What Kosovo Can(‘t) Expect from Vucic’s Call for Dialogue (Balkan Insight)
By: Gezim Krasniqi Far from signaling a new era in Serbia-Kosovo relations, Vucic’s recent call to ‘get real’ on the issue could lead to attempts to redraw borders. While optimists may have welcomed Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s recent call for an internal debate within Serbia about Kosovo, seasoned observers fear the move will serve to […]
Read More →Division, autonomy, Cyprus model: These are latest proposals for Kosovo (Blic)
While President Vucic is calling for an internal dialogue on Kosovo and considers how to resolve the Kosovo issue, certain scenarios, how to overcome this problem are already surfacing, Blic daily reported today. Division of Kosovo, personal and territorial autonomy, Cyprus model, economic co-operation and membership of Kosovo in international organizations, these are some of […]
Read More →Vucic: Serbs are not ready, but it’s time for new path (B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has emphasized that, in regard to Kosovo, he wants to start on a new path. Although the Serbs are not ready for that, he will not ease up, he said. “It’s easy to say, go and fight for Kosovo. However that always led us to war. I want to start a […]
Read More →Dacic for “delimitation” of Kosovo’s Serb and Albanian areas (Blic, Tanjug, B92)
Ivica Dacic says “delimitation to what is Serbian and what is Albanian” is one possible permanent compromise solution in the dialogue on Kosovo and Metohija. In an article he wrote for the daily Blic on Monday, quoted by Beta, the Foreign Minister and first Deputy PM wrote that he will “check the possibility of delimitation […]
Read More →“Serbia lost Kosovo, Kosovo Serbs got state” (Danas)
It is certainly good that President of Serbia talks about facing reality, but Vucic and his associates would have to do much more to convince people they are honest when they talk about some historic reconciliation with Kosovo and Albanians, stated Agron Bajrami, Editor-in-Chief of Koha Ditore to Danas daily. According to Bajrami, there were […]
Read More →Munter: “Mutual recognition of states” would help internal dialogue on Kosovo (Tanjug, Blic)
Former USA Ambassador to Serbia, Cameron Munter and the President of the East-West Institute, stated to Tanjug news agency that the initiation of an internal dialogue on Kosovo is an excellent initiative and expressed hope it would be successful. “This is a very welcome decision. I think Serbia and Kosovo are ready to talk about […]
Read More →Oliver Ivanovic: Good idea, but Djindjic, Kostunica, Tadic already had it (Tanjug, B92)
Leader of the Civic Initiative Freedom, Democracy, Justice (GI SDP) Oliver Ivanovic thinks President Aleksandar Vucic’s idea to “restore the dialogue on Kosovo” is “good.” Ivanovic stated that this was “the most important issue for all Serbs, no matter where they live.” “Engaging in forming a common stance that would survive an election cycle would […]
Read More →Djuric: Belgrade-Pristina agreement only if both sides are satisfied (BETA, RTK2)
Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo, Marko Djuric stated that the Belgrade-Pristina agreement is possible only if both sides are equally satisfied or dissatisfied with it. Djuric stated this to Pink TV adding Belgrade wants an agreement with Pristina, but not in a way that would fulfil their national interests only, in particular […]
Read More →Carl Bildt: New realism between Serbia and Kosovo? (Tanjug)
In what it seems to be the first international reaction on Serbia’s internal dialogue on Kosovo and reaction of the Kosovo Foreign Minister to it, Swedish diplomat Carl Bildt assessed as “interesting” an invitation of the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic for a wider social dialogue on Kosovo, asking in his Twitter post is it […]
Read More →With whom will Vucic have dialogue on Kosovo? (Fonet, Danas)
In an exclusive article published yesterday by Blic daily, President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic invited citizens to the internal dialogue on Kosovo. Commenting on the article and Vucic’s invitation, the leader of the New Party, Zoran Zivkovic said that Vucic would first need to take a stance on Kosovo, which he kept changing over the […]
Read More →Kosovo FM Welcomes Vucic’s Plan to Resolve Relations with Pristina (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo’s Foreign Minister, a former president and others have welcomed Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s call for a new spirit of ‘realism’ on the issue of Kosovo. Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj said that Serbian President’s Aleksandar Vucic’s plan to resolve relations between Belgrade and Pristina, would be a welcome turn in Serbia’s policy towards his […]
Read More →Dacic: Permanent solution for Kosovo, prerequisite for Serbia’s progress (Tanjug, RTS)
We managed to prevent legalization of a unilateral secession of the part of our territory through Kosovo membership in the most international organizations, stated Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, Tanjug and RTS reported today. A permanent solution for Kosovo is a prerequisite for Serbia’s progress, Dacic said, adding he fully supports Aleksandar Vucic’s proposal on […]
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