Vucic 99 percent sure Paris meeting not happening (Serbian media)
President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic says that he is 99 percent sure that the Paris meeting of the Western Balkans leaders with Kosovo, planned for July 1, would not be held because the Albanians “are not ready to talk about anything important,” Serbian media reported. Vucic adds that his impression was the Albanians wanted to […]
Read More →Kosovo president Hashim Thaci dismisses Serb advisor (Serbian media)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci dismissed his political advisor Branislav Nikolic following claims of his alleged involvement in “dubious activities directed against the constitutional order and sovereignty of Kosovo”, a statement said on Wednesday. The statement from the president’s cabinet said that Thaci took media reports about Nikolic’s dubious activities seriously even though he did not […]
Read More →Status quo impossible, warns US ambassador to Serbia (Serbian media)
US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott warned on Monday that the status quo in the Balkans is not sustainable. There will be no better time than the present to negotiate an agreement the ambassador wrote on his Twitter account over a retweet of State Department official Matthew Palmer’s speech at a gathering in Pristina on […]
Read More →Dacic: With diplomats I deal diplomatically (Serbian media)
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says he will always react when someone speaks lies before the international community, reports Serbian media. “I reacted like any honourable man would to a lie,” Dacic said to Belgrade based TV Pink, adding “what does anyone care what someone said after the session, did anyone listen to what was […]
Read More →Serbia’s Minister of Culture wrote to UNESCO: Falsification of the Truth about the Orthodox Church in Novo Brdo (Serbian media)
Vladan Vukosavljevic, Serbia’s Minister of Culture and Information, warned UNESCO on Wednesday about the state of Serbia’s cultural heritage in Kosovo, following “the forgery of the historical facts about the Serb Orthodox St. Nikola’s church in Novo Brdo,” the FoNet news agency reported. In a letter to UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, Vukosavljevic listed “a permanent” […]
Read More →US says Kosovo police operation legal, Russia demands apology from Pristina (FoNet, N1)
The UK, the US and Germany called on the UN Security Council during the Monday’s meeting on Kosovo, to strategically revise the UNMIK mission, praising it for the job done so far, while Russia demanded an apology from Pristina for the treatment of its UN member, the FoNet news agency reported on Monday. The US […]
Read More →UNMIK chief before the UNSC on Kosovo: The situation is fragile, can easily deteriorate (Serbian media)
“The leaders of all parties must act responsibly and direct the situation away from the escalation, to lead to the conditions for the continuation of the dialogue,” Tanin said at a session devoted to the new report on the work of the UN mission in Kosovo, Serbian media reported. Speaking of the arrest of members […]
Read More →UN Security Council on Kosovo today (Serbian media)
The United Nations Security Council in New York will discuss today the UN Secretary General’s Report on the work of UNMIK, reported Serbian media. The focus of the session will be the latest action by Kosovo special forces in the north of Kosovo, including the arrest and assault on UN Mission personnel. The report of […]
Read More →Vucic: I’m for demarcation with Kosovo, people are not (Serbian media)
In an interview with the Belgrade-based Prva TV, Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic said he believed the demarcation with Kosovo was “absolutely the healthiest solution for Serbia and the Serbs,” but added the people would not accept it, the Beta news agency reported on Thursday. Vucic said a referendum on the issue would be held if […]
Read More →UNMIK: Kosovo Police’s allegations about our staff are contrary to what we know, procedures and their rights violated, excessive use of force (KoSSev)
”The information presented by the Kosovo Police in its own latest press release is not at all in line with our information on the events, and no concrete evidence has so far been shared with the United Nations by relevant Kosovo police and other Kosovo authorities,” replied UNMIK to Kossev portal’s question on the Zubin […]
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