Vucic met Lajcak in Belgrade today (B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received in Belgrade today Slovakian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs as well as Chairman of the OSCE Miroslav Lajcak, Serbian media reported. During the meeting, President Vucic expressed serious concern over events in the north of Kosovo and Metohija and warned that Pristina by unilateral and provocative acts causes tensions […]
Read More →Zeman: It would be tough, but Prague could withdraw recognition of Kosovo (Beta, N1)
Milos Zeman, the Czech Republic’s President, said on Friday he did not exclude the possibility of Prague’s withdrawal of the recognition of Kosovo’s independence, adding “it would be difficult, but still one day” not impossible, the Beta news agency reported. In an interview with Parlamentnji Listi, a pro-Russian website, Zeman, whose administrative role is more […]
Read More →Brnabic: Statements from Pristina contrary to civilization values (Danas, BETA)
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said today the statement of Kosovo Foreign Affairs Minister Behgjet Pacolli that she would be banned to enter Kosovo goes in line with Pristina’s policy, Danas daily reports. “People who are ready to ban flow of goods, are also ready to ban freedom of movement,” Brnabic said after the meeting […]
Read More →Slovakia “explicitly against formation of Kosovo army” (B92, Tanjug)
Slovakia is explicitly opposed to the transformation of the Kosovo Security Forces into an armed force, Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini has said. At a press conference after his meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic in Bratislava on Tuesday, Pellegrini “stressed that his country continues to strongly support the territorial integrity of Serbia, and […]
Read More →Serbia “appreciates Slovakia’s stance on Kosovo” (B92, Serbian Government)
Prime Minister Ana Brnabic underlined on Friday that Serbia highly appreciates Slovakia’s partnership and support on the country’s path to EU membership. During her meeting in Belgrade on Friday with Slovak Deputy Prime Minister for Investments and Information Richard Rasi, Brnabic also informed the Slovak minister about “the latest provocations and unacceptable actions of the […]
Read More →Slovak Defense Minister Gajdos reiterates firm stance on Kosovo (Serbian Government, B92)
First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic on Friday spoke with Slovak Defense Minister Peter Gajdos. According to the Serbian government, Dacic and Gajdos “assessed that bilateral relations of the two countries are traditionally good and friendly.” The officials “expressed mutual satisfaction with the intense and continuous political dialogue at all levels, and […]
Read More →Ivan Korcok on Sofia Summit: Pristina there, no flag (Vecernje Novosti)
Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti writes today that Sofia is carefully polishing the format of forthcoming Sofia Summit, in order not to hurt sensibility of states which have not recognized unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo. Their message is clear, there would be no room for any kind of Kosovo „statehood“ there. Slovakian State Secretary in the […]
Read More →“Bulgaria will fully respect Kosovo’s status neutrality” (RTS, Vecernje Novosti, Tanjug, B92)
Spokesman for the Bulgarian EU presidency Genoveva Chervenakova says to Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti that Bulgaria will fully respect the status neutrality of Kosovo at the EU-Western Balkans summit to be organized in May. Daily writes that Bulgarians currently are trying to persuade all EU members that it will not be interfered with status […]
Read More →“Nothing has changed – Slovakia won’t recognize Kosovo” (Tanjug, B92)
The issue of Kosovo is “difficult for Serbia” – and one of the conditions put before Serbia, says Slovakia’s foreign minister. This is the case “because the EU does not want to be put in the position of a judge,” Ivan Korcok told students at University of Belgrade’s Faculty of Political Sciences. The Slovak official […]
Read More →Slovak FM thinks Belgrade and Pristina “can find solution” (B92)
Serbia “cannot trade with the issue of Kosovo and Metohija,” First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Monday. According to the Serbian government, Dacic made the remark after his meeting in Belgrade with Slovakia’s acting Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Ivan Korcok. Speaking at a joint press conference with Korcok, Dacic […]
Read More →Ružić: Serbia in EU with the exclusion of Kosovo (KIM radio, Presse)
Vice President of the Socialist Party of Serbia Branko Ružić told Austrian Presse that Serbia doesn’t have to recognize the independence of Kosovo, but it will become a full member of the EU “with exclusion of the territory of Kosovo”. He notes that since Slovakia and Spain are not recognizing Kosovo then Serbia does not […]
Read More →Kozarev with Plassat about the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Blic)
Deputy Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Dušan Kozarev spoke with a representative of Slovakia in the Committee for the enlargement of the EU Council (COELA), Anna Plassat on the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and about the plan of Slovakia for the upcoming presidency in the European Union. “Kozarev stressed the need […]
Read More →LINKS
UNMIK
Peacekeeping
UN News Center
From Google News- Foreign remittances to Kosovo up 5% y/y in Q1 - SeeNews 26/04/2024Foreign remittances to Kosovo up 5% y/y in Q1 SeeNews
- The Meeting of the chief Negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia ended without concrete Results - Sarajevo Times 26/04/2024The Meeting of the chief Negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia ended without concrete Results Sarajevo Times
- War in Kosovo and sexual violence, a painful legacy - Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso 26/04/2024War in Kosovo and sexual violence, a painful legacy Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso
- Foreign remittances to Kosovo up 5% y/y in Q1 - SeeNews 26/04/2024
Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General
Media Sources
