Serbian and Albanian analysts: Belgrade and Pristina far from agreement (Blic)
The October 6 elections have changed the political situation in Kosovo, one of the conclusions of the panel “Prospects for normalization and dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina” held in Belgrade, with participants – Serbian and Albanian analysts – who all agree that a final agreement between the two sides will not come anytime soon. Professor […]
Read More →Vejvoda: Both sides stand in place because of the unresolved situation (RTK2, Tanjug, Blic)
Ivan Vejvoda, associate of the Institute of Social Sciences in Vienna, told RTK2 that frequent visits by international officials to Belgrade and Pristina are aimed at encouraging the continuation of a dialogue that will lead to finding a mutually acceptable solution that must be verified by the UN Security Council. What will be the solution […]
Read More →Serbia’s Foreign Minister invites US Secretary of State to visit Belgrade (N1, Beta)
Ivica Dacic, the chief of Serbia’s diplomacy, said on Wednesday he had invited Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State, to visit Serbia, the Beta news agency quoted his Ministry’s statement as saying. The statement added Dacic briefed Pompeo on the current situation concerning the European Union-facilitated Belgrade – Pristina dialogue on normalisation of relations […]
Read More →EU wants an agreement between Belgrade and Pristina to be reached during next year (RTS, Tanjug)
The European Union will do everything in order that an agreement is reached next year on the overall normalization of Belgrade-Pristina relations, Belgrade-based news agency Tanjug reports, citing diplomatic sources in Brussels. “We will do everything in the year that has remained to achieve a comprehensive normalization of relations, but we are not the only ones […]
Read More →“Presevo valley must feature in normalization of relations” (B92, Tanjug)
Ragmi Mustafa says “there cannot be normalization” between Belgrade and Pristina “without inclusion of the Presevo valley.” Mustafa is the new President of the Albanian Minority National Council in Serbia. “Presevo valley” is the informal name for a region in the southern part of central Serbia that has ethnic Albanian minorities in three of its […]
Read More →Schieb: Germany wants a sustainable solution for Kosovo as soon as possible (Blic)
German Ambassador to Serbia Thomas Schieb once again expressed the view that Germany is concerned and sceptical about the idea of exchanging territories, because that solution, as he said, could create even bigger problems in the medium and long term, Belgrade based daily Blic reports. Schieb said during the conference “Security challenges of the Western […]
Read More →EU’s Serbia draft: Kosovo, warning over Russia and visas (B92, Beta)
The EU Council of Ministers hails Serbia’s progress in membership negotiations, according to a draft resolution from an EU foreign ministers’ meeting. The draft also stresses that for the speed of negotiations the key areas of progress are rule of law and fundamental freedoms, as well as the normalization of relations with Kosovo, Beta is […]
Read More →Lazarevic: Lack of normalization on ground, dialogue simulation in Brussels (KoSSev, TV N1)
A dialogue simulation is taking place in Brussels and all participants are aware of this. The Brussels dialogue has hit a dead end. On one hand, there is a virtual image of media-political reality, while on the other it is contrasted to the reality in the field. The disassembly of the virtual image, of the […]
Read More →New EU chapters if Belgrade – Pristina talks resume in June (N1, Danas)
A possible meeting between Kosovo’s and Serbia’s presidents under the European Union’s auspices by June 25 could help Belgrade open new chapters in its accession talks with Brussels, a daily reported on Friday. Serbia’s Minister for European Integration, Jadranka Joksimovic, told Danas daily she would present the country’s activities thus far regarding the chapters 23 […]
Read More →Deal on normalization of relations “nowhere in sight” (B92, Danas, Beta)
The rhetoric of Belgrade’s representatives shows that agreement on normalization relations with Pristina is nowhere in sight, according to the Belgrade based daily Danas. The latest message from Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic that it is “difficult for them (the West) to come up with a new proposal, because big Western powers proceed from the territorial issue of […]
Read More →US Ambassador to Serbia: To work on the agreement between Belgrade and Pristina (RTS)
US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott estimates the incident in Petric further highlights the need to work on an agreement on a comprehensive normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina, which, as he believes, must be ensured the security of Serbs in Kosovo. “Yesterday’s incident in Petric further emphasizes the need for working on an […]
Read More →Open Society Fund: The exchange Presevo for the North of Kosovo is one of the scenarios of normalization of relations? (Kossev)
“Sustainable and operable solution, both in political and economic terms, which would not initiate new displacement, forced migration and the opening of new hotbeds of national and political conflicts, is the one in which national homogeneous territories would be exchanged, that is, territories with the dominant participation of the Albanian population on the side of […]
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