and Road forum (Tanjug, B92)
Chinese President Xi Jinping has invited Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to the second Belt and Road forum on international cooperation. The gathering will be held in Beijing on April 25-27, Tanjug reported, citing a press release from the Serbian president’s office. In the invitation, Xi said Serbia occupied a significant place and played an active […]
Read More →Thousands attend memorial march in Belgrade for Kosovo Serb opposition leader Ivanovic (N1, FoNet, TV Most)
Thousands of people gathered in central Belgrade on Wednesday evening for what organizers said is a memorial march on the anniversary of the murder of Kosovo Serb opposition leader Oliver Ivanovic. “We will march in silence because we all want to know the answer to the question who said kill him,” actor Branislav Trifunovic, who […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 17 January
• Haradinaj: Tax not related to U.S. but to Serbia and Russia (media)
• U.S. Embassy urges suspension of import tax (Klan Kosova)
• EU Commissioner Hahn to visit Kosovo today (media)
• NATO: KFOR to remain unchanged despite KSF’s new mission (Bota Sot)
• Negotiating team violates Resolution on Dialogue (Koha Ditore/Zeri)
• Haradinaj to Putin: Russia destabilises the Balkans (Koha)
• Russian flags adorn Kosovo’s north ahead of Putin’s visit to Serbia (media)
• Hoxhaj: Our aim was not recognition when we imposed tax to Serbia (Telegrafi)
• Limaj: We stand by Haradinaj’s position on tax (Klan Kosova)
• Mustafa: LDK will not become part of the negotiating team (RTK)
• Thaci’s secret “hideout” (Zeri)
• Thaci: A liberator is unjustly interviewed in The Hague (media)
• At The Hague, Lushtaku exercises right to silence (Koha Ditores)
• Another KLA commander called by Specialist Chambers (Zeri)
• Bahtiri: Assembly will support petition for unification of Mitrovica (Epoka)
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