Ex-US Ambassador to Serbia: Enough is enough, Belgrade to say “no” to EU, US (In Serbia, Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti)
Serbia should not agree with the formation of the Kosovo army even at the cost of EU integration, said former US ambassador to Serbia William Montgomery. “Enough is enough”, Montgomery answered when asked by Tanjug how he sees messages delivered to Belgrade by US State Department official Wess Mitchel, including the open support of the […]
Read More →Situation in Balkans in focus of Vucic’s meeting with Lavrov (InSerbia)
The situation in the Balkans was in focus of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on the sidelines of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. “We hail any opportunity to hear your opinion about the developments in the regions, to coordinate our further steps on […]
Read More →Albanian lobbyists, Clinton Foundation drafting resolution to make Pristina UN observer (InSerbia, Sputnik, B92)
Following the announcement of internal dialogue on Kosovo, Albanian lobbyists are busily preparing a resolution for the UN in order to give Kosovo a chair. According to Sputnik, lobbyists in America are working on the draft, helped by the Clinton Foundation, and their plan is for Kosovo to gain the status of “an observer state,” […]
Read More →US analysts: Trump has no plan for Balkans, EU is running out of “carrots” (InSerbia)
The new US administration has not yet formulated a policy towards the Western Balkans, and the European Union is running out of “carrots” to motivate the Balkan countries in the implementation of reforms, and again European integration, with Russian obstructions, still remains the best way for the region – US analysts said on Monday on […]
Read More →Flessenkemper: Western Balkan countries are poorer than they were 30 years ago (InSerbia)
The Western Balkan countries are poorer than they were 30 years ago, which is why they will need at least 25 years to reach the EU and therefore Germany has submitted a plan “Berlin process plus”, said project director for the Balkans at the European Institute CIFE in Nice and member of the Advisory group […]
Read More →Analyst: EU sees Vucic as politician who will deliver Serbia’s recognition of Kosovo (InSerbia)
Struggling against Euroscepticism in Western Europe, the EU is seeking to reinvent itself with expansion to the East that threatens the stability of the Balkans, analyst Igor Pshenichnikov warns. Amid rising Euroscepticism in Western Europe, the EU is focused on eastern enlargement, but its desire to “relaunch” the European project depends on pressuring eastern European […]
Read More →“French disgrace”: Serbian delegation walkout at CoE session (InSerbia)
A delegation of Serbia’s National Assembly on Thursday left a session of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly, held in Strasbourg, France, in protest. The move was prompted by the decision of a French court earlier in the day to reject Serbia’s request to extradite Ramush Haradinaj. According to a statement, the Serbian delegation “condemned […]
Read More →Miscevic: Europe is preoccupied with its own issues, but must be present in the Balkans (InSerbia, N1)
There is no word from Brussels how the suspension of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue following Ramus Haradinaj’s “arrest” might have on Serbia’s EU integration. Serbia’s chief negotiator with the EU, Tanja Miscevic, said this on Monday. Speaking for N1, when asked whether Serbia can hope to open new EU membership negotiations chapters “if the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue […]
Read More →Füle: If the EU disengages from the Balkans, others will engage ‘immediately’ (EurActiv, InSerbia)
Former Enlargement Commissioner Štefan Füle told an audience today (7 December) that if the EU distances itself from the Western Balkans, other geopolitical players will immediately seize the opportunity to assert their influence over the region. The ex-Commissioner, who now works as a special envoy to the Balkans for the Czech ministry of foreign affairs, […]
Read More →Zakharova: Kosovo demonstrates its functional non-viability as state (InSerbia)
Kosovo is demonstrating functional non-viability as a state, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. The United Nations Security Council on November 16 noted the “unstable situation in the region,” she said. “Rights of non-Albanian population continue to be violated. More cases of violation against the Serbs are being reported. The lack of […]
Read More →Hashim Thaci faces possibility of being on trial for war crimes (InSerbia)
Almost two years since the Kosovo parliament adopted the law on the establishment of the Special War Crimes Court, Pristina was visited by recently elected special prosecutor of the court David Schwendiman, where he spoke with the Chief Prosecutor Aleksandar Ljumezi. Ljumezi offered Schwendiman full cooperation on the Pristina side. In addition to the Chief […]
Read More →Serbia-Cuba relations at the highest level (InSerbia, Danas)
We are relying on Serbia’s support in the fight against the embargo on Cuba, Cuban Ambassador to Serbia Adela Mayra Ruiz Garcia said Tuesday at a meeting with members of the Serbia-Cuba friendship group in the Serbian parliament. Cuba has confirmed its position on the self-proclaimed independence of Kosovo and its principled position on supporting […]
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