Veseli: Kosovo’s permanent friendship with U.S. and EU (media)
Kosovo Assembly President and Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) leader, Kadri Veseli, said today that Kosovo will be forever a sovereign country in permanent friendship with the United States of America and the European Union. “There is no one that can stand in our way. We fear no one. Kosovo will be more developed and […]
Read More →U.S. Gen Scaparrotti: Security situation in the Balkans, very fragile (RFE)
Commander of the United States European Command, General Curtis M. Scaparrotti said in a testimony before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee that the security situation in the Balkans is very fragile and that the region is the main target of Russia’s ‘malign’ influence. Scaparrotti said the Balkans region is of strategic importance and also […]
Read More →Kosovo’s application for INTERPOL membership bid accepted (media)
Most news websites report that Kosovo has again applied to become part of INTERPOL. The General Assembly will be in October in Santiago, Chile. Kosovo’s Deputy Minister for Interior Affairs, Izmi Zeka, said today that Pristina submitted its application on January 31. “Our request has been accepted and it was confirmed to us that Kosovo […]
Read More →British react to Shala’s appointment: Assembly is violating the agreement (Indeksonline)
The news website reports that the British Embassy in Pristina has issued a reaction saying it regrets the Kosovo Assembly’s decision to appoint Naser Shala as Head of the Secretariat of the Kosovo Property Comparison and Verification Agency (KPCVA). The statement reads: “the British Embassy’s Support to Public Recruitment project twice supported the process to […]
Read More →Serbian president’s advisor says ANSA made mistake (Beta, N1, Raskrinkavanje.rs)
The Serbian president did not tell the Italian news agency ANSA anything that he doesn’t usually say, Aleksandar Vucic’s media advisor Suzana Vasiljevic told portal Raskrinkavanje on Wednesday. She said that an error in translation led to ANSA initially reporting that president Vucic said that “we have to reach a compromise, we cannot recognize Kosovo […]
Read More →Alliance for Serbia: Vucic confirmed he is one step away from agreement on delineation (Danas, BETA)
The Alliance for Serbia (SzS) stated yesterday that President Aleksandar Vucic with his statement to Italian news agency ANSA, saying “Serbia cannot recognize Kosovo, and get nothing in return,” confirmed he is just a step away from “a private arrangement” to permanently delineate Serbia with Kosovo, Danas daily reports. The Alliance noted Vucic with this […]
Read More →Sustainable return of Serbs impossible in the municipality of Klina (Kontakt plus radio)
Except in the town itself, in the municipality of Klina, a number of Serbs live in the surrounding villages: Bica, Berkovo, Klinavac, Grabac, Straza, Vidanje … However, every year there are fewer of them, some died, while others go in search of better living conditions, writes today Kontakt plus radio on its web portal. According […]
Read More →Scott: No red lines for Kosovo, Reeker has no solution (Tanjug, B92)
US Ambassador in Serbia, Kyle Scott said Washington does not draw ‘red lines’ when it comes to the resolution of the Kosovo issue, B92 reports. Speaking for Belgrade-based Kurir, Ambassador Scott noted any solution the two sides agree about would be supported, but the solution should be implantable and lasting. “We are not drawing ‘the […]
Read More →Vecernje Novosti: Washington in offensive, Brussels more powerless
US impatient to see the Belgrade and Pristina dialogue to continue as soon as possible, and its representatives do not hide expectations. US emissaries are shifting, and end of this week arrives and under-secretary David Hale, writes today Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti. Washington’s diplomatic offensive on Pristina, according to this daily, with American emissaries’ […]
Read More →Hahn: EU underestimates China’s influence on Balkans (Financial Times, Beta, N1, Danas)
The European Union has minimised the impact China has on the Balkans, the bloc’s Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn has said on Tuesday, adding he is worried about the level of loans for infrastructural projects those countries take from Beijing, the Beta news agency reported. In an interview with Financial Times, Hahn said such loans […]
Read More →Djilas and Ristic verbally attacked in Leposavic (KoSSev)
Founders of the opposition Alliance for Serbia (SzS), Dragan Djilas and Slavisa Ristic, accompanied by Marko Jaksic, Aleksandar Corac and local activists of the Serb National Movement Fatherland visited Leposavic yesterday, where a group of about 20 young men caused a verbal incident. Srpska Lista claims that it was “a spontaneous welcome by the people”. The […]
Read More →Djilas: Kosovo is not topic for political points (KoSSev, TV Mir)
“My opinion is that Kosovo and Metohija is an integral part of Serbia and that is the number one fact, which was written in UN Resolution 1244 and in the Constitution of Serbia. The status is resolved in the UN and technical negotiations are in Brussels”, one of the leaders of Alliance for Serbia Dragan […]
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