Ponos: Vucic to submit report on Kosovo, opposition to decide on discussion in Parliament after it (Danas, TV N1, KoSSev)
Former Serbian Army Chief-of-Staff and now deputy leader of the opposition Peoples’ Party Zdravko Ponos said the opposition would be ready to consider the proposal of the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to hold discussion on Kosovo and Metohija in the Parliament, if Vucic would beforehand submit a report on what he has been doing so […]
Read More →FM Dacic comments on Hahn’s statement (Blic, Tanjug, B92)
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister and first deputy PM Ivica Dacic is cautious while commenting on EU Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn’s statement about the possibility of “a land swap” as part of a future Belgrade-Pristina agreement. Dacic told Belgrade-based daily Blic that Pristina – who last November introduced 100 percent tariffs on goods from central […]
Read More →Drecun: US offer won’t be on table for long (RTS)
Serbian National Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun told RTS morning news edition the USA realized that a compromise is needed in order to change the status of the Serbian southern province. This offer, according to Drecun, would not be on the table for long. Drecun added Serbia must undertake certain measures if Pristina […]
Read More →Kommersant: Deadline for dialogue the end of April, Dacic to harmonize position with Moscow (B92)
Belgrade count on coordinating position with Moscow on the Kosovo issue, reports B92, quoting Moscow daily Kommersant. The Russian daily devoted an article to the announced visit of Foreign Minister of Serbia Ivica Dacic to Russia. The daily says that during today’s talks between Dacic and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, the main topic of […]
Read More →Belgrade to consider countermeasures against Pristina (Tanjug, B92)
The Serbian President and leader of the ruling SNS party told a party gathering in Belgrade that he would face a request to recognize a full independence of Kosovo, without divisions and “full and integral territory of an independent Kosovo,” Serbian media reported. He said he would speak with the presidents of China and Russia […]
Read More →Driver who harassed Serb school girls arrested (RTS)
The driver who on Monday picked up in his vehicle three secondary school girls in Gracanica and then refused to stop his vehicle was arrested for sexual harassment, police station commander in Gracanica, Bratislav Trajkovic told RTV KIM. Trajkovic added the man was sent to detention for 48 hours. “The individual was identified based on […]
Read More →Kosovo Widens Oliver Ivanovic Murder Investigation (Balkan Insight)
Syle Hoxha, the prosecutor working on the Oliver Ivanovic murder case, told BIRN on Tuesday that the probe has been widened to include two further suspects with possible links to organised crime. “We have expanded the investigation into the case with two more individuals. We are at the initial phase in which they are suspected […]
Read More →‘God’s Punishment’: Serbian Tabloids Say Notre Dame Fire Result Of Flying Kosovo’s Flag (RFE, Daily Nation, Kuwait Times)
As investigators comb through the debris to find the cause of the fire that gutted the world-famous Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, two Serbian tabloids claim to know the real cause of the blaze in the 12th century Gothic church: a fluttering Kosovar flag. The Alo and Informer tabloids — which are closely linked to […]
Read More →Kosovo president says EU will ‘lose a lot of substance’ after Brexit as he eyes membership (The Independent)
“For us in Kosovo, we would like to see Britain in the European Union – definitely the EU cannot be the same without Britain,” says Hashim Thaci, the country’s president. “We cannot continue to pretend that nothing has changed, nothing is happening, this is a very, very big thing.” He stresses: “Without Britain, the European […]
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OSCE to facilitate elections in north, parties haven’t applied yet (KTV)
The Independent: Specialist Chambers is also investigating Hashim Thaçi (Klan Kosova)
German plan on Kosovo: Dual sovereignty (GazetaExpress)
Serbia to retaliate to Kosovo’s tariffs after May 6 if they still in place (N1)
Veseli’s idea of Tribunal not feasible, experts believe (KTV)UN report on sexual violence in conflict excludes Kosovo (RTK1)
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• Thaci: Vucic, difficult person to negotiate with (The Independent)
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• Veseli: Political parties to come together to conclude agreement with Serbia (KP)
• Hoxhaj: I believe leaders will go with a joint position in Berlin (RTK)
• Serbia threatens with countermeasures (RTK)
• Analysts: Berlin meeting, opportunity for Kosovo and Serbia (RFE)
• EU reignites political ‘battle’ in Kosovo (Zeri)
• Serbia Sentences Ex-Officer to 15 Years for Kosovo Massacre (media)
• CEC appoints members of election municipal commissions (media)
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