Serbian FM says some European countries preventing agreement on Kosovo (TV N1, BETA, B92)
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic accused “some European countries” of trying to prevent a quick agreement over Kosovo. Dacic did not specify which countries he claimed are playing games because they don’t want to see Belgrade and Pristina reach an agreement quickly, adding that he does not believe the United States are playing that […]
Read More →Vulin: Haradinaj “trying to provoke conflict with Serbs” (B92, RTS, Beta, Tanjug)
“The provisional Pristina institutions PM saying that the so-called ‘Kosovo Army’ could enter the north of Kosovo is a threat to the entire region’s peace,” stated Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin. He told the public broadcaster, RTS, that the Serbian Army was “confident, strong and capable of preserving peace and stability throughout the country.” Vulin […]
Read More →US Congress delegation tells Serbian president to arrest retired policeman (Blic, FoNet, N1)
A bi-partisan US Congress delegation has demanded the arrest of former senior Serbian police officer Goran Radosavljevic aka Guri over the killing of three Kosovo Albanian US citizens in 1999, Belgrade daily Blic said on Monday. The delegation met with President Aleksandar Vucic during last week’s security conference in Munich to demand Radosavljevic’s arrest and […]
Read More →Dusan Janjic: All leads towards an armed conflict in Kosovo (N1)
Great powers always have plan B, and unless the Belgrade and Pristina agreements come to an end, all leads towards the outbreak of localized armed conflicts in Kosovo, assesses Dusan Janjic from the Forum for Ethnic Relations, visiting regional broadcaster TV N1. Janjic assesses that the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina is in a deadlock, […]
Read More →Odalovic: It is natural to discuss about Kosovo at UN SC (Tanjug, B92)
State Secretary in the Serbian Foreign Affairs Ministry, Veljko Odalovic said the UN Security Council is a natural place for the talks on Kosovo and Metohija. He added, Serbia would insist to reach an agreement on mandatory periodical reporting on the situation in Kosovo. Odalovic also noted the situation in Kosovo and Metohija is not […]
Read More →“Only America interested in Kosovo, Merkel is dropping out” (VoA, B92)
Donald Trump’s administration does not have much time for the Balkans. This is according to Daniel Hamilton, an expert at the School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. According to Voice of America, this prominent connoisseur of European circumstances, is also not convinced that Washington, and even the European capitals will make enough […]
Read More →Dacic to TV Prva: “When Vucic presented principles – Kosovo dialogue stalled” (TV Prva, B92, Blic)
Ivica Dacic spoke for Belgrade based Prva TV on Wednesday – without confirming that he is one of those who know what the Serbian plan to solve the Kosovo problem is. The foreign minister and first deputy PM also pointed out that he “could say in detail what that plan may look like.” “There should […]
Read More →Vucic for RTS: I am ready for difficult decisions, but those must be difficult and for Pristina not only for Belgrade (RTS)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told morning RTS News that he is not optimistic that a final solution for Kosovo will be reached, but that he is ready for difficult decisions. He says that it must be a compromise. The Republic of Palau is the 13th country that has withdrawn the recognition of Kosovo’s independence. The […]
Read More →Dacic: Mogherini confirmed Kosovo agreement must be ratified by UN (Beta, N1)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asked the EU’s Federica Mogherini on the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and she said any potential agreement between the two sides would have to be ratified by the UN Security Council, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said. “This is evidence that Russia is monitoring the situation and that they won’t just be […]
Read More →Vukcevic: Dick Marty’s report is remarkable (TV Prva, B92, RTV Puls)
One of the former KLA commanders, Rustem Mustafa-Remi should be one of the first to be questioned before the Special Prosecutor’s Office. Former Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic told Belgrade based TV Prva that he is satisfied that the prosecution started working, and that it was founded because it is about the most monstrous […]
Read More →“The agreement in 2019; neither Kosovo or Serbia will be asked much” (KIM radio, KTV)
Kosovo Assembly Vice President Xhavit Haliti said that Pristina and Belgrade would not be asked much about the agreement on normalizing relations between Kosovo and Serbia. He told Pristina based KTV that a legally binding agreement would be reached this year, and only thanks to the high pressure of Western diplomacy, reports KIM radio. “We have […]
Read More →“Serb Republic will break away from Bosnia” (B92, NIN, Tanjug)
The Serb Republic (RS) will separate from Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH), above all because Serbs are extremely dissatisfied with the common life. Former British diplomat Timothy Less told this to Belgrade weekly NIN in an interview. “They feel that their security is threatened by Sarajevo’s policy and are deeply hurt by the imposed decisions, especially during the […]
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