Ljajic: EU has chance to tell Pristina to revoke tariff on December 17 (TV Pink, Beta, N1)
Serbia’s Trade Minister said on Wednesday the European Union will have a last chance to explicitly call on Pristina to withdraw its decision on tariffs on December 17, during a meeting of the Standing Committee on Kosovo’s accession, the Beta news agency reported. Rasim Ljajic told the Belgrade-based Pink television that “there were enough of […]
Read More →Serbian PM comments on statements of her Albanian counterpart (RTS)
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said the sole goal of Edi Rama’s latest statements is political spin, and blaming Serbia for all the unreasonable decisions made in Pristina, RTS reports. Reacting on statements Albanian PM Rama made in Croatia – who said that Serbia had “violated the CEFTA (free trade agreement) – Brnabic said she […]
Read More →Situation not normal, Albanian PM Rama says (N1, Beta)
Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama said the 100 percent tariffs imposed by Pristina on goods from Serbia are ”not normal, but the situation is not normal as well,” regional broadcaster N1 reported. ”In normal conditions this would be a problem,” Rama told reporters at a meeting of the Central European Initiative, adding that Serbia violated […]
Read More →Serbia submits request to CEFTA over Pristina’s measures (Serbian Government, B92)
Prime Minister Ana Brnabic has sent a formal request to the CEFTA Secretariat for direct consultations within the joint committee. Brnabic informed the citizens of Serbia on Tuesday evening that she did this on behalf of the government, and in accordance with the CEFTA (regional free trade agreement), the Serbian Government announced. Brnabic explained to […]
Read More →Serbia turns to China for help; “It’s never been worse” (Tanjug, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister Ana Brnabic have asked China’s Ambassador in Belgrade, Li Manchang to inform the Chinese leadership that Serbia “has never been in a more difficult situation.” Ambassador Li responded to this by saying he will notify the President of China about the issue in the course of the day. […]
Read More →Kosovo bans the import of products with the inscription ”Kosovo and Metohija” (Kossev)
More than a week after the introduction of a 10% tax increase on products from Serbia and Bosnia and Hercegovina, the Kosovo government made a decision to completely ban imports of some products from Serbia. Kosovo Trade and Industry Minister, Endrit Shala also made a decision that the trade inspection should not allow the import […]
Read More →Brnabic: Pristina discriminates everything that is Serbian (RTS, Tanjug, KIM Radio)
Serbian Prime Minster Ana Brnabic said in Vienna that Pristina with additional taxes on goods from Serbia, discriminates everything that is Serbian, KIM Radio reports today. Speaking at a press conference, following the working breakfast of the EU chair, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurtz with prime ministers from the Western Balkans, Brnabic noted that Serbia is […]
Read More →Ljajic: Lifting taxes or Kosovo to leave CEFTA (KIM Radio)
“Belgrade expects the European Commission to exercise pressure upon Pristina institutions in order to lift taxes increased by 10 percent on Serbian goods,” Serbian Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, Rasim Ljajic said, KIM Radio reports. Alternative to it, would be that Kosovo leaves the CEFTA agreement, Ljajic added. He stressed “it would not be […]
Read More →Kosovo officially takes over CEFTA chairmanship (RTK)
Kosovo has today officially taken over chairmanship over the Central Europe Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) and Kosovo’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Bajram Hasani, said on the occasion that Kosovo will play a constructive role during this period. “As minister of the Kosovo government and chairperson of CEFTA we will make utmost effort to fulfill […]
Read More →Gerxhaliu: Trade is like water, it finds its way (KIM radio)
Good cooperation between the chambers of commerce of Serbia and Kosovo is an exception in the relations between Belgrade and Pristina, says the president of the Kosovo Chamber of Commerce Safet Gerxhaliu, KiM radio reports. “Trade is like water, it finds its own paths,” he says in the “Dogovor!?” TV show of KIM Radio Television. […]
Read More →Kosovo without UNMIK acronym during CEFTA presiding (RFE)
Next year Kosovo is expected to chair the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA). Kosovo’s Minister for Trade and Industry, Bajram Hasani, told Radio Free Europe that Kosovo will be presiding only under the name Kosovo, without UNMIK acronym. He added that representatives of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo will not be participating at […]
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