Danas: Matthew Palmer will take over the mediation mission of Belgrade and Pristina (Danas, B92, RTK2, Dnevnik)
Belgrade based daily Danas learns that Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Palmer should be included in the “mediation mission ” of Belgrade and Pristina. He should take over one of the key roles in future negotiations of the two sides, Danas learns. This daily, referring to diplomatic sources in the West, reports that it […]
Read More →“Holbrooke’s model” of negotiation the most realistic (Danas)
Belgrade based daily Danas writes about three possible ways of US engagement in search for a solution to the Kosovo issue. Commenting on the expected increase of the US engagement in the next phase of negotiations on Kosovo, which many see as final, unofficially Western diplomats for daily Danas cite as the first ”the Kissinger […]
Read More →No justice for Albanian victims in Kosovo, let alone the Serbs says human rights activist (Danas, N1)
A Kosovo human rights activist has expressed doubts about justice for Albanian and Serb victims of the conflict in the 1990s. Bekim Blakaj, Director of the Humanitarian Law Centre Kosovo, told Belgrade daily Danas that he fears that most of the victims will not receive justice. “We have no one convicted for the murder of […]
Read More →Official says no mention of southern Serbia territory swap (Danas, Beta, N1 )
A Serbian government official said there has never been any official talk about the annexation to Kosovo of three municipalities in southern Serbia. Zoran Stankovic, head of the Coordination Body for Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja said an exchange of territories was only mentioned by some Kosovo Albanian political leaders. “An exchange of territories and the […]
Read More →Solution to Kosovo problem throws a shadow at other important issues (Danas, FoNet, N1)
Norwegian ambassador to Belgrade, Arne Sannes Bjørnstad, told the Belgrade Danas daily on Friday that Serbia’s membership to the European Union did not depend only on a solution to the Kosovo issue, but also on the rule of law and media reforms, the FoNet news agency reported. He said the focus was mainly on Kosovo, […]
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 […]
Read More →US supports Vucic and Thaci’s agreement (Danas)
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs George Kent told Belgrade-based daily Danas that the United States will continue to support Serbian and Kosovo President Aleksandar Vucic and Hashim Thaci to reach an agreement. – I think we will continue to support the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo to reach an […]
Read More →Biserko: Is it worth to sacrifice Serbs from Kosovo because of the agreement on the division of territory? (NMagazin, Danas)
Chairperson of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Sonja Biserko assessed for Belgrade-based daily Danas that the division of Kosovo and the exchange of territory became legitimate option for a part of the international community and warned that such a solution would sacrifice the fate of the Serbs there. Biserko told Danas that the Serbian […]
Read More →Jeremic: Flag of Kosovo in Notre-Dame do not affect them; diplomatic and media ‘blitzkrieg’ in 2019 (Danas)
National People’s Party leader Vuk Jeremic said that Kosovo flag in Notre-Dame do not ‘affect too much’ the state top of Serbia, reports Belgrade based daily Danas. He also said that representative of Kosovo would not have been invited to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, if the “performance” […]
Read More →“It’s all part of a political Kosovo pot” (Serbian media, International media)
Serbian media covers and today the issue of the disclosure of the letter of the US ambassador to the UN, Nikki R. Haley, proposing the departure of UNMIK from Kosovo. After yesterday’s reports on the indignation of Serbian officials, today the media covers comments and opinions of people familiar with the Kosovo situation as well […]
Read More →NATO for Danas daily: The decision of the Kosovo authorities
NATO supports the development of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) within its current mandate. The KSF is a professional force and a source of regional stability, said a NATO official in Brussels to Belgrade-based daily Danas, who wanted to remain anonymous and stressed that “it is important to say that when launching any initiatives regarding […]
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