German Special Envoy to the Balkans: “The road-map is clear, only that Serbia and Kosovo will not be eventually united” (Blic)
Belgrade based daily Blic writes today that the great American diplomatic return to the Balkans, obviously initiated by the EU’s inability to unravel the Kosovo knot, has sparked nervousness in the EU, and emissaries come to see what can be done after Mogherini’s diplomatic collapse. One of them, Peter Beyer, a member of the German […]
Read More →Bled forum starts today: Dacic on the sidelines of a forum with Palmer (Blic)
The traditional Bled Strategic Forum, which begins today in Bled, Slovenia, will be dedicated this year to stability in the region, sustainable development and economic prosperity. Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic represents Serbia. The two-day gathering ”Sources of (in) Stability” will bring together a number of senior EU officials from the Western Balkans, Turkey, the US […]
Read More →Russian Ambassador Botsan-Kharchenko: Serbia’s agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union on October 25th (Tanjug, Blic)
Russia’s ambassador to Serbia Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko said that Belgrade was expected to sign a free-trade pact with the Moscow-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) on October 25, reported Belgrade based agency Tanjug. “This is a significant event. The media are paying due attention to it,” Botsan-Kharchenko said in a tweet. He said Serbia’s entry into the […]
Read More →”Russian weapons for Serbia a threat to region”, Kosovo official says (N1, FoNet, B92, Blic)
Kosovo’s deputy Defense Minister Burim Ramadani said on Tuesday that the arming of Serbia with Russian weapons is a threat to the Balkan region, Pristina press reported. Belgrade based daily Blic reports that US is the biggest donator for the Serbian Army. Ramadani is quoted as saying that this is Serbia’s and Russia’s revenge against […]
Read More →Charles Michel heads Council of Europe, Christine Lagarde nominated for ECB President (Serbian media)
German Minister of Defence Ursula von der Leyen proposed for the President of European Commission. On yesterday’s meeting of European Council, the decision on the successor of Donald Tusk has been reached, so Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel was elected the new President of the European Council. Former President Donald Tusk announced this information on […]
Read More →It became more certain that Paris meeting will not happen, claims Vucic (Serbian media)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic emphasized today that the head of the KiM Office, Marko Djuric, was in Berlin at a preparatory meeting for a possible summit in Paris, and that it is even more certain now that the summit will not happen, reported Serbian media. – I sent Marko Djuric to that meeting personally – […]
Read More →Paris: To be or not to be? (Blic, KIM radio)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic says that most probably there will not be a meeting in Paris. Unnamed diplomatic circles told Belgrade based daily Blic that representatives of Berlin and Paris will hold a series of unofficial meetings with Haradinaj and Thaci this week to prepare for a meeting on July 1 in Paris. Blic reports […]
Read More →Shifts in Embassies of Russia and the United States in Belgrade (Blic)
Belgrade based daily Blic writes today about a Russian, an excellent connoisseur of the issues of Southeast Europe, and especially of Kosovo, and an American, who is appreciated as a connoisseur of Russian affairs. These two are new ambassadors to Belgrade – Russian and American – who will soon begin their service in Serbia. Both […]
Read More →Tadic: Essence of Kosovo solution more important than its timing (Beta, Blic, N1)
Former President of Serbia and Social Democratic Party leader Boris Tadis told Belgrade media that foreigners asked the opposition not to disturb the public because President Aleksandar Vucic promised them Kosovo, reported Serbian media. Speaking for Belgrade based daily Blic, Tadic said that no one can tell when will the solution for Kosovo happen but […]
Read More →Blic: Kosovo scenario ready, if a Paris meeting happens (Serbian media)
Belgrade based daily Blic writes today that framework could be formulated for resolving the Kosovo problem at the meeting of the region’s leaders with Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron in Paris on July 1. According to the daily, the final proposal should be harmonized by the end of the year. If such a scenario comes […]
Read More →Dacic: Guterres fully informed about the situation in Kosovo (RTS, Tanjug)
Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic met in New York with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, reports Serbian state broadcaster RTS. Dacic met with Guterres after the UN Security Council session on Kosovo. Dacic told state news agency Tanjug that that the UN Secretary General was fully informed about the situation in Kosovo. As quoted in the statement […]
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