Delegation of the Serbian List in Vienna and Berlin on Economic and Political Issues (Vecernje Novosti)
The Serbian List announces that the delegation would have talks with the Serbian Diaspora and the Director of the Austrian Development Agency and discuss about possibilities of investment in the Serb majority areas in Kosovo, reports Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti. Delegation of the Serbian List headed by Goran Rakic as the President and the […]
Read More →Austrian chancellor assures stance on Kosovo won’t change (Tanjug, B92)
A political storm in Vienna caused by the Austrian vice-chancellor’s statement that Kosovo is a part of Serbia is not dying down, Tanjug is reporting. Speaking ahead of Wednesday’s session of his cabinet, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Austria was “a friend that supports the Western Balkans and is trying to contribute to the normalization […]
Read More →Kocijancic: EU members on its own decide on the recognition of Kosovo (TV Most, Tanjug)
European Commission spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic today did not want to comment the statement by Austrian Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strahe regarding the status of Kosovo, stressing that the issue of recognition concerns only the member states, reports TV Most. Answering the Austrian media’s question about the position of the European Commission towards the statement of the Austrian […]
Read More →Austrian vice-chancellor: Kosovo undoubtedly part of Serbia (B92, Beta, Tanjug, Politika, RTS)
Kosovo is without a doubt a part of Serbia, says Austrian Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache. In an interview for Belgrade-based daily Politika ahead of his visit to Serbia, Strache said it would be desirable if northern Kosovo had the right to “self-determination or autonomy” – and that it would be wrong to pressure Belgrade to recognize […]
Read More →“Bring W. Balkans into EU to keep Turkey and Russia at bay” (B92)
Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz has called on the EU “to bring the Balkans into its orbit.” In an interview for Germany’s Handelsblatt, quoted by Tanjug, Kurz “warned of the growing influence of Turkey and Saudi Arabia.” “In Sarajevo and Pristina, for example, women are paid to wear the full veil in public. We cannot […]
Read More →Austrian Defense Minister warns on Islamization of Balkans (RTS, TV Most)
Austrian Defense Minister Hans Peter Doskozil warned on the expansion of influence from Turkey and Saudi Arabia in the states of the Western Balkans. The EU influence in the states of the Western Balkans is declining, and at the same time Turkey and Saudi Arabia extend their influences in Albania, Kosovo and Serbia, stated Doskozil […]
Read More →Hoxhaj: We have concrete plans of cooperation with Austria in 2017 (Indeksonline)
Kosovo’s Foreign Minister, Enver Hoxhaj, met today Austria’s Ambassador to Kosovo, Gernot Pfandler. Hoxhaj and Pfandler discussed the cooperation between Kosovo and Austria, with particular focus in the action plan 2017 where concrete joint activities were defined. “The focus of this plan is to intensify economic cooperation, Austria’s support for Kosovo in the path of […]
Read More →Petritsch: Kosovo lost the sympathy of the EU (Blic, RTS)
The former EU special envoy for Kosovo, Wolfgang Petritsch, who was also the chief negotiator for EU talks on Kosovo in Rambouillet and Paris in 1999, says that the image of Pristina in tear gas smoke creates the idea that there is no political stability in Kosovo. Violence and democracy do not go together. Kosovo […]
Read More →Austrian parliamentarians’ Gracanica visit (KIM Radio)
Mayor of Gracanica Vladeta Kostic presented the municipality’s development plans to Austrian parliamentarians, led by the Austrian Ambassador in Pristina/Prishtine, Gernot Pfandler. Mayor Kostic informed the Austrian delegation about the main characteristics, current situation and development opportunities of the municipality of Gracanica. Kostic unveiled three directions of development of the municipality. He said that the municipality was a […]
Read More →Tahiri: Austria has applied for Kosovo’s dialing prefix (RTK)
Kosovo’s minister without portfolio and chief negotiator in the dialogue with Belgrade, Edita Tahiri, said Austria has officially applied with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for a dialing prefix for Kosovo. She said that Kosovo’s prefix will be 383. Tahiri thanked the Austrian government for its efforts in enabling Kosovo to have its own international […]
Read More →Fischer: Kosovo, an important issue for the entire Europe (media)
The President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, hosted today the President of Austria, Heinz Fischer, with the highest military honors by the Kosovo Security Force. During their meeting, the two presidents discussed the issues of economic development of Kosovo. “We had an extremely good and fruitful meeting with the President Fiescher, discussing the economic development. You President […]
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