EC nominees: Hungarian new EU enlargement Commissioner, Croatian vice-president (N1)
President-elect of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyen, presented her new team and the new structure of the next EC on Tuesday, with Hungarian László Trócsány set to be a new Enlargement Commissioner and Croatia’s MEP Dubravka Suica as EC’s Vice-President for Democracy and Demography. Later in September, Parliamentary committees will hold hearings […]
Read More →International Day of Missing Persons – region still looks for 10.167 persons (RTS)
International Day of Missing Persons is being marked in Serbia. As a consequence of the wars that happened in the region during the nineties 10.167 persons are still uncounted for. Out of this number more than 3.800 persons are of Serb nationality RTS reports today. RTS added that the families of the missing persons would […]
Read More →Vucic in Krusedol on 24th anniversary of “Storm” operation (Serbian media)
“The Serbs left, but they hadn’t vanished”, President Aleksandar Vucic said last night while marking 24th anniversary since the operation “Storm” in Croatia, Serbian media report. “The Serbs have left and it caused tremendous grief and sorrow in the heart of every single Serb. Is Croatia today happier, more successful or wealthier because of it? […]
Read More →Bosnian Serb leader redraws borders across the Balkans, causes fierce reactions (N1)
Bosnian Serb leader and tripartite Presidency Chairman, Milorad Dodik, redrew the borders between Bosnia and Serbia, saying that some kind of integration between Serbia, Bosnia’s Republika Srpska (RS) entity and what he said is a Serb-dominated part of Montenegro must happen in the future. “I know it won’t happen right now, but I’m sure it […]
Read More →Montenegrin opposition leaders, Dodik to meet Putin in Belgrade; Erdogan on the Dayton agreement (B92, Al Jazeera, Beta, Glas Srpske)
Leaders of Montenegro’s opposition Democratic Front Andrija Mandic and Milan Knezevic will attend the lunch that the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will organize for Vladimir Putin. The Russian president will arrive in Serbia on Thursday to a formal visit. Beta agency reports on Wednesday that Belgrade, but also “international circles”, perceived the visit as “one […]
Read More →“Putin to honor Serb victims of Croatia’s Operation Storm” (BETA, Danas, B92)
The “advance party” of Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in Serbia on January 12, Beta news agency is reporting, citing an article published by Belgrade-based daily Danas. It is then that the detailed plan of Putin’s visit, scheduled for January 17, will be known, the report added. Citing “unofficial diplomatic sources,” the newspaper states […]
Read More →Reactions on Enver Hoxhaj’s “pact statement” (Serbian media)
Serbian media over the weekend reported on the statement Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Enver Hoxhaj made, saying that, on several occasions, he had discussed founding a pact to oppose Serbia and its “aggressive policy” with the leaders of Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro while visiting those countries. Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, Marko […]
Read More →Head of Croatian diplomacy worried about redrawing borders (Blic, Hina)
Croatian Foreign Minister Marija Pejcinovic-Buric met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington on Wednesday. Among other things, she spoke about the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and warned against the danger of redrawing the borders, Belgrade daily Blic reports, quoting Croatian news agency Hina. Pejcinovic-Buric said that she “expressed concern about the […]
Read More →10,000 still missing in former Yugoslavia (N1, Beta)
More than 10,000 people are still listed as missing in the wars in the former Yugoslavia, an organization of the families of missing persons said on Tuesday. A total of 10,281 people are still listed as missing and their fate is unknown, including a little more than 3,600 Serbs, the Coordination of Serb Associations of […]
Read More →Dacic: Don’t send us arrogant messages; don’t insult us (B92, Tanjug)
Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says it is “absolutely counterproductive that some foreign ministers are sending arrogant messages to Belgrade.” Dacic, who is taking part in an informal meeting of EU and candidate countries’ foreign ministers in Sofia, Bulgaria, noted on Friday that when it comes to bilateral disputes, EU’s stance is “not to import instability, […]
Read More →B92: EU “won’t accept countries with open issues with neighbors” (Serbian media)
EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn says 2025 is “a realistic goal for a new wave of (EU) enlargement.) Serbia and Montenegro have currently “progressed the farthest” toward that goal – but that does not mean that the two countries will definitely be the first to “cross the finish line,” Hahn told Austria’s APA agency. “There is […]
Read More →B92: Croatia to have some role concerning Kosovo army (Večernje Novosti)
Croatia will not directly engage in the formation of the Kosovo army – as has been announced by candidate for Kosovo PM Alibin Kurti, writes Vecernje Novosti. However, the daily – that refers to Kurti as “the leader of the Self-Determination” – adds that it learned from “well-informed military and political circles in Zagreb” that […]
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