Prime Minister of Croatia Plenkovic: Belgrade and Pristina positions are quite distant (RTK2, Hina)
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic says that key messages from the Berlin meeting yesterday focused on an attempt to unblock the stalemate in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, reports RTK2 quoting Croatian news agency Hina. He added that the views of Belgrade and Pristina are quite distant “There were a few ideas, however, at this point, no […]
Read More →Berlin summit – pompous, and hollow (N1)
Journalist and sociologist Zoran Panovic told N1, referring to yesterday’s Brussels summit, that it turned out pompous, and hollow – with a lot of phrases. Obviously, the pressure was there, Panovic said. Panovic estimates that there is a paradox concerning the relations between Serbia and Germany – personal, Vucic’s and other links are best with […]
Read More →Serbian FM Dacic: Berlin Summit isn’t format for Belgrade – Pristina talks (RTS, Beta, N1)
Ivica Dacic, Serbia’s Foreign Minister, said on Tuesday the mini-summit of the Western Balkans’ leaders held in Berlin was not an adequate format for the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue on normalisation of relations, the Beta news agency reported. He told Serbia’s state RTS television the Berlin meeting had been chosen as a “preparation” for the […]
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 →Hahn: Goal is to unblock Kosovo dialogue (N1, Beta)
The goal of the Western Balkans summit in Berlin is get the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue moving, European Commissioner Johannes Hahn told the German DPA news agency. The April 29 summit of top Serbia and Kosovo officials has been called at the initiative of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron. Hahn welcomed the initiative […]
Read More →What is the double sovereignty? Dacic explains (RTS, B92, Beta)
Ivica Dacic said that it is expected that at the upcoming meeting in Berlin, probably would be additional pressure on Belgrade and Pristina to continue the dialogue. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia told Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) that Pristina must abolish the tariffs for this to happen. “There are additional pressures on […]
Read More →Albanian media made up “dual sovereignty” story – president Vucic (B92, Tanjug)
President Aleksandar Vucic says Serbia has been offered nothing resembling “dual sovereignty” over the north of Kosovo. Therefore, nothing of the kind will happen in Berlin, Vucic told a news conference on Thursday. The meeting will take place at the end of April, dedicated to Kosovo and organized by Germany and France. “Shared sovereignty is […]
Read More →Dacic: Vucic will be pressured in Berlin, meeting organized without knowledge of EU (TV Pink, Tanjug, B92)
President Aleksandar Vucic would face pressure in Berlin over Kosovo and Metohija, therefore the meetings he would have in Beijing with Chinese and Russian presidents are very important, Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic told TV Pink. Dacic noted he does not expect pressure related to making some new framework of the content of the […]
Read More →The abolition of tariff is ”a minimum of the minimum” for continuation of talks with Pristina, Serbian PM Brnabic says (Serbian media)
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said in Belgrade yesterday that the abolition of Kosovo’s tariffs on goods from Serbia was “a minimum of the minimum” for continuing talks with Pristina. She added that she did not expect much from the upcoming meeting in Berlin. “I do not expect much (from the meeting in Berlin), we […]
Read More →Vucic worried over situation in Kosovo, forthcoming meeting in Berlin (Tanjug, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he is very worried because of everything in Kosovo and Metohija and the forthcoming meeting in Berlin, Tanjug news agency reported. “I am worried about everything and the meeting in Berlin. Not because I am afraid of any pressure, nor I think there would be any, but I do not […]
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