Ljajic: EU and US admit Kosovo status is not solved yet (BETA, N1, RTS)
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Rasim Ljajic said the Czech Republic President statement that Prague might reconsider the decision on recognition of Kosovo independence, as well as voices from Brussels and Washington about the need for compromise, showed that Pristina’s status had not been solved yet, BETA news agency reports on Thursday. Ljajic also told RTS […]
Read More →Food supplies in Kosovo only until the end of the week, what are the next moves of Belgrade (RTS)
Seven months after the introduction of a 100 per cent tax on goods from central Serbia, due to the intensified control of the Kosovo police, food supplies are at the end. Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic told Serbian state broadcaster that Serbia will internationally insist on […]
Read More →Ljajic mentions the possibility of forming “CEFTA plus” (Beta, Politika, N1)
Serbia’s Trade Minister Rasim Ljajic said on Tuesday the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) of 2006 became debatable after Kosovo introduced the 100 percent import duties on goods from Serbia and requires a recovery to maintain, the Beta news agency reported. Ljajic added Serbia was losing a million Euros per day due to Pristina’s […]
Read More →Serbia-EurAsian Union agree text of free trade agreement (BETA, TV N1)
The trade ministers of Serbia and the EurAsian Union, Rasim Ljajic and Veronika Nikishina agreed on the final draft of a free trade agreement at Tuesday’s meeting in Moscow, BETA news agency reported. Ljajic told BETA that they agreed on a “modern agreement on free trade in line with the rules of the World Trade […]
Read More →Ljajic: Serbian goods arrive to Kosovo through alternative routes (Danas, RTS)
Serbian Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic says to Radio Television of Serbia that throughout Kosovo there are Serbian goods, which arrive there through alternative roads, reported Belgrade based daily Danas. Ljajic recalled that Serbian officials promptly warned of the development of the black market immediately after the introduction of a tax. “You […]
Read More →Serbian Trade Minister: We can’t expect CEFTA to solve the tariffs dispute with Pristina (Beta, N1)
Belgrade does not expect the problem of Kosovo’s increase of tariffs on goods from Serbia to be solved through the Central European Free Trade Agreement, CEFTA, and there is no hope for any compensation for the economic damage the policy has caused, said Serbia’s Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, Rasim Ljajic. “Nobody expects that […]
Read More →Ljajic: If taxes are not lifted, dialogue remains frozen (Vecernje Novosti, Tanjug, TV Pink)
Serbian Minister of Trade and Telecommunications, Rasim Ljajic said it is not possible to predict further Pristina’s moves and whether it would revoke its decision on additional taxes for goods from central Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tanjug news agency reported. Ljajic noted there is a clear consensus among the international circles that taxes are […]
Read More →Ljajic on Pristina’s tariffs, Trump’s letter (FoNet, TV N1, RTS)
Serbian Trade and Telecommunications Minister Rasim Ljajic said on Thursday that following Pristina’s 100 percent customs duties on goods from Serbia introduced on November 21, Belgrade had lost 34.6 million Euros and that the move boosted smuggling, FoNet news agency reports. Ljajic told public broadcaster RTS the figure showed only the direct damage to Serbia’s […]
Read More →Tariffs cost Serbia millions, Trade Minister Ljajic says (Prva TV, BETA, TV N1)
The tariffs imposed by Pristina have cost the Serbian economy 30 million EUR in lost revenue, Trade Minister Rasim Ljajic said on Monday. Ljajic told Prva TV that Serbian export to Kosovo was 30 million EUR lower than in the previous year, adding that no goods were sent to Kosovo from Serbia between November 21 […]
Read More →Ljajic: EU has chance to tell Pristina to revoke tariff on December 17 (TV Pink, Beta, N1)
Serbia’s Trade Minister said on Wednesday the European Union will have a last chance to explicitly call on Pristina to withdraw its decision on tariffs on December 17, during a meeting of the Standing Committee on Kosovo’s accession, the Beta news agency reported. Rasim Ljajic told the Belgrade-based Pink television that “there were enough of […]
Read More →Ljajic: Only political pressure of international community can bring solution (Tanjug, Dnevnik)
Serbian Minister of Trade and Telecommunications, Rasim Ljajic said that only political pressure and decisive reaction of the international community can resolve the issue created by Pristina’s decision to impose 100 percent taxes on the goods from central Serbia, Tanjug news agency reported. He noted it is logical to expect, the prices in the shops […]
Read More →“Serbia winner of legitimate political struggle in Interpol” (BETA, Prva TV)
Serbian Minister of Trade and Infrastructure, Rasim Ljajic told Prva TV, Serbia came out as a winner “of legitimate political struggle” in Interpol. He added, Belgrade would continue to request Pristina to abolish additional taxes imposed to the goods from central Serbia. “If Kosovo succeeded in its attempt to join Interpol, then the continuation of […]
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