Serbian official responds to Haradinaj statement (N1, FoNet)
The Kosovo Albanian political elite is in a panic after Prime Minister Ana Brnabic informed the world about their unlawful and anti-civilization measures, Serbian government official Marko Djuric said in a written statement to the media. Djuric, the acting head of the government’s Office for Kosovo, said the Kosovo Albanian political elite is “reacting to […]
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 →Popovic: No solution without Russia, China and US (Blic, Vecernje Novosti)
Negotiations on Kosovo under the auspices of the EU have yielded no results, without US, Russia and China it is impossible to achieve a viable and applicable compromise between Belgrade and Pristina, said Minister of Innovation and Technological Development Nenad Popovic, adding that the issue of Kosovo slowly returns to the Security Council of the […]
Read More →Rama: I do not know what happens behind closed doors (Tanjug, B92, TV Klan)
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said he has no detailed information about Belgrade-Pristina agreement. He denied he had a role in easing communication between Serbian and Kosovo presidents, Aleksandar Vucic and Hashim Thaci. “When I say “no” I am saying I have no detailed information that would put me in a position to have knowledge […]
Read More →Meeting of heads of governments of the West Balkan (Serbian media)
Serbian media reported yesterday that Albania would be hosting an informal meeting of the heads of the Western Balkan governments, citing a statement of the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama’s cabinet. The cabinet’s statement reads that the topic of the meeting will be “regional economic integration”, the development of a common vision for EU accession, […]
Read More →FM: Kosovo is “failed project, Greater Albania derivative” (Tanjug, B92)
Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says he was not surprised by the news of the elimination of roaming charges between Kosovo and Albania. As Dacic told reporters at the Foreign Ministry on Thursday, “this is nothing new, but something that has been happening for a number of decades and centuries – the desire to establish a […]
Read More →Haradinaj to Rama: Focus on developing Albania (Indeksonline)
In response to the statement by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama that Kosovo and Albania should have a single president in the near future, Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj said Kosovo does not need lectures from anyone. “I told Edi Rama that we can boast to one another as much as we want [but] […]
Read More →“Draw line between us and Greater Albania in Kosovo” (Tanjug, B92)
Greater Albania is the biggest threat to peace in the Balkans, Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin told Tanjug news agency. According to Vulin, the idea of all Albanians living in one state and having one president is “proof of Greater Albania” – and it must be stopped. Commenting on a statement made by Albanian Prime […]
Read More →EU on Rama’s statement: Political interference in neighbouring countries is not of a help (RTS)
On the occasion of the “idea” of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on the “joint president of Albania and Kosovo”, the European Union states that “the statements that can be interpreted as a political interference in neighbouring countries” are counterproductive both in building good neighbourly relations and progress on the path of EU integration of […]
Read More →Popovic: To declare Rama “persona non grata” in Serbia (RTS)
Statement of the Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama that Albania and Kosovo would have a common foreign policy and a president is directed against the peace in the region and represents a hostile act against Serbia and its people, Minister without portfolio in the Serbian Government Nenad Popovic told RTS. Popovic further said because of […]
Read More →“We could join EU together if Serbia recognizes Kosovo” (B92, Beta)
Edi Rama says although Serbia is ahead of Albania in the process of EU accession, the two countries could join the EU together. Speaking in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday, the Albanian prime minister said this could happen “under the assumption that Serbia recognizes Kosovo.” “This is a performance-based process. Serbia has advantage because it is […]
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