Security Services Oversight Committee: Tensions in Kosovo high, security situation in Serbia stable (RTS)
Serbian Assembly Committee for Security Services Oversight assessed today that the security situation in Serbia is stable despite of permanent exposure to the various security challenges, risks and threats of different intensity. The Committee also noted the situation in Kosovo and Metohija is marked by a high level of tensions caused by the Pristina authorities’ […]
Read More →Djuric: Eventual countermeasures in agreement with Serbs from Kosovo (Tanjug, B92, RTS)
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, Marko Djuric said there would be serious talks regarding eventual countermeasures against Pristina. Djuric noted all steps of the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and the government would be made by taking into consideration stance of the Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija. “We would seek an angle that […]
Read More →EU Integration Minister: Brussels Agreement left ‘stuck in the mud’ (N1, Beta, Politika)
The Brussels Agreement on the normalisation of relations between Belgrade and Pristina is left “stuck in the mud” because of the bad messages and tariffs imposed by Pristina, said Serbia’s European Integrations Minister Jadranka Joksimovic said on Sunday. “The Brussels agreement is stuck, partly because of the mud of the unilateral tariffs and bad messages […]
Read More →No countermeasures by Belgrade to Pristina’s taxes? (KoSSev)
The Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced in mid-April that Belgrade’s first countermeasures to Pristina’s taxes would arrive ‘around St. George’s Day.’ The decision on the countermeasures, however, has not been made yet. The Serbian Chamber of Commerce stated that the reciprocity to this measure would not have a big effect due to the small size […]
Read More →Todic: Elections organised in an ambiance of fear and uncertainty (RTS)
Elections for the mayors of four municipalities will be held on Sunday in the north of Kosovo, RTS reports. In the next five days, candidates will have the right to hold rallies and present themselves to voters. Zoran Todic, a Serbian List candidate for Mayor of Leposavic municipality told RTS that the elections are organized […]
Read More →Rama for TV Pink: Serbs and Albanians can do for the Balkans what France and Germany did for Europe!
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama points in an exclusive interview to Belgrade based TV Pink that he strongly advocates a new era in Albanian-Serbian relations and believes that Serbs and Albanians can do for the Balkans what France and Germany did for Europe. – I always thought and I still believe that Serbs and Albanians […]
Read More →Brnabic: Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to continue after tax abolition (Serbian Government, B92, Tanjug)
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Palmer spoke on Wednesday in Sarajevo. The conversation was about the current situation in Kosovo and Metohija, tariffs and the possibilities for the continuation of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, the Serbian Government announced. After the meeting, […]
Read More →Fabrizi: Pristina to lift tariffs, no alternative to dialogue (TV N1)
The Europe Union stance is clear – Pristina must revoke its decision on the 100 percent import tariffs on goods from Serbia to enable dialogue on normalization of relations to resume, and both sides have to commit to the talks, as they have no alternative, Sem Fabrizi, the chief of the EU delegation in Serbia […]
Read More →Pristina position exclusively depends on Belgrade, Serbia’s Vucic says (FoNet, Beta, N1)
Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s President, said in Berlin on Tuesday Kosovo could not consolidate itself as a state without Serbia, the Belgrade-based news agency reported. He said Serbia had been internationally recognised country and a UN member state, so it did not need Kosovo’s recognition. “You (Kosovo) cannot become anything without Serbia… Their position entirely depends […]
Read More →Prime Minister of Croatia Plenkovic: Belgrade and Pristina positions are quite distant (RTK2, Hina)
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic says that key messages from the Berlin meeting yesterday focused on an attempt to unblock the stalemate in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, reports RTK2 quoting Croatian news agency Hina. He added that the views of Belgrade and Pristina are quite distant “There were a few ideas, however, at this point, no […]
Read More →After five months newspapers arrived in northern Kosovo (Radio KIM, Radio kontakt plus)
After five months the daily newspapers from Serbia can be purchased at kiosks this morning in northern Kosovo, Radio KIM reports. Zvezdan Mihajlovic from KIM Beokolp company which is distributing the newspapers told Radio kontakt plus that additional 100 percent tariffs, Pristina introduced last year on goods from central Serbia, were paid, however the price […]
Read More →“Region has not made good use of CEFTA” (Tanjug, B92)
The region has not made good use of CEFTA, aimed at making the Western Balkans a single economy and preparing the market for the EU, says Mirsad Jasarspahic. Political decisions such as (Pristina’s) introduction of taxes are among the reasons for this, the vice president of the Chamber of Economy of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina […]
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