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Erdogan’s spokesperson: Vucic was well prepared (B92, Blic)

By   /  12/10/2017  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Ibrahim Kalin, a spokesperson for the Turkish president, has told a Belgrade daily that Recep Erdogan’s visit to Serbia went in “an extraordinary atmosphere.” Kalin, whom Blic says is the only politician authorized to speak on behalf of Erdogan, assessed that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic was well prepared for the visit of the Turkish delegation, […]

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Erdoğan compared Kosovo with Northern Iraq (N1)

By   /  26/09/2017  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said today in Ankara that representatives of the Regional Kurdish Administration in northern Iraq do not know what politics is, or how a state becomes, reports N1. Erdoğan addressed today in the presidential palace in Ankara on the occasion of the start of the new academic year and on that […]

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Juncker: Western Balkans in EU – Not Before 2019 (B92)

By   /  13/09/2017  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

The conditions for Western Balkan countries to join the EU membership will not be met before the end of the mandate of the current European Commission (EC). EC President Jean-Claude Juncker said this on Wednesday, during his “state of the union” address at the European Parliament. Beta is reporting that Juncker “stressed the EU will […]

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“Bring W. Balkans into EU to keep Turkey and Russia at bay” (B92)

By   /  22/08/2017  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz has called on the EU “to bring the Balkans into its orbit.” In an interview for Germany’s Handelsblatt, quoted by Tanjug, Kurz “warned of the growing influence of Turkey and Saudi Arabia.” “In Sarajevo and Pristina, for example, women are paid to wear the full veil in public. We cannot […]

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Turkish ambassador: Gulen followers present in Kosovo too (Klan Kosova)

By   /  14/07/2017  /  Articles from Kosovo media  /  No Comments

Turkey’s Ambassador to Kosovo, Kivilcim Kiliç, said today on the anniversary of the failed coup attempt in Turkey that members of Fethullah Gulen organization, considered responsible for the act, are in Kosovo. “Terrorist organization behind the coup in Turkey is present in Kosovo and 170 other world countries, through private schools and media”, Kilic said […]

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Austrian Defense Minister warns on Islamization of Balkans (RTS, TV Most)

By   /  28/06/2017  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Austrian Defense Minister Hans Peter Doskozil warned on the expansion of influence from Turkey and Saudi Arabia in the states of the Western Balkans. The EU influence in the states of the Western Balkans is declining, and at the same time Turkey and Saudi Arabia extend their influences in Albania, Kosovo and Serbia, stated Doskozil […]

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Three reasons for change – What is behind Erdogan’s “no” to “Greater Albania”? (Blic)

By   /  23/06/2017  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Blic daily reported that the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan completely changed his stance on the Balkans, after saying the project of “Greater Albania” is not only bad but also dangerous. He made these remarks in an interview to the Albanian TV station only three days before holding parliamentary elections in Albania. “These are bad […]

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“Greater Albania” unacceptable to Turkey – Erdogan (B92)

By   /  21/06/2017  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Turkey’s president says “the ideas of some about the unification of Albania, Macedonia and Kosovo into a Greater Albania” are “bad, and unacceptable to Turkey.” According to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey is loudly advocating “respecting sovereignty and integrity of countries in the Balkans.” “These are bad things. You see what is happening in the Middle […]

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US to send 130 more soldiers to Kosovo (B92, Blic)

By   /  16/05/2017  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Analysts say the US announcement of sending an additional 130 troops to Kosovo to support KFOR and NATO is a message to warmongering politicians in the region. The troops in question are members of US special units of the Tupelo-based 1st Battalion, “highly trained for emergency response,” the daily Blic is reporting. They will arrive […]

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UNMIK Headlines 3 April

By   /  03/04/2017  /  UNMIK Media Reports - Morning Edition  /  No Comments

• Vucic claims victory in Serbian presidential elections (dailies)
• Government ready to submit border deal to Assembly (Koha Ditore)
• Haliti: Government will not submit border deal without securing votes (Zeri)
• COMKFOR: Kosovo army, political issue (Zeri)
• Haradinaj doubts France will extradite him to Serbia (Telegrafi)
• Apostolova: Freedom of expression, the most cherished European value (Zeri)
• Turkey concerned Thaci’s son is attending Gulen school (Koha Ditore)

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Füle: If the EU disengages from the Balkans, others will engage ‘immediately’ (EurActiv, InSerbia)

By   /  08/12/2016  /  International  /  No Comments

Former Enlargement Commissioner Štefan Füle told an audience today (7 December) that if the EU distances itself from the Western Balkans, other geopolitical players will immediately seize the opportunity to assert their influence over the region. The ex-Commissioner, who now works as a special envoy to the Balkans for the Czech ministry of foreign affairs, […]

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Thaçi: normalization of Albanian-Serb relations is done through Pristina (Klan Kosova)

By   /  14/10/2016  /  Articles from Kosovo media  /  No Comments

The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi said that normalization of the relations between Serbs and Albanians does not pass from Belgrade to Tirana, but through Pristina to the other territories.  “Albania and Kosovo are two sovereign countries, but the more consultations the better. The two countries are oriented towards the Euro-Atlantic future. We have the […]

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