Hahn warns EU member states (Kosovo online, B92)
Johannes Hahn warned EU member states that negative decision on the date of accession negotiations for North Macedonia and Albania affects opportunities in the region, B92 reports referring to Pristina-based Gazeta Blic. European Commissioner for Enlargement Negotiations Hahb believes that this would most affect the relations between Kosovo and Serbia. “If all the efforts North […]
Read More →Vucic for TV Prva: An agreement with Pristina can be reached in 5 months, 50 years or never (Serbian media)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic stressed after visiting New York that situation regarding Kosovo is very difficult, complicated and complex But, he added, in tactical terms, ”we should try to do everything we can to create a more favorable position for our people and country”. Vucic told Belgrade based TV Prva, summarizing talks in New York […]
Read More →Situation in Balkans won’t improve on its own, US General says (VoA, N1, Danas)
The appointment of Matthew Palmer as the US special envoy to the Western Balkans proves how much it is important for the American diplomacy that Kosovo and Serbia reach a long-lasting solution, a retired US Army General Ben Hodges has told the Voice of America (VOA) on Thursday, adding Belgarde and Pristina leaders should have […]
Read More →IFIMES: Kosovo – Albania – North Macedonia 2019: In anticipation of the collapse of the Thacii-Rama conjoined regimes? (KoSSev)
The International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES) in Ljubljana, Slovenia has prepared an analysis of the situation in Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia in view of the forthcoming early parliamentary election in Kosovo scheduled for 6 October 2019. ”It is expected that the incumbent regime will lose the election, which will accelerate the […]
Read More →Brnabic: CEFTA suspended because of Pristina, Serbia makes bilateral agreements (N1, BETA)
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said during the opening of an integrated border crossing point Tabanovce-Presevo that Serbia “would enter bilateral agreements”, as long as CEFTA remains suspended because of irresponsible Pristina’s behaviour, BETA news agency reported. She opened the border crossing point together with the North Macedonia Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. Brnabic further underlined […]
Read More →Stefanovic, Kuburovic react to Skopje court decision on Morina (RTS)
Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic reacting to the Skopje court decision that conditions have not been met to extradite Tomor Morina to Serbia said that any political interference in the law always brings new injustice, RTS reports. Stefanovic added the court’s decision speaks that they have trampled on the essence of the international law and […]
Read More →North Macedonia Supreme Court confirmed that former KLA member Morina won’t be extradite to Serbia (Beta, N1, KoSSev)
The Supreme Court of North Macedonia confirmed Tomor Morina, a former soldier of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) would not be extradited to Serbia despite Interpol warrant issued on Belgrade’s request, the Beta news agency reported on Wednesday. After going through the documents that Belgrade sent on August 5, and having in mind the international […]
Read More →In Balkans highest concentration of jihadist returnees, Kosovo leads (KoSSev)
The Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) in its analysis entitled “Western Balkans Foreign Fighters and Homegrown Jihadis: Trends and Implications” reports that since 2012, about 1,070 citizens of Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Northern Macedonia, Albania, Serbia and Montenegro travelled to Syria and Iraq, primarily joining the Islamic State, and to a lesser extent al-Qaeda (Jabhat al […]
Read More →Skopje Supreme Court for Tanjug: We have not issued a decision on Morina’s extradition (Serbian media)
Serbian media reported yesterday that the Skopje Supreme Court denied it had already ruled on Serbia’s request for the extradition of former KLA member Tomor Morina, specifying that a decision could be expected soon. In a response from the Cabinet of the President of the Supreme Court, when asked by Belgrade based news agency Tanjug […]
Read More →Morina’s case is not so simple (B92, Deutsche Welle, Politika)
Serbia expects Northern Macedonia to extradite Tomor Morina, accused of committing war crimes in 1999 This expectation is based on the legal acts and a bilaterally signed Agreement on extradition. Still, this will not be so simple, Deutsche Welle reports. Skopje Basic Criminal Court stated that conditions for Tomor Morina’s extradition to Serbia were not […]
Read More →Stefanovic on Tomor Morina case, Zoran Zaev (Tanjug, Blic)
Serbia awaits the extradition of Tomor Morina and that North Macedonia Prime Minister Zoran Zaev fulfills his promise he would respect the international law, Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said, Blic daily reports. He made these remarks responding to a journalist’s question if former KLA member, arrested in North Macedonia on international arrest warrant would […]
Read More →Belgrade supports opening of EU talks with Skopje and Tirana, PM Brnabic said (BETA, TV N1)
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic called on the European Union to open accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania as soon as possible since, as she said, that was crucially important for the Western Balkans, BETA news agency reported. Brnabic underlined Serbia’s “full and unreserved” support of its neighbors’ European integration. “Serbia appeals to the […]
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