Stefanovic with Vice-President of Interpol about the Pristina’s request (KIM radio)
Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic spoke in Belgrade with Alexander Prokopchuk, vice-president of Interpol and head of the Russian National Central Bureau – Moscow, the Serbian MIA announced. Stefanovic met Prokopchuk to discuss reasons of Serbia’s opposing the Kosovo’s accession to Interpol, bearing in mind that representatives of Pristina institutions have again applied for entry […]
Read More →Kosovo Minister: Import taxes are all we can do, we have nothing else (N1)
Valdrin Lluka, Kosovo’s Minister of Economic Development, told N1 on Thursday he expected a final solution in Belgrade – Pristina dialogue on normalisation of relations to be reached this year and accused Serbia of not implementing deals agreed in Brussels. Speaking at the sidelines of the “Challenges and perspectives of normalisation between Belgrade and Pristina” […]
Read More →Stefanovic: Voting in Interpol did not “sober up” Pristina (Tanjug, B92)
The decision of Pristina institutions to send a new membership request to Interpol indicates that the latest voting there did not sober them up, Serbian Minister of Internal Affairs Nebojsa Stevanovic told Tanjug news agency. He added, Pristina fails to realize that persistence in no way can be an argument, but only the international law […]
Read More →Belgrade to Interpol: Don’t consider Kosovo application (N1, RTS, B92)
Serbia’s Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic asked Interpol chiefs and the members to the organization’s Executive Committee not to look at Kosovo’s new membership application and to vote against if it was put on the next years’ General Assembly meeting, N1 reported. In the letters to the Interpol Secretary-general Jürgen Stock and the president of the […]
Read More →Stefanovic: Kosovo membership in Interpol would jeopardize that police organization (BETA, TV N1)
Membership of Kosovo in Interpol would jeopardize that professional police organization, Serbian Internal Affairs Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said, BETA news agency reported. Stefanovic told the Czech Ambassador Tomas Kuchta that the latest vote at the Interpol General Assembly in Dubai showed that many countries do not support Kosovo request for membership nor do they want […]
Read More →Dacic: Brussels or Burundi? Burundi’s nicer, they like us there (Tanjug, B92)
Preserving and protecting territorial integrity, EU integration, and better cooperation with countries around the world are Serbia’s main foreign policy goals. First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said this on Wednesday in Belgrade, and pointed out that Serbia has strengthened its position on the international scene. At the session of the Foreign Affairs […]
Read More →Kosovo minister’s sacking urged over “sexist, racist remark” (Tanjug, BIRN, B92)
The Pristina-based Council for Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms (CDHRF) has called for Kosovo Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli to be sacked. CDHRF requested the dismissal because Pacolli used “sexist and racist” language when he spoke before Kosovo Assembly’s foreign affairs committee to describe “the way Serbia lobbied against Kosovo’s membership in Interpol.” According to […]
Read More →“Serbia winner of legitimate political struggle in Interpol” (BETA, Prva TV)
Serbian Minister of Trade and Infrastructure, Rasim Ljajic told Prva TV, Serbia came out as a winner “of legitimate political struggle” in Interpol. He added, Belgrade would continue to request Pristina to abolish additional taxes imposed to the goods from central Serbia. “If Kosovo succeeded in its attempt to join Interpol, then the continuation of […]
Read More →Vucic, Vulin on Serbia’s neighbours voting in Interpol (B92, RTS, TV Pink)
Following the voting on Kosovo Interpol bid yesterday, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he understood well messages from some neighbors that Serbia is a less valuable friend to them, than Pristina, B92 reports. Referring to Skopje and Podgorica voting in favor of Kosovo, Vucic noted that they have sent a clear message to Serbia, you […]
Read More →Russian Ambassador: Celebration and victory go well together (Tanjug, B92)
Russian Ambassador in Belgrade Aleksander Chepurin has congratulated Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic on his “excellent work in Dubai.” Chepurin was referring to Tuesday’s vote that once again left Kosovo out of Interpol membership, held in Dubai, where Stefanovic was heading the Serbian delegation. “I wished a happy birthday today to Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic, and […]
Read More →Who was with Serbia, which of our neighbors voted for Kosovo (B92)
The media published a list of countries that on Tuesday voted against Kosovo’s admission to Interpol, as well as those that abstained. Kosovo’s admission to Interpol was on the agenda yesterday at the General Assembly of Interpol in Dubai, and between the two rounds of voting, a break was announced, which caused protests by the […]
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