Macron comes to Serbia directly from Russia, taking over the role of mediator? (Blic, Tanjug, B92)
Despite his standpoint against EU expansion, French President Emmanuel Macron comes to Belgrade with a message that France supports Serbia’s EU integration. This is according to Belgrade-based newspaper Blic that further said President Macron will pass on to the President of Serbia that France supports Serbia in resolving an open conflict with Kosovo Albanians. In […]
Read More →Vucic 99 percent sure Paris meeting not happening (Serbian media)
President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic says that he is 99 percent sure that the Paris meeting of the Western Balkans leaders with Kosovo, planned for July 1, would not be held because the Albanians “are not ready to talk about anything important,” Serbian media reported. Vucic adds that his impression was the Albanians wanted to […]
Read More →Apostolova: “The best solution for continuing dialogue is to abolish the tax” (RTS, RTK2)
Kosovo’s progress report confirms its European perspective, but it also shows that there are no shortcuts on the way to the EU, said Nataliya Apostolova, Head of the EU office in Kosovo, adding a glass is half full, and that the continuation of the reforms requires a strong political will of the Assembly and Government. […]
Read More →US says Kosovo police operation legal, Russia demands apology from Pristina (FoNet, N1)
The UK, the US and Germany called on the UN Security Council during the Monday’s meeting on Kosovo, to strategically revise the UNMIK mission, praising it for the job done so far, while Russia demanded an apology from Pristina for the treatment of its UN member, the FoNet news agency reported on Monday. The US […]
Read More →French President will visit Serbia in mid-July (FoNet, N1)
Emmanuel Macron, French President, will come to Belgrade in mid-July to confirm good political relations and strengthen the economic links between the two countries, French ambassador to Serbia Frederic Mondoloni said on Thursday, the FoNet news agency reported. Macron was due in Serbia last November but had to postpone the visit due to the wave […]
Read More →Serbia to continue lobbying for derecognition of Kosovo (Danas)
Belgrade-based daily Danas writes today it has learnt unofficially from diplomatic sources that Serbia would continue lobbying among the states that recognized Kosovo to revoke their decisions. The daily recalled EU High Representative and a mediator in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue in Brussels, Federica Mogherini urged earlier both Belgrade and Pristina to stop the lobbying activities related […]
Read More →“It’s time for France, too, to withdraw Kosovo recognition” (B92, Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti)
13 countries have reversed their decision to recognize unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo, so why wouldn’t France the same, asks Alexis Troude. The French historian is one of the petitioners urging Paris to withdraw its recognition of Kosovo, and is also announcing the launch of this initiative in the French parliament. “That would be very […]
Read More →Angela Merkel’s cabinet: We want dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Pobjeda, Tanjug, B92)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emanuel Macron wanted to give a new impetus to the process of normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina, Podgorica-based daily Pobjeda reports referring to the statement from Merkel’s cabinet. Responding to a question whether the direct involvement of Germany and France in resolving the Kosovo issue means […]
Read More →Vucic: Overthrow me in the streets, I won’t recognize Kosovo (RTS, Blic, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic late on Tuesday spoke about possible solutions for Kosovo, but also about expectations from the upcoming meetings in Rome, and in Tirana. Vucic was a guest at the Serbian public broadcaster RTS show “Upitnik” where he spoke about solutions for Kosovo after the Berlin summit, noting that he does not want […]
Read More →Dacic: Pressure to be fiercer than ever in next two months (Srpski Telegraf, Tanjug, B92)
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic has warned that in the two months after the summit in Berlin, pressure on Serbia will be fiercer than ever before. “The Berlin summit did not bring a solution, but a step has been made, given that Germany and France insist on the unblocking of the dialogue and the […]
Read More →Vucic: Safe future of our children requires friends (B92, Kurir, Tanjug)
It is important to become a part of the EU, but what’s more important is to survive and secure a safe future for our children, and for this we need friends. President Aleksandar Vucic wrote this in an op-ed published by the Belgrade based daily Kurir. The president said that “regardless of the growing strength […]
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