Kurti: Dialogue with Serbs, not Serbia (Danas, Blic)
Our priority will be dialogue with the Serbs from Kosovo, we have an economic and social plan for the northern municipalities of Kosovo and we are not against the Serbs, but Serbia is against us, said leader of the Self-Determination Movement Albin Kurti. Belgrade based daily Danas published a summary of Blic newspaper interview with […]
Read More →Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to be led by the presidents? (Večernje Novosti)
Belgrade and Pristina negotiating teams to be led by the presidents in the future, if both sides agree, Večernje Novosti learns in Brussels. The Cabinet of the High Representative, Federica Mogherini so far several times has repeated that it depends from the participants of the dialogue who will sit in their teams, when it comes […]
Read More →Germany has “special plan for Western Balkans” (B92, Vecernje Novosti)
Germany has prepared “a special program for the Western Balkans” – as compensation for the long wait of the region’s countries to join the EU, writes a daily. Citing diplomatic sources, Vecernje Novosti is reporting that Berlin has prepared a “mini Marshall Plan” for the Balkans, which should over the next few years boost the […]
Read More →Drecun: The campaign started in the UN to withdraw UNMIK from Kosovo (RTS, N1)
President of the Committee of the Assembly of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun says that presentations of the Western ambassadors at the session of the UN Security Council regarding the quarterly report on Kosovo, represent the start of the campaign for the withdrawal of UNMIK from Kosovo and an attempt to relocate the […]
Read More →Vucic responds to Haradinaj’s threats: “I know who you are” (B92)
Prime Minister and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday reacted to Ramush Haradinaj’s latest threats to say that he “knows very well who Haradinaj is.” The Kosovo Albanian politician and former KLA leader, wanted by Belgrade on war crimes charges, earlier advised Vucic not to “mess” with him or “play with Albanians.” “They are attacking us […]
Read More →Russian and EU parliamentarians “could meet in Serbia” (B92)
Brussels is considering the possibility of holding a meeting between European Parliament members and Russian legislators “on neutral territory.” And this territory may be Serbia, according to a report in Russia’s Izvestia newspaper, cited by TASS. The initiative came from Jiri Mastalka, deputy chairman of the EP Committee on Relations with Russia, the daily said. […]
Read More →“Talks needed with outcome not rigged in Pristina’s favor” (B92)
“Washington’s policy in the Balkans never made much sense,” as the US “wanted to keep some nations together and dismantle others.” This is what international politics contributor for the Forbes, Doug Bandow, wrote for the media outlet’s website, under the headline: “Bungled Intervention In Kosovo Risks Unraveling: A New Deal Needed For Peace”. “The only […]
Read More →Belgrade and Pristina agree to continue high level meetings (media)
Serbian PM Aleksandar Vučić said late on Tuesday that Belgrade and Pristina agreed to hold a series of high level meetings within the Brussles dialogue. He made the statement after the meeting held in Brussels, attended and by the Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić, and Kosovo’s President and Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi and Isa Mustafa, with […]
Read More →Vučić, Nikolić, Mustafa and Thaçi on a dinner (Blic)
The dialogue on the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina under the auspices of the European Union (EU) continues today in Brussels, with the participation of presidents and prime ministers of Kosovo and Serbia. In the new round of dialogue that had been scheduled by EU High Representative Federica Mogherini. The President and the […]
Read More →PM “lost trust in Pristina,” not optimistic ahead of talks (B92)
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday that he has “lost his trust in Pristina” and that for this reason, the dialogue in Brussels will be “difficult.” Speaking during a news conference with the chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Vucic added that he “above all” expects EU’s “clear messages”: “I want to […]
Read More →Janjić: Belgrade and Pristina to declare whether the dialogue will be continued (Blic)
Political analyst Dušan Janjić believes that during the dialogue, scheduled at the highest level in Brussels for tomorrow, both sides should clarify their attitudes about whether the dialogue will continue to be challenged or will be continued. Janjić told Beta that there is no information on an agenda for the meeting, suggesting that the next […]
Read More →Djuric: Adequate legal protection secured for Kosovo Serbs (Tanjug)
BRUSSELS – With EU facilitation, the Belgrade and Pristina delegations on Wednesday agreed on implementation of the 2015 agreement on the judiciary, which secures adequate legal protection for Serb natural and legal entities in the province, says Marko Djuric, head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija.“Following months of diplomatic efforts, our delegation managed to […]
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