Paris: To be or not to be? (Blic, KIM radio)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic says that most probably there will not be a meeting in Paris. Unnamed diplomatic circles told Belgrade based daily Blic that representatives of Berlin and Paris will hold a series of unofficial meetings with Haradinaj and Thaci this week to prepare for a meeting on July 1 in Paris. Blic reports […]
Read More →Kosovo president Hashim Thaci dismisses Serb advisor (Serbian media)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci dismissed his political advisor Branislav Nikolic following claims of his alleged involvement in “dubious activities directed against the constitutional order and sovereignty of Kosovo”, a statement said on Wednesday. The statement from the president’s cabinet said that Thaci took media reports about Nikolic’s dubious activities seriously even though he did not […]
Read More →Serbian Justice Minister: If they wanted to, they would have tried Thaci and Haradinaj, constitutional amendments do not include Kosovo (Serbian media)
The justice minister of Serbia Nela Kuburovic told Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti that she is not sure that at the beginning of the Court’s work, charges will be raised against high-ranking persons, replying to a question whether she expects Kosovo Prosecutor’s Office to indict Hashim Thaci, Ramush Haradinaj and Kadri Veseli. “If there was […]
Read More →Pristina honours, Belgrade mourns anniversary of Serbia’s withdrawal from Kosovo (Beta, N1)
The Kosovo authorities marked the 20th anniversary of the withdrawal of Serbian security forces at an event in central Pristina which was attended by former US officials and NATO commanders, while Director of the office for KiM Marko Djuric, a Belgrade official described the event as “the dance of the vampires,” the Beta news agency […]
Read More →Blic: Kosovo scenario ready, if a Paris meeting happens (Serbian media)
Belgrade based daily Blic writes today that framework could be formulated for resolving the Kosovo problem at the meeting of the region’s leaders with Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron in Paris on July 1. According to the daily, the final proposal should be harmonized by the end of the year. If such a scenario comes […]
Read More →Vucic, Thaci debate dialogue at GLOBSEC conference (FoNet, Beta, N1)
The Presidents of Serbia and Kosovo clashed over the stalled Belgrade-Pristina dialogue at a GLOBSEC conference in Bratislava on Friday. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told a panel debate that Belgrade is prepared to continue the dialogue as soon as Pristina revokes the 100 percent tariffs it imposed on goods from Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. His Kosovo […]
Read More →Vulin: Thaci’s statement is the killing of dialogue (KIM radio, TV Pink)
Statement by Hashim Thaci that Community/Association of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) will not be formed is the best test for the authority of the European Union, said Aleksandar Vulin, Serbian Minister of Defense, reports KIM radio, quoting Belgrade based TV Pink. According to Vulin, if this statement goes without sanctions, it will mean that the EU […]
Read More →Mogherini on the developments in Kosovo, Hahn on the “attempt to unblock the dialogue” (B92, Beta)
EU High Representative Federica Mogherini says in Brussels that yesterday’s events show that the status quo between Serbia and Kosovo is not sustainable, reports portal B92, quoting Beta news agency. At a press conference on the occasion of the presenting the annual EU package on the progress of the countries of the Western Balkans, Mogherini […]
Read More →Thaci again pokes Belgrade in the eye (B92, Vecernje Novosti)
Announcing the concept of a meeting with the Serbian delegation in Paris on July 1, Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has once again “poked Belgrade in the eye,” Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti write today. Daily write that he announced he would present at the talks hosted by French President Emamnuel Macron the idea that Presevo, […]
Read More →”Pristina trying to draw attention away from their own crimes” (RTS, Beta, N1)
A Serbian ruling party official and Chairman of the parliamentary Committee for Kosovo, Milovan Drecun says that the authorities in Pristina are trying to draw attention away from investigations against key figures of the war-time Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) by claiming that Serbia committed genocide. Drecun told the Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) this morning […]
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 […]
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