Bieber and Judah on Grenell’s appointment: Not a good sign (B92)
Serbian media quoted Balkan experts Florian Bieber and Tim Judah, who expressed surprise at the announced appointment of Richard Grenell as special envoy for negotiations. Professor at the University of Grazz, Bieber wondered what the role of Matthew Palmer was, the recently appointed US Secretary of State’s Special Representative for the Balkans. “If Trump appoints […]
Read More →Vucic for TV Prva: An agreement with Pristina can be reached in 5 months, 50 years or never (Serbian media)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic stressed after visiting New York that situation regarding Kosovo is very difficult, complicated and complex But, he added, in tactical terms, ”we should try to do everything we can to create a more favorable position for our people and country”. Vucic told Belgrade based TV Prva, summarizing talks in New York […]
Read More →Vucic willing to deal on Kosovo but angered by tariffs, US Senator Murphy says (N1)
US Senator Chris Murphy believes that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is willing to recognize Kosovo but is angry over the 100 percent tariffs imposed by Pristina on goods from Serbia. Regional broadcaster N1 reported that Republican Senator Ron Johnson wrote on his blog about his recent visit to Belgrade, saying: ”We both believe that he […]
Read More →Trump set August 25, 2020 as a deadline for Kosovo? (Vecernje Novosti, Srpski Telegraf, Tanjug)
Srpski Telegraf daily writes today that US President Donald Trump has set August 25 next year as the deadline for resolving the Kosovo issue, and states that it includes a demarcation deal. “The deadline to put an end to the Kosovo node is August 25 next year, two months before the US presidential election (in […]
Read More →Western Balkans still threat to United States, Donald Trump says (Beta, N1)
US President Donald Trump extended a warning from 2001 about the Western Balkans as a threat to his state and notified the Congress that it had not changed, the Beta news agency reported. President George W. Bush first sent the message of the National Emergency with Respect to the Western Balkans on June 26, 18 […]
Read More →Vucic calls Trump to help restart Kosovo dialogue (FoNet, N1)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic called US President Donald Trump to convince the Kosovo authorities to revoke the 100 percent tariffs on Serbian goods, the president’s press service said on Friday. “I am asking you to convince Pristina to revoke its harmful tariffs on goods produced in central Serbia so that the dialogue to find a […]
Read More →Dacic: The former US administration is preventing a compromise solution for Kosovo (Vecernje Novosti, N1, SRNA)
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivica Dacic told Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti that the bearers of the former US administration for 20 years prevent the achievement of a compromise and mutually acceptable solution for Kosovo, quote Serbian media. Commenting on the names of the main guests in Pristina at the marking of 20 […]
Read More →Former MEP Doris Pack speaks out against border changes in Western Balkans (N1, Radio Free Europe)
The European Parliament’s former rapporteur on Bosnia and Herzegovina, Doris Pack, spoke out on Tuesday against changes to borders in the Balkans. Former MEP expressed surprise over the fact that the Presidents of Serbia and Kosovo, Aleksandar Vucic and Hashim Thaci, support the proposed territory swap between Serbia and Kosovo. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia […]
Read More →Analyst Kesic: “Kosovo is not even among top ten topics for Trump” (TV Prva, B92)
The situation in Kosovo is not even among the top ten topics of US President Donald Trump and its administration, Obrad Kesic has told Prva TV. Kesic, a political analyst and head of the representative office of the Serb Republic (RS) in Washington, explained that due to the huge internal crisis in Washington because of […]
Read More →Drecun: We must accept that Greater Albania will be created (TV Pink, B92, Beta)
Serbian Assembly Committee on Kosovo and Metohija chair Milovan Drecun has assessed that the creation of Greater Albania is an irreversible process. Drecun also told Belgrade based TV Pink that this will be created “in one form or the other” and that this is being done in order to create a counterpoint to Serbia – […]
Read More →Drecun: Albania looking to annex our territory (B92, RTS, Tanjug)
Milovan Drecun says the “erasing” of the border between Albania and Kosovo is one of the steps leading to Albania’s annexation of a part of Serbia’s territory. The chairman of the Serbian National Assembly’s Committee on Kosovo and Metohija added that this would place a part of the international community that supports Serbia before “a […]
Read More →Beqaj: The idea of demarcation has diminished the value of the dialogue (Danas, RTK2)
The Draft Law on Dialogue with Serbia means the official Pristina new approach in Brussels talks, but the question is whether it is realistic and whether it will be applicable in the further course of the dialogue process, professor and expert for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue Belul Beqaj said. Beqaj told RTK2 that the situation in […]
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