Nikolić: Serbia’s Byzantine heritage endangered in Kosovo (InSerbia)
President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolić on Monday opened the 23rd International Congress of Byzantine Studies with a message that the Serbian-Byzantine heritage in Kosovo and Metohija is endangered today by untruths and attempts of forging historical facts, as well as by physical destruction. Nikolić said, opening the congress, that changes in the world occur all […]
Read More →“Serbia and her UNSC friends won’t let Kosovo join UN” (Tanjug, B92)
Kosovo will not join the UN as a member as long as Serbia, and her friends in the UN Security Council, organized as it is now, exist, Tomislav Nikolić has said. “There is great pressure on countries that have not recognized Kosovo to do so,” the Serbian president told reporters in Belgrade on Monday, adding: […]
Read More →Headlines 17 August
• U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Kosovo (media)
• Biden in Belgrade: Kosovo–Serbia dialogue should continue (Epoka)
• Grabovci resigns as PDK caucus chief (dailies)
• Vetëvendosje calls for Thaçi and Veseli’s resignations (dailies)
• Haliti: I have a plan for demarcation (RTK)
• Removal of barricade on Ibar, “a deal over a deal” (Koha)
• One month detention for Serb who demolished the minaret (dailies)
• Nikolic admits Serbia cannot join EU without recognising Kosovo (Lajmi)
President and patriarch meet, urge “coordination” (B92)
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) met on Wednesday in Belgrade. They discussed “current social topics and agreed that coordination was necessary in joint activities aimed at protecting national interests.” “They agreed on the necessity of coordinating joint activities to protect national interests and prevent potential catastrophic historical […]
Read More →Nikolić: Romania’s position on Kosovo valuable for Serbia (Beta, Vecernje Novosti)
President of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolić, yesterday received Romanian Ambassador to Serbia Daniel Banu in his farewell visit and thanked him for perseverance in non-recognition of Kosovo, communicated the Office of the President. “The fact that Romania firmly remains on the position of non-recognition of the so-called Kosovo, and the fact that trade exchange between our […]
Read More →President, Kosovo Office director meet with UN official (B92)
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Wednesday received UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations El Ghassim Wane. During the conversation he noted that Serbia is fully committed to regional peace and stability and that it is cooperating with all despite a rise in ultra-nationalism in some countries. Nikolic highlighted the significance of UN peacekeepers and their […]
Read More →“Serbia in EU with Kosovo – or not at all” – president (B92)
Serbia is firmly on the path towards full membership in the EU, but wants to enter Europe as an integral whole – either that or nothing, says Tomislav Nikolic. The Serbian president made this statement as he addressed the central ceremony marking Armed Forces Day and Victory Day in Zrenjanin, northern Serbia, on Monday. “Some […]
Read More →Nikolic to give mandate to Vucic; Kosovo preamble to stay (B92)
President Tomislav Nikolic has said he will give a mandate to form a new government to SNS leader Aleksandar Vucic. Speaking on Sunday, he added that if the Serbian Constitution is changed in the future, he knows there will be no change to the preamble that states Kosovo and Metohija is an integral part of […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 9 May
• Kadri Veseli elected leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (media)
• New personalities to join PDK soon (Zeri)
• NISMA: Vetevendosje supporters to join 14 May protest (Telegrafi)
• Visa liberalization, an “opportunity” for new departures from Kosovo (Koha)
• Nikolic: Constitution of Serbia preamble will not be changed (Telegrafi)
• Pahor: Western Balkans, a natural ground for EU enlargement (media)
President: Serbia has one condition for EU, and it’s Kosovo (B92)
Serbia wants to arrange its state modeled after EU members, Tomislav Nikolic has said, adding that Serbia at the same time “has one condition.” It is that “Europe never asks it to recognize Kosovo,” he explained, speaking for a local television station in Corfu, Greece, on Monday. “We will not be a member of any […]
Read More →Nikolic: Can’t attend inauguration of a president of non-existing state (RTS)
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said today that he can’t attend the inauguration of a president of a non-existing state, because for him Kosovo and Metohija does not exist as the independent state. Nikolic said that he has not seen the invitation for inauguration of Hashim Thaci, which ‘reached media’ and added that he has no […]
Read More →Adviser rules out “removing” Kosovo from the Serbian Constitution (B92)
“Any kind of removal of Kosovo from the Constitution of Serbia and undermining of the country’s integrity is out of the question,” says Stanislava Pak. This adviser to Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic was reacting to a statement made previously by a law professor, Vesna Rakic Vodinelic. Rakic Vodinelic said that “instead of the current solution […]
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