Analyst: Request to return Kosovo issue to UN the only appropriate reaction to Pristina’s ban (Danas, BETA)
Analyst Cvjetin Milivojevic assessed today the request to return Kosovo issue to the United Nations would be the only appropriate reaction of Serbia to Pristina’s decision to ban entry to all Serbian officials, Danas daily reports. “Only this way Serbia could react as a serious state. Any other way would indicate that Serbian officials have […]
Read More →Vecernje Novosti: ”CIA protege involved in Ivanovic’s murder? Suspected of ‘NisEkspres’ bus explosion” (Serbian media)
Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti today’s edition on its front page carries a headline ”Protege of CIA ‘a brain’ of the Ivanovic’s liquidation”. Daily writes that Serbian’s authorities have photographs that clarify the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, as well as the name of a person suspected of being a direct perpetrator of the murder. This […]
Read More →Dacic on joint Pristina-Tirana foreign policy agreement (Tanjug, B92, Sputnik)
Pristina can not conduct its foreign policy independently because Kosovo and Metohija are integral part of Serbia, Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said, Tanjug news agency reported. He made these remarks commenting on Pristina-Tirana joint foreign policy agreement. “Fiasco that so-called foreign policy of Pristina faces on a daily basis, starting from retraction of recognition […]
Read More →“Agreement of Pristina and Tirana is not naive, scandalous there is no reaction of US and EU” (Tanjug, B92, TV Pink)
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said the agreement on common foreign policy of Pristina and Tirana and joint embassies is not naive. She added it is scandalous that there is no reaction of the US or the EU regarding that, Tanjug news agency reported. “It is terrible that Pristina and Tirana have signed an agreement […]
Read More →Fabrizi: EU does not change stance on dialogue (RTS)
Head of EU Delegation in Serbia, Sem Fabrizi said the EU will not change its stance on the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina regardless of election of a new administration, RTS reports. He recalled the stance of the EU is the dialogue should continue and reach a legally binding agreement. Speaking about Serbia’s EU integration […]
Read More →“Meeting with Eliot could be counterproductive” (Danas)
Meeting of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic with US Congressman Eliot Engel would not have major significance in resolving the Kosovo issue, given that Engel is an active Albanian lobbyist in Washington, diplomats told Danas daily. Danas daily interlocutors went on saying that this meeting could even be “counterproductive” for Serbia’s position in continuation of negotiations […]
Read More →Hoxhaj: We have no evidence to raise indictment in Ivanovic’s case (RTS)
Kosovo Special Prosecutor Syle Hoxhaj told Pristina-based Lajmi there is not yet evidence to raise the indictment in the case of Oliver Ivanovic’s murder. He noted the process of gathering evidence is still ongoing. “We still have nothing new, we are conducting investigation, undertaking necessary procedural steps, and that is all. We still did not […]
Read More →Taxes remain, no dialogue without Serbia’s recognition, Kosovo’s PM says (KoSSev, Beta, B92)
Ramush Haradinaj, Kosovo’s Prime Minister, told KoSSev portal that a solution for the normalisation of relations between Pristina and Belgrade was in Serbia’s recognition of Kosovo’s independence and that without it the import taxes would stay in place and there wouldn’t be any dialogue. In an interview with the KoSSev portal, based in Mitrovica north, […]
Read More →Army of Serbia Chief of Staff: KFOR the only legitimate force in Kosovo (Serbian media)
Army of Serbia Chief of Staff, general Milan Mojsilovic told KFOR Commander Lorenzo D’Addario that KFOR is the only legitimate armed formation in Kosovo, reported Serbian media. KFOR is the most responsible for the safety of the people in the entire territory of Kosovo, especially of the non-Albanian population in the north, General Mojsilovic told […]
Read More →Vucic on Haradinaj: There is no need to address letters to me (Tanjug, B92)
I wonder why Ramush Haradinaj even cares about me when even the powerful Trump, Merkel or Macron cannot harm him, President Aleksandar Vucic asks ironically. He said this with regards to Haradinaj’s observation that Vucic attempts to force Pristina to abolish tariffs, while the mentioned world leaders haven’t managed to do that, B92 reports. “What […]
Read More →Serbia says it using ‘alternative’ routes to supply Serbs in north Kosovo (Reuters)
Serbia is using “alternative” mountain tracks to send goods to Serb-dominated northern Kosovo to avoid having to pay a 100% import tax, Serbia’s president said on Wednesday, in comments likely to further strain ties between Belgrade and Pristina. Kosovo, a former Serbian province whose independence Belgrade refuses to recognize, imposed the tax last year as […]
Read More →Kosovo and Albania Agree to Run Joint Foreign Policy (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo and Albania have signed an agreement on unifying and coordinating their foreign policy, which will include joint embassies. Kosovo Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli visited his counterpart Gent Vakaj in Albania and they together signed the agreement on Tuesday. The two states agreed to closely coordinate foreign policy, create joint diplomatic missions and share staff […]
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