Western Balkan leaders ask for “full integration into EU” (B92, Tanjug)
Western Balkans leaders have signed a declaration urging the EU to make its enlargement to the Western Balkans “a matter of geopolitical significance.” The leaders, gathered at the two-day Brdo-Brijuni Summit in Tirana, signed the declaration on Thursday, the Slovenian agency STA reported. “The EU should keep in mind that the full integration of the […]
Read More →Veseli: Serbia will be responsible for all victims (B92, RTK2)
Belgrade based portal B92 reports, quoting Radio Television of Kosovo in Serbian language (RTK2), that the president of the Kosovo Assembly, Kadri Veseli claimed that on Monday formally started formation of an international tribunal for crimes committed by Serbia in Kosovo. The portal reports that Veseli at the same time threatened with arrest of “cowards […]
Read More →Vucic: My Kosovo solution idea failed; that will cost us dearly (B92, Blic, N1, Tanjug)
President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday he regretted that his idea of establishing a final compromise boundary between Serbs and Albanians has failed. As he said, the idea failed because “our people thought differently, and that will cost us dearly in two to three decades.” Vucic also announced today that he will meet with Italy’s […]
Read More →Vucic: Safe future of our children requires friends (B92, Kurir, Tanjug)
It is important to become a part of the EU, but what’s more important is to survive and secure a safe future for our children, and for this we need friends. President Aleksandar Vucic wrote this in an op-ed published by the Belgrade based daily Kurir. The president said that “regardless of the growing strength […]
Read More →“No new letter by Albanians from south of Serbia, it’s old news” (Tanjug, B92)
Belgrade based news agency Tanjug reports that Ragmi Mustafa confirmed that Bujanovac mayor Shaip Kamberi, member of the Serbian National Assembly Fatmir Hasani and he did not send a new letter, with an initiative to join the finale of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, to Federica Mogherini and Hashim Thaci. “There has been no new letter with […]
Read More →“Balkan Exodus”: Six million people have left region (B92, RTS)
EBRD analyses show that during migrations, highly qualified personnel rather than those with average knowledge and skills leave regional countries. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) President Suma Chakrabarti told RTS that migration of skilled workers has a negative effect on productivity, and that negative growth effects can also lead to the departure of […]
Read More →Merkel and Macron “must first mediate in Pristina” (The New York Times, B92, Blic)
The New York Times writes that German Chancellor Merkel and French President Macron should first mediate between Thaci and Haradinaj. The daily says that Merkel and Macron are to have “any hope of easing tensions between Kosovo and Serbia, and breaking a deadlock in talks on the normalization of relations” – then “analysts say they […]
Read More →“No progress, no failure; new talks in Paris in July” (Beta, B92)
President Aleksandar Vucic says he does not think there was “any failure” at Monday’s meeting in Berlin – adding that it’s better to talk than not to talk. Responding to question from journalists after the summit ended in Berlin, Vucic said that Angela Merkel’s and Emmanuel Macron’s engagement was very important and showed their determination […]
Read More →Serbia is ready – but it’s not up to us, says President Vucic (B92, Tanjug)
Serbian President met on Monday afternoon with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in Berlin. Vucic told Mogherini that Serbia was ready to, “as soon as tomorrow” to continue the dialogue, if Pristina lifted their taxes on Serbian products. “Whether that will happen is not in our hands,” Vucic told reporters in Berlin. He pointed […]
Read More →“Great powers focused on Western Balkans” (B92, Kurier)
“Great” powers want to deal with the Western Balkans now, according to a South East Europe expert from the University of Graz. “Both German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, who have not always been united in their policy towards the Balkans, now want to be on same side of the rope and […]
Read More →Serbian and Russian presidents meet in Beijing (B92, Tanjug)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met on Friday in Beijing with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two leaders are in China for the Belt and Road forum. According to announcements coming from both sides before the meeting, the main topic was Kosovo. At the start of their conversation, Putin said he was satisfied with economic cooperation […]
Read More →Georgia thanked for backing Serbia’s territorial integrity (B92, Srbija.gov.rs)
First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic was on a bilateral visit to Georgia on Wednesday, where he met with Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani. Dacic emphasized the importance of good and friendly relations between the two countries and its people, expressing satisfaction with successful cooperation in all areas of mutual interest, the government announced. […]
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