The train will not go to Mitrovica (N1, Politika)
A train that on Saturday, 14 January, went from Belgrade to Mitrovica, was funded by the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, writes Politika. This train, how Politika writes, will not go to Mitrovica, due to the safety of passengers and workers of Serbian Railways, but will transport passengers from Kraljevo to Požega. The train will be used […]
Read More →PM Vucic ready to establish “hotline with Pristina” (B92, Pink)
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday in Davos, Switzerland that “peace and stability have the greatest importance.” In this regard, Vucic added, he was “also ready to establish a hotline between Belgrade – Pristina. Vucic told TV Pink that he had “many important discussion for Serbia at the World Economic Forum,” and underlined […]
Read More →Nikolic to U.S. ambassador: You’ve created lots of trouble (B92)
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Tuesday in Belgrade received U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott. Nikolic told him that he “understands the U.S. is unconditionally supporting a thing whose creation it directly influenced,” and that Washington “caused a lot of trouble by exercising its will.” The president also expressed his hope that such conduct would […]
Read More →“Armed conflict in Europe averted by cool heads in Belgrade” (B92)
An armed conflict in the middle of Europe was averted over the weekend, says Sergei Zheleznyak, international secretary of the ruling United Russia party. He said peace was preserved on Saturday “only thanks to the peacefulness and the strong nerves exhibited by Serbia’s leadership and Aleksandar Vucic personally.” The Russian parliamentarian thus commented on Saturday’s […]
Read More →Lavrov: Albanian forces should not be in northern Kosovo (B92)
Russian Foreign Minister on Tuesday said that a new war in the Balkans must be avoided, and that Albanian forces should not be in northern Kosovo and Metohija. Speaking during his annual news conference in Moscow, Lavrov touched on the latest tensions between Belgrade and Pristina. “The forces of Kosovo Albanians should not be present […]
Read More →Mogherini was extremely worried, thanked Vučić (Serbian media)
EU foreign policy Chief Federica Mogherini was “extremely worried” as the situation with the Belgrade-Mitrovica train “could have escalated.” Mogherini said this on Monday afternoon while addressing reporters after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels. She was asked to comment “on the tensions over the weekend between Belgrade and Pristina over the ‘train […]
Read More →DS: President Nikolić is engine-driver of sufferings (B92, Blic)
Opposition DS party leader Dragan Šutanovac has accused President Tomislav Nikolić of “fueling further conflict and leading Serbs in Kosovo into new risks.” According to Sutanovac, Nikolic is doing this with his “warmongering statements.” The President of Serbia, instead of calming passions and to publicly warn Vučić because of his sending of a travesty of the […]
Read More →Hahn: The dialogue should not be put in question (Kontakt plus radio, N1)
European Commissioner Johannes Hahn says that “must not be endangered what has already been achieved in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina,” and that “must be looking forward, not backward.” He said this during arrival for the upcoming meeting of foreign ministers of the EU, answering journalists’ question on how he sees the tension between […]
Read More →Vucic: Our wisdom preserved peace in Kosovo (B92)
“Thanks to the wisdom and the desire to avoid conflicts and preserve peace Serbia managed to do that,” PM Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday evening in Belgrade. Speaking about the incidents in Kosovo over a passenger train traveling from Belgrade to Kosovska Mitrovica, Vucic, who was a guest on a TV Pink talk show, added: […]
Read More →Headlines 16 January
Headlines – 16.01.2017 Serbia threatens with military intervention, Kosovo vows not to allow provocations (Koha) Thaçi: Serbia’s threats endanger Balkans (Zëri) Protest in the north regarding Belgrade-Mitrovica train (Koha) KFOR ready for intervention (Zëri) Brussels calls for dialogue (Koha Ditore) US respects the right of Kosovo to intervene in the north (Koha Ditore) Bahtiri hails […]
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