Former US Deputy Ambassador: Kostunica to blame for setting fire to US Embassy; DSS: Unthinkable US impudence repeated (Serbian media)
Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, Jennifer Brush, told Voice of America that Kostunica had been notified of the attack, but had issued a police order not to respond. “There was no reaction, which was astonishing. Later, I learned from eyewitnesses that the then Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica attended a service […]
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 →Kosnett on institutional violence against Decani: The road in Decani gorge is illegal (KoSSev)
Even though the paving of a road in the Decani gorge –which leads to the mountains of this municipality and the border with Montenegro and partly passes through a special protected zone – was stopped in May last year, the Decani municipal authorities continued with the road construction. The road works were continued despite the […]
Read More →Dailies Danas and Vecernje Novosti on Palmer’s meeting with Serbian opposition
Belgrade based daily Danas reports that US diplomat Matthew Palmer called the Serbian opposition to participate in the next parliamentary elections, quoting unnamed diplomatic sources. Danas reports that Palmer told the opposition leaders that Washington does not agree with a possible boycott of elections because that would violate democratic principles. The opposition leaders are reported […]
Read More →Dacic, US Embassy, Benjamin Franklin, Kosovo (Blic, FoNet, N1, Sputnik)
Ivica Dacic, Serbia’s Foreign Minister, told Russian Sputnik news agency he did not destroy the 100 dollars banknote by writing “Kosovo is Serbia” on it, nor did he insult Benjamin Franklin, an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the US, but followed Franklin’s essential idea, who also had a wise message that […]
Read More →US ambassador in Pristina says enemies can turn into partners (N1, Kontakt plus radio, Twitter)
The US ambassador in Pristina expressed the conviction on Tuesday that enemies can be turned into partners if they focus on benefits of cooperation. Washington’s envoy to Kosovo Philip Kosnett wrote on his Twitter profile that the horrors of the past also have to be discussed. “With time, enemies can turn to partners when they […]
Read More →Djuric: They think we’re stupid, but we’re not (B92, TV Prva)
Marko Djuric told Belgrade based TV Prva that he would like the US ambassador to Pristina “to give a lecture” to the Kosovo’s leaders – but does not believe that this will happen. Already on Monday, the provincial government in Pristina discussed the proposal of the Pristina-Tirana agreement on the gradual abolition of border control. […]
Read More →US ambassador: Army a positive step, some misunderstood that US support border change (B92, RTK)
New US Ambassador in Pristina Philip Kosnett said that the announced formation of Kosovo army was a “a positive step.” Kosnett told RTK broadcaster in an interview late on Thursday that “Kosovo’s leaders have talked about how the Kosovo Armed Forces could participate in peace-keeping operations overseas.” And according to him, they also said that […]
Read More →Municipality in Serbia to suspend activities with US embassy (TV Most)
Municipality of Gornji Milanovac in Serbia proper has suspended all activities with the US embassy in connection with the celebration of the anniversary of the mission “Halyard”, due to the recent statement by Ambassador Kyle Scott on Kosovo, said Dejan Kovacevic, the president of the municipality told portal glaszapadnesrbije.rs (the voice of western Serbia), reports […]
Read More →Trump’s envoy next week in the Balkans (Danas, RFE)
US Senator and Chairman of the State Security Committee, Ron Johnson, will visit Greece, FYROM, Serbia and Kosovo next week, confirms the US Embassy in Belgrade to Radio Free Europe, reports daily Danas. Johnson should be in Belgrade Monday and Tuesday. During his mission in the Balkans, he will meet with regional leaders. Senator Johnson […]
Read More →Scott: I hope the compromise between Belgrade and Pristina will be reached ”perhaps this year” (RTS)
US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott told Radio Television Serbia (RTS) that the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina should enter a more intensive phase and expresses the hope that the compromise will be reached “perhaps even this year”. Scott told RTS that neither Belgrade nor Pristina will get everything they want, but that it is […]
Read More →Kosovo’s Ministry of Infrastructure states that works on the road Decani-Plav continue by avoiding the protected area (Kossev)
Political Advisor to the Minister of Infrastructure Fatos Mani told Pristina based daily Gazeta Express that the works on the route to Plav continue with avoiding the protected area around the monastery. According to him, the opposition of the monastery to the construction of the road has a political character, writes today portal Kossev. Mani […]
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