Vucic: Serbia will act in accordance with behavior of EU states (Tanjug, B92, RTS)
President Aleksandar Vucic met late on Thursday in Villa Mir in Belgrade with EU Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Commissioner Johannes Hahn. They discussed Serbia’s European integration, the situation in the region and the problems in the dialogue with Pristina, B92 reports. The EU commissioner “insisted on progress in the field of democracy and the […]
Read More →EU Commissioner Hahn to visit Serbia on Thursday (Tanjug, B92)
President Aleksandar Vucic will on Thursday in Belgrade meet with Johannes Hahn, EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations. Vucic and Hahn will meet in Villa Mir in the Serbian capital at 19:30 hours CET, the president’s press service has announced. Earlier in the day, Vucic will attend the presentation of Hahn as a […]
Read More →Hahn: EU underestimates China’s influence on Balkans (Financial Times, Beta, N1, Danas)
The European Union has minimised the impact China has on the Balkans, the bloc’s Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn has said on Tuesday, adding he is worried about the level of loans for infrastructural projects those countries take from Beijing, the Beta news agency reported. In an interview with Financial Times, Hahn said such loans […]
Read More →Montenegro Prime Minister: Call for alliance against Serbia senseless and unacceptable (TV N1, BETA)
Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Markovic termed the call by Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli to create an alliance against Serbia as “senseless”, adding such idea can not be accepted in Montenegro, BETA news agency reported. Commenting on Veseli’s call that North Macedonia and Montenegro as members of NATO and Kosovo “should gather against Serbia,” Markovic […]
Read More →Hahn, Vucic and Thaci together at Munich Conference (Tanjug, B92)
The European Commission has announced that the EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn would be member of a panel “Security in Southeastern Europe” at the Munich Conference, together with the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo President Hashim Thaci on 16th February.
Read More →Vucic spoke with Wess Mitchell, Johannes Hahn (BETA, Tanjug)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic spoke yesterday over the phone with US Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia, Wess Mitchell, BETA news agency reports. The two officials discussed the situation in the region, in particular Belgrade-Pristina relations. US official said he expects Pristina to revoke the tariffs on Serbian goods and to create conditions […]
Read More →“They used to pick up guns, now they pick up phones” (Tanjug, B92)
EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn said “the relationship between Serbia and Kosovo has improved.” He added that there have been events in the past few weeks that would in the past would have lead to “both sides reaching for their weapons.” “Today, the presidents reach for the phone and call each other,” the EU official has […]
Read More →Tanjug: EU demands Pristina’s unique position (RTS)
Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) reports, quoting Serbian state news agency Tanjug, that the European Union, as mediator in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, at this moment, has no answer to the question when the process of comprehensive normalization of relations could continue. In addition to tariffs on goods from central Serbia, the big […]
Read More →Hahn expects Pristina’s response “these days” (Tanjug, RTS)
European Commissioner for Enlargement Negotiations and Neighborhood Policy, Johannes Hahn said he hopes a response from Kosovo related to the taxes would arrive these days, RTS reports. Commissioner Hahn repeated to the journalists in Brussels his offer to negotiate on economic barriers in a special format, stressing that the solution for the taxes must be […]
Read More →Hahn met Srpska Lista MPs (RTS, Tanjug)
European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn met in Pristina with Srpska Lista MPs, who locked themselves in the Kosovo Assembly on Sunday, expecting his arrival, RTS reports. Following the meeting, Srpska Lista Vice Deputy, Igor Simic said Hahn is concerned over Pristina’s measure, but does not expect taxes would be lifted […]
Read More →Commissioner Hahn visited Belgrade, met President Vucic (FoNet, TV N1, B92)
The European Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn paid a short visit to Belgrade and meet with the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. The meeting took place prior to Hahn’s trip to Pristina where he is set to discuss recent Pristina’s decision to increase taxes on goods from central Serbia and Bosnia by 100 percent, FoNet news […]
Read More →Reactions to Srpska Lista waiting for Hahn: “They are shifting the public focus from the arrest of those suspected of killing Oliver Ivanovic” (Kossev)
Srpska Lista MPs have been in the Kosovo Assembly since yesterday waiting for the arrival of European Commissioner Johannes Hahn in order to inform him about Pristina’s „anti-Serb moves“ that are leading toward „a humanitarian catastrophe“ of the Serbian people in Kosovo. They are protesting against the 100% custom taxes imposed on Serbian products arriving […]
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