EU’s Hahn: Political compromise in Western Balkans must be rewarded (N1, FoNet)
Political agreement in the Western Balkans should be rewarded, the European Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn said on Monday and called on the bloc’s foreign ministers to start accession talks with North Macedonia, the FoNet news agency reported. Hahn added the move would be an essential signal to the whole region. “If the Belgrade – […]
Read More →Dacic: Great reserves concerning the outcome of the Paris Meeting (KIM Radio, Kurir)
Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic told Belgrade based daily Kurir that there is a certain will of Germany and France to hold a meeting in Paris, but there are also large reservations regarding the outcome of that meeting, KIM Radio quoted. “If it is not known in advance that the outcome of the meeting will be […]
Read More →“Given framework” placed on the table in front of Belgrade and Pristina? (B92, Vecernje Novosti)
According to the Belgrade daily daily Vecernje Novosti, in that “given framework”, there will be room for possible “amendments”. This should speed up the closure of the Kosovo issue, according to Western leaders, reports the daily. Vecernje Novosti writes that at the Paris summit, if it comes to it, could be revealed what is among […]
Read More →Damon Wilson: Kosovo and Serbia people may vote with their feet and leave if no solution (N1)
Damon Wilson, executive vice president at the Atlantic Council, told N1 that the world was moving on fast and it was really “in the interest of Serbia and Kosovo to close that chapter so that they can compete in the future otherwise their populations are going to vote with their feet and leave” their countries. […]
Read More →Apostolova: “The best solution for continuing dialogue is to abolish the tax” (RTS, RTK2)
Kosovo’s progress report confirms its European perspective, but it also shows that there are no shortcuts on the way to the EU, said Nataliya Apostolova, Head of the EU office in Kosovo, adding a glass is half full, and that the continuation of the reforms requires a strong political will of the Assembly and Government. […]
Read More →Palmer: Abolish taxes so that both sides return to negotiations (Beta, N1, Kurir)
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Palmer said on Monday that Washington wants Pristina to revoke the 100 percent tariffs imposed on goods from Serbia so that both sides can return to negotiations and reach an agreement for the sake of the entire region, reported Beta news agency. Speaking after a meeting with Serbian […]
Read More →Vucic calls Merkel to help; Dacic says meeting in Paris questionable (FoNet, N1)
Serbia’s President asked German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the phone to help with breaking the deadlock in the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade, Aleksandar Vucic’s office said on Saturday. Serbia is completely committed to the dialogue which is facilitated by the European Union with the intention to reach a compromise, a solution that is acceptable […]
Read More →Serbian List met with Matthias Lüttenberg (Radio Mitrovica Sever)
On the second day of the visit to Berlin, the delegation of the Serbian List, the President Goran Rakic, Vice President Dalibor Jevtic and members of the Presidency Bratislav Nikolic and Sasa Milosavljevic spoke with Advisor to German Chancellor Matthias Lüttenberg. The Serbian List in a statement said that Association / Community of Serbian Municipalities […]
Read More →UK ambassador to Serbia: UK and Serbia have complex relations, but share common values (Beta, N1, RTV, Blic)
The outgoing UK ambassador to Serbia Denis Keefe said on Thursday that his country and Serbia have a complex relationship, but that the two countries share common values, the Beta news agency reported. Keefe said, visiting the Vojvodina RTV Show Pravi Ugao (Right Angle), that British suggestion of the resolution on Srebrenica in the UN […]
Read More →French President will visit Serbia in mid-July (FoNet, N1)
Emmanuel Macron, French President, will come to Belgrade in mid-July to confirm good political relations and strengthen the economic links between the two countries, French ambassador to Serbia Frederic Mondoloni said on Thursday, the FoNet news agency reported. Macron was due in Serbia last November but had to postpone the visit due to the wave […]
Read More →Dacic: Dialogue on resuscitation (Blic, N1)
Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said yesterday that the dialogue with Pristina was on resuscitation and that the continuation depends on the “reanimator”, that was, those who should inhale a life into it, reported Belgrade based daily Blic. At a news conference after meeting with Miroslav Lajcak, Dacic said that Pristina had the goal of obstructing […]
Read More →Vucic: Paris meeting, if it happens, more important than UN session (RTS, FoNet, N1)
President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic told the Serbian state broadcaster on Monday that the next week’s UN Security Council session on Kosovo would be less important than a meeting in Paris with the same issue on the agenda in July “if it happens,” the FoNet news agency reported. Vucic added he had information Washington was […]
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