Belgrade considers launching arbitrage over tariffs? (Vecernje Novosti, Radio kontakt plus)
Belgrade is thinking of launching an arbitrage over the tariffs Pristina imposed on goods from central Serbia last November thus violating CETFA agreement, Vecernje Novosti reported. According to the daily, this option is on the table since 25 February after the 90 days have passed when the Government of Serbia submitted an official request to […]
Read More →Media reports on Serbian Government hiring lobbying firm not accurate (Tanjug, B92)
Information that the Serbian Government has hired US firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP to lobby for it in Washington are not accurate, Tanjug news agency reported. The news agency has learnt from the sources close to the Serbian Government, the talks with that firm are ongoing and relate to the eventual representation of […]
Read More →Ljajic mentions the possibility of forming “CEFTA plus” (Beta, Politika, N1)
Serbia’s Trade Minister Rasim Ljajic said on Tuesday the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) of 2006 became debatable after Kosovo introduced the 100 percent import duties on goods from Serbia and requires a recovery to maintain, the Beta news agency reported. Ljajic added Serbia was losing a million Euros per day due to Pristina’s […]
Read More →McAllister concentrates on how to get Brussels dialogue back on track, EU took a note of a debate on the exchange of territories (N1, RFE)
David McAllister, the European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur for Serbia told Radio Free Europe (RFE) in an interview his delegation called on Pristina authorities to revoke the decision on the 100 percent import taxes on goods from Serbia to enable the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue to resume, the Beta news agency reported on Wednesday. He said […]
Read More →Tanjug: EU demands Pristina’s unique position (RTS)
Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) reports, quoting Serbian state news agency Tanjug, that the European Union, as mediator in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, at this moment, has no answer to the question when the process of comprehensive normalization of relations could continue. In addition to tariffs on goods from central Serbia, the big […]
Read More →Serbian Trade Minister: We can’t expect CEFTA to solve the tariffs dispute with Pristina (Beta, N1)
Belgrade does not expect the problem of Kosovo’s increase of tariffs on goods from Serbia to be solved through the Central European Free Trade Agreement, CEFTA, and there is no hope for any compensation for the economic damage the policy has caused, said Serbia’s Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, Rasim Ljajic. “Nobody expects that […]
Read More →Mogherini warns alternative to Belgrade-Pristina dialogue dangerous (N1, Beta)
European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini on Tuesday called the authorities in Pristina to revoke the 100 percent tariffs on goods from Serbia and warned that the alternative to the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue is dangerous. Speaking at a news conference with Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic after a session of the EU-Serbia Stabilization and Association Council, […]
Read More →Dacic: Important that Serbia’s position at the UNSC session is heard; Pristina to withdraw tariffs then the continuation of dialogue (RTS)
Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic told reporters ahead of the session of the Belgrade committee of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) that it would be difficult to change the attitude of the great powers on the formation of Kosovo Army, but considers that it is important that at the session of the United Nations Security […]
Read More →Bosnia to seek Kosovo’s suspension from CEFTA and SAA (B92, TV Alfa, Avaz.ba)
The response of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) to Pristina’s 100% customs fees could be a request to exclude Kosovo from the CEFTA agreement, reports portal B92. Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia-Herzegovina Mirko Sarovic said, commenting on Pristina’s measures, aimed also against goods from central Serbia, that there was no need to resort to countermeasures – […]
Read More →Kosovo Trade Minister: I interrupted CEFTA meeting because of “Kosovo and Metohija” (Beta, N1)
Endrit Shala, Kosovo’s Trade Minister, said late on Thursday he had suspended a Central European Free Trade (CEFTA) meeting because a representative from Serbia addressed Kosovo as Kosovo and Metohija, Belgrade’s official name for its former province, despite being warned on several occasions not to do that, the Beta news agency reported. Shala told Pristina’s […]
Read More →Pristina, Tirana sabotage peaceful resolution of problem with trade tariffs (Serbian media, srbija.gov.rs)
Serbian media last night quoted the statement of the Government of Serbia on the CEFTA meeting held in Pristina last night. The statement reads: ”Despite numerous tensions in the relations with Pristina, representatives of the Serbian government attended today’s regular meeting of the CEFTA Joint Committee in Pristina in order to send once more a message of […]
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