Letter to EU on Catalonia-Kosovo cases postponed (RTS, TV Most)
Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic, said to RTS today that the letter on Catalonian referendum is prepared, he has signed it, however the PM Brnabic would not take it to Brussels tomorrow, but it would, as per request of Spain, be delivered at a later stage, in order not to deteriorate the situation in this country. […]
Read More →Constitutions of Spain and Serbia do not recognize possibility of independence referendum (Politika)
Brussels did not provide convincing explanation, and I do not see how membership to the EU could influence international assessment of the declaration of independence, stated Serbian Academic and International Law Professor, Tibor Vardi to Politika daily. The parallel between Catalonia and Kosovo is not simple, but it is also not without grounds, said Vardi, […]
Read More →“Serbia will not accept any unilateral acts by Catalonia” (RTV, Tanjug, B92)
Serbia supports the territorial integrity of Spain and will not accept any unilateral acts by Catalonia, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Thursday. “We do not want what has been applied to Kosovo to be applied in the case of Catalonia,” Dacic told the RTV after a meeting with the Spanish ambassador to Serbia, […]
Read More →There is no right to separatism (Deutche Welle)
The Catalan regional government is planning to declare independence soon. However, it will not be able to refer to either international or the European law. The same thing as Kosovo did not become independent legally, but politically, Deutche Welle (DW) reported today. The right of the people to self-determination is an important principle of international […]
Read More →European Commission: We will provide argumented response to Serbia’s letter (Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti)
The European Commission stated, it will, upon receiving the letter from the Serbian authorities, in details respond to questions related to its position on Kosovo and Catalonia cases, Tanjug news agency reported today. “When we receive the letter, we will respond to it. You can be assured that our response would be well prepared and […]
Read More →Kosovo is precedent and not “unique case” (Politika)
Politika daily on its front page in today’s print edition, runs the article in which long-term judge in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Milenko Kreca expresses his opinion regarding Kosovo and Catalonia cases. The difference that the EU makes between Kosovo and Catalonia is an expression of political interests that have no […]
Read More →Why isn’t NATO bombing Madrid for 78 days? – fmr British diplomat (Russia Today)
It is a little bit late for the EU to remember international law on its Western border when it was ignoring it on its Eastern border, Marko Gasic, an international affairs commentator, told RT. Catalonia’s leader has vowed to declare the region’s independence from Spain in the coming days. Carles Puigdemont, the breakaway region’s president, […]
Read More →Sending a letter to the European Commission is for internal use (Danas)
The decision of the Government and the president of the state that Serbia sends a letter to the European Commission with a series of questions regarding the position of the Commission that the cases of Catalonia and Kosovo cannot be compared, is irresponsible and serves for internal political use, representatives of the opposition say, write […]
Read More →“Double standards triple our suffering” – Serbian President (TV Prva, B92)
Aleksandar Vucic says that the suffering of Serbia has been tripled because of the double standards employed by “those whose part our country wants to become.” The Serbian president spoke late on Tuesday after his meeting with high-ranking representatives of Romania, Bulgaria and Greece in Varna, Bulgaria, and added that these three countries are “very […]
Read More →Belgrade prepares a letter: EU to reconsider decision on Kosovo (Večernje Novosti)
Belgrade is preparing a letter which will be forwarded to 22 countries of the European Union after the Catalonia case. Belgrade will invite 22 EU member states to reconsider the decision to recognize Kosovo’s unilaterally declared independence, as Catalonia is an obvious example of their mistake, Večernje Novosti writes today. Novosti writes that this will […]
Read More →EU: It is not about double standards, Kosovo is “unique” (Tanjug, RTS)
The EU spokesperson, Maja Kocijancic, rejected allegations that different standards apply to Spain and Catalonia than those applied to Serbia, in case of Kosovo, adding that the international law is universal and the EU fully respects it, Tanjug news agency reported. “Kosovo is sui generis case,” she told Tanjug. “As the European Council confirmed Kosovo […]
Read More →Djuric: Are there different rules for Serbia in everything (RTS)
Statement from Brussels about Kosovo as “a sui generis case” are in frontal clashes with simple logic and truths, and insulting to the Serbian people, Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Director Marko Djuric said to RTS. “Instead of cynical and senseless phrases, I expect from the EU clarification of several issues to which Brussels does […]
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