Haradinaj: If Serbia denies Kosovo recognition, why sit with them at the table (B92, Klan Kosova, Kosovo online)
Outgoing Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj stated that if Serbia denies Kosovo recognition, there is no sense in discussing things with them, reports B92 portal quoting Kosovo based media. Leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Ramush Haradinaj justified his decision to impose 100% tariffs to Serbian goods, presenting what coalition AAK-PDK […]
Read More →Russian media: Togo withdraws recognition of Kosovo (N1, Srna, Sputnik)
Togo, a West African nation on the Gulf of Guinea, became the 15th country which withdrew the recognition of Kosovo, according to Sputnik, a Russian state media outlet, as carried by the Srna news agency. Sputnik said it got the news confirmed by diplomatic sources. Last week, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic announced the latest […]
Read More →Pacolli urges Vatican to recognise Kosovo (media)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Behgjet Pacolli, met the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher and spoke about recent developments in Kosovo and the strengthening of bilateral relations. According to a press release issued by Kosovo’s Foreign Ministry after the meeting, Pacolli spoke of the need for intensification […]
Read More →“Bosnia won’t even consider recognizing Kosovo” (Tanjug, B92)
Not only will Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) not recognize Kosovo – it will not even consider doing it, says the country’s foreign minister, Igor Crnadak. Crnadak told the agency Fena on Friday that Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj urging Sarajevo to recognize Kosovo “will have no effect,” and described Haradnija’s statements as “futile”. The issue of recognizing […]
Read More →“Dialogue does not mean Serbia’s readiness to recognize Kosovo” (Tanjug, Klan Kosova)
Head of Serbia’s Parliamentary Commission for for Kosovo, Milovan Drecun said today that the initiative to start an internal dialogue on Kosovo, does not mean that Serbia is ready to recognize Kosovo as an independent state, but to deal with proposals and see final solution of the problem. According to him, Serbia’s proposal for the […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 22 July
• Hoxhaj: Kosovo has ensured votes for UNESCO and INTERPOL (Zeri)
• Haradianj calls on Mustafa and Pacolli for support (RTK)
• Mustafa: No loyal LDK MP would vote Haradinaj (RTK)
• Delawie meets Kurti and Konjufca (RTK)
• Mogherini speaks in Greece about Pristina-Belgrade dialogue (Koha)
• Vetevendosje announces internal elections (RTK)
• Delawie: Government should be formed by people voters elected (TV Herc, RTK)
Bangladesh recognizes Kosovo’s independence (RTKlive)
Kosovo has received yet recognition of its independence, this time from the Bangladesh, which is the 144 state that recognizes Kosovo as a state. The news was announced by the Deputy President of the Assembly of Kosovo, Xhavit Haliti, during the Kosovo Assembly session. He stated that this is an official notification of the Ministry […]
Read More →Dejevsky: Recognition of Kosovo by Russia as an exchange for Crimea (media)
The leading British commentator on international affairs in general and Russia in particular, and former Moscow correspondent for The Times, Mary Dejevsky, told Radio Free Europe in Albanian that a solution between the West and Russia could be reached through an eventual agreement for “recognition of Russian authority over Crimea as an exchange for Russia’s […]
Read More →Selimi is imagining new recognitions (Politika)
During the sharp conflict with the opposition, Pristina authorities are trying in all possible ways to replace political misunderstandings with the announcement that at the end of the EU road, Belgrade will have to recognize independence of its province. That’s how Kosovo deputy FM Petrit Selimi tried to make political manoeuvre and stated for RTK2 […]
Read More →Van Den Dool: No one ever requested Serbia to recognize Kosovo (Blic)
Ambassador of the Netherlands to Serbia Hendrik Van Den Dool said that “so far no one has requested Serbia” to recognize the independence of Kosovo, following the end of the negotiation process with the EU. The Netherlands assumed presidency of the EU Council in January. In an interview with “Newsweek”, the Ambassador said that such a request cannot be […]
Read More →Serwer: Serbia towards diplomatic recognition of Kosovo (Indeksonline)
US Balkans expert Daniel Serwer said in an interview for the Skopje-based news agency INA that dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia for normalization of relations has been successful and has produced concrete results. “This is a short step towards diplomatic recognition which I hope to see as soon as possible,” said Serwer. He added that […]
Read More →“Recognition of Kosovo condition for Greece” (Dailies)
Although Ivica Dacic recently announced that Greek PM Alexis Tsipras will visit Serbia in the fall, two Belgrade based newspapers say this will not happen Thus the daily Blic writes that the package of conditions that Greece must fulfill to receive financial assistance from the West includes recognizing Kosovo. Greece is one of five EU […]
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