Vucic on Pristina, tariffs, dialogue (Tanjug, B92, TV Pink)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he wishes that Pristina revokes the tariffs and to continue talks, Tanjug news agency reported. Vucic added, while there are no talks between Belgrade and Pristina, there is a danger of violence against the Serbian population. Commenting on the possibility that Ramush Haradinaj cancels decision on tariffs, Vucic told TV […]
Read More →Stoltenberg: I made it clear to Haradinaj, KSF cannot go in the north (KTV)
NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg responded to Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj about the engagement of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) in the north of Kosovo. “There is a Brussels agreement from the year 2013, which says clearly that KSF cannot go in the north of Kosovo, without the approval of the KFOR Commander. I made […]
Read More →Thaci, Kosnett agree it is vital to remove obstacles to dialogue (media)
Most news websites cover today’s meeting between Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and the U.S. Ambassador in Kosovo, Philip Kosnett. Thaci said Kosovo’s friendship with the U.S. is eternal and crucial to achieving its strategic objectives to integrate in Euro-Atlantic structures. “Kosovo and the United States of America share common, values principles and objectives. Our common […]
Read More →Limaj: Dialogue platform in line with Constitution of Kosovo (RTK)
Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo and co-head of Kosovo Negotiating Team in Dialogue with Serbia, Fatmir Limaj, said that the platform for dialogue is in line with the Constitution of Kosovo and the ruling of the International Court of Justice on Kosovo’s independence. “We aim to express Kosovo’s unified voice through the platform which will […]
Read More →Report ahead of Munich Security Conference published, mentions China as new player in Balkans (Tanjug, B92)
“The most recent addition to the regional power game is China; and the EU suspects that it may exploit its economic heft for political gains.” This is stated in a report published ahead of this year’s Munich Security Conference, dubbed, “The Great Puzzle: Who will pick up the pieces?” The segment of the report dedicated […]
Read More →Ahmeti: Platform on dialogue to be submitted Friday (Telegrafi/Klan Kosova/Zeri)
Shpend Ahmeti, co-head of the Kosovo Negotiating Team for Dialogue with Serbia, said today that the platform on dialogue which they are working on will not be ready before Friday. He said that in a meeting with Kosovo institutional leaders today they discussed the platform as well as the recent letter the U.S. administration sent […]
Read More →Petition sent to US President Trump: Stop the persecution of Serbian Christians in Kosovo and Metohija (Radio KIM)
Serbian community in the USA within “Kosovo Project” submitted to the President Donald Trump, Congress and the State Department, a petition signed by more than 35.000 people, requesting to end the persecution of Serbian Christians in Kosovo, KIM Radio reports. Signatories of the petition include leaders of the Serb community in USA, priests of the […]
Read More →“No one advocates for interests of Serbian community in Kosovo” (Radio KIM)
“Although Serbs have their representatives in the Kosovo Assembly, e.g. Srpska Lista, no one advocates for the interests of the Serbian community. They are left on their own,” Helsinki Human Rights Committee in Serbia said in a report, presented in Pristina yesterday, Radio KIM reports. The report includes researches carried out from October to December […]
Read More →Pacolli: The EU must grant visa free travel to Kosovo (EURACTIV)
In an op-ed published in EURACTIV, Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacollli called on the EU to deliver on its promise for visa-free travel to Kosovo. “We are still faced with the shameful situation of having to apply for a visa (a costly and time-consuming process) just in order to take holidays or visit relative,” Pacolli […]
Read More →Putin wrote to Vucic, thanked him for warm reception in Belgrade (Danas, FoNet)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Russian Federation Ambassador to Serbia, Alexander Chepurin, who handed over to him a letter from the Russian President Vladimir Putin, sent on the occasion of Serbia’s Statehood Day, Danas daily reports. In a letter, the Russian President said that “Russia highly values strategic partnership and relations with Serbia,” and […]
Read More →Lekaj talks about meeting of leaders on Tuesday evening (Express)
Kosovo’s Minister of Infrastructure, Pal Lekaj, invited the state leaders to dinner at one of the restaurants in Pristina on Tuesday evening, an hour after President Thaci, Assembly President Veseli and Prime Minister Haradinaj received another warning from Washington to lift the 100-percent import tariff on Serbian and Bosnian goods. Lekaj told the news website […]
Read More →US Ambassador to NATO on Belgrade-Pristina relations (Tanjug, B92)
USA Ambassador to NATO, Kay Bailey Hutchison said the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina would also mitigate other problems on the both sides, Tanjug news agency reported. “We want Kosovo and Serbia to work together on normalization. Normalization would contribute to mitigate many other open issues that both sides have,” Ambassador Hutchison said. […]
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