Smajlovic: We can talk about correction of borders (RTS)
A journalist and former Editor-in-Chief of Belgrade-based daily Politika, Ljljana Smajlovic told RTS the US already got involved in Kosovo and Metohija issue, adding the letter President Vucic sent to his counterpart Trump is a logical move. She opined Albanians would rather lose the north of Kosovo than to have Community of Serb-majority Municipalities and […]
Read More →Scott: To know the line – where is Serbia, and where is Kosovo (Prva TV, B92)
US Ambassador to Serbia, Kyle Scott said it is important to know where Serbia is and where is Kosovo, B92 reports. Speaking for Prva TV morning programme, Ambassador Scott also spoke about the letter President Vucic sent to his counterpart Trump. “I fully agree with Vucic, it is important that both sides return to the […]
Read More →Haradinaj insists: Tax won’t be lifted, relations with U.S. are not being damaged (media)
Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said today all those claiming that the 100-percent tariff on Serbian goods is damaging Kosovo’s relations with the United States of America are wrong. Haradinaj said Kosovo would not lift the tax unless Serbia recognizes its independence. “Nations that have aligned with the U.S. have created the free world and […]
Read More →Lawyer Jokanovic: Serbian investigation points out to complete innocence of Radoicic (RTV KIM, KoSSev)
“What has been done so far in Serbia, points out to complete innocence of Milan Radoicic and there was no his involvement in that,” long-term Pristina lawyer Zivojin Jokanovic, told RTV KIM show “Dogovor,” in relation to the murder of Oliver Ivanovic. Jokanovic earlier announced he is “a future defense lawyer” of Radoicic “in case […]
Read More →Dodik says Serbia important for regional stability (BETA, TV N1)
Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency Chairman Milorad Dodik told a joint news conference with President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade that Serbia is the most important element of stability, security and development in the region, adding everyone in his country should realize that, BETA news agency reports. Speaking after a meeting with Vucic, Dodik said that Serbia is ready […]
Read More →Momcilo Trajkovic: “Partition idea deeply embedded into Aleksandar Vucic’s brainstem“ (KoSSev, Radio KIM)
One year after Gracanica-based Serbian National Forum (SNF) had a talk with the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, the SNF in a letter sent to the President of Serbia, said the right question to Vucic is not “how much Serbian people are ready to pay for Kosovo and Metohija”, but “how much the President is ready […]
Read More →LDK explains position towards U.S. (Indeksonline)
The Democratic League of Kosovo has reacted to a report published by Indeksonline claiming that while the party is considering Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj’s rejecting the U.S. calls for suspending the tax on Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to be unacceptable, it is at the same time refusing to heed U.S. calls to join the […]
Read More →Teachers end strike, schools to open Monday (media)
Online media reported that representatives of teachers’ unions have reached agreement with Kosovo government to end strike. The news was announced following a meeting union representatives had with Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli and Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj. The exact terms of the agreement were not revealed but unionists said they take them close to what […]
Read More →Serbia to resume Kosovo talks only after it scraps tariffs, Vucic tells Trump (Reuters)
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia is ready to resume dialogue with Kosovo over the normalisation of ties only after Pristina lifts import tariffs on Serbian goods imposed last year, President Aleksandar Vucic said in a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday. See at: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-serbia-usa-kosovo/serbia-to-resume-kosovo-talks-only-after-it-scraps-tariffs-vucic-tells-trump-idUKKCN1PP1XO
Read More →Serbia Protests Shine Light on a Nation Tugged Between East and West (The New York Times)
BELGRADE, Serbia – The last thing Borko Stefanovic remembered was three men standing in the shadows. “They stepped out and knocked me in the head with knuckle dusters,” said Mr. Stefanovic, a Serbian opposition politician. His head was split open, drenching his shirt in blood. He lost consciousness. See at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/world/europe/serbia-protests.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimesworld
Read More →NSA says military conflict is possible in Balkans this year (Sputnik, B92)
The latest report by the US National Intelligence Agency, already discussed in the US Senate, mentions that there might be conflicts this year in the Balkans. According to Sputnik, the Balkans has not been mentioned during the Senate debate, but it is in the report itself. “The Western Balkans will, almost certainly, be at a […]
Read More →Kosovo PM Defies Pressure Over Serbian Import Tax (Balkan Insight)
A reportedly tense meeting of the Kosovo leadership on Thursday between the Prime Minister, President, the Speaker and the US ambassador ended without agreement on the controversial tax on Serbian imports. After meeting Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, Parliament Speaker Kadri Vejseli, and the US ambassador to Pristina, Philip Kosnett, Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on Thursday […]
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