Ljajic: EU and US admit Kosovo status is not solved yet (BETA, N1, RTS)
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Rasim Ljajic said the Czech Republic President statement that Prague might reconsider the decision on recognition of Kosovo independence, as well as voices from Brussels and Washington about the need for compromise, showed that Pristina’s status had not been solved yet, BETA news agency reports on Thursday. Ljajic also told RTS […]
Read More →US Senator Johnson: “It must be explained to people of Kosovo and Serbia, you may not like the solution” (Tanjug, B92, VoA)
We need to explain to the people of Kosovo and Serbia that the agreement, which they may not like, is in their best interest, said U.S. Senator Ron Johnson. Johnson visited Belgrade and Pristina last week. He told the Ukrainian Voice of America service that it is up to leaders in Belgrade and Pristina to […]
Read More →Polemics between Palmer and Botsan-Kharchenko (RTS)
RTS reports about polemics between the newly appointed US envoy for the Western Balkans Mathew Palmer and Russian Ambassador to Serbia, Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko. Earlier Palmer told Montenegro-based television that Moscow wishes unstable region. Botsan-Kharchenko responded to this by saying why would Russia need instability in the Western Balkans while her leading companies are implementing the […]
Read More →Belgrade urges US to ‘bring Pristina to reason’ (Beta, Blic, N1)
Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday that Belgrade counted on the US help and its wish to be constructive regarding the dialogue with Pristina on the normalisation of relations, but that Washington should “push” Pristina into the reason, the Beta news agency reported. In his comments on Matthew Palmer, the US special envoy […]
Read More →Schwarz-Schilling: EU should appoint envoy for Kosovo dialogue (FoNet, N1, DW)
Washington has taken the first step to shake up the European Union which is focused on its own problems and the initiative taken by US envoy Matthew Palmer should motivate the countries of the Balkans to find a solution for their problems, former High Representative for Bosnia-Herzegovina Christian Schwarz-Schilling told Deutsche Welle on Tuesday. He […]
Read More →Jeremic: To boycott elections, then all decisions, including the ones on Kosovo, illegitimate (Kosovo-online portal)
Leader of Peoples’ Party (NS) Vuk Jeremic called for the boycott of elections in Serbia, arguing that in that case all decisions made by the institutions elected after the poll and international agreements that the authorities would sing, including the eventual agreement on “delineation” by which Pristina would get seat in the UN would be […]
Read More →Vucic: I’m happy that Bozovic joined the Serbian List, we need unity (FoNet, N1, TV Prva)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told Belgrade based TV Prva that he was extremely happy that Ksenija Bozovic (CI SDP) had decided to join the Serbian List. “I am very happy because of Ksenija Bozovic and others who have joined the Serbian List and the most important is the unity which opposes the attempts of Albanians […]
Read More →Serbia, Kosovo FMs expect US envoy to play positive role (N1, KoSSev)
The Foreign Ministers of Serbia and Kosovo, Ivica Dacic and Behgjet Pacolli, told the Bled Security Forum that Belgrade-Pristina relations need to be normalized and added that they expect Matthew Palmer, Washington‘s new envoy for the Western Balkans to play a positive role in restarting their dialogue. Speaking at the Forum on Tuesday, Palmer said […]
Read More →Serbian ambassador says Palmer should not have agreed to be special envoy (N1)
Serbia’s Ambassador to Russia Miroslav Lazanski said on Tuesday that US diplomat Matthew Palmer should not have agreed to be special envoy for the Western Balkans. “If he had studied history a little he should not have accepted. All envoys either died or were dismissed, from Richard Holbrooke to Hoyt Lee. I don’t know of […]
Read More →US Ambassador Kosnett attended liturgy in Visoki Decani Monastery (Radio KIM, social media)
Radio KIM reported that Serbian Orthodox Church Visoki Decani Monastery marked yesterday the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God. Displaced persons from Djakovica and Decane were among attendees. The Liturgy was also attended by the US Ambassador in Kosovo Philip Kosnett with his wife Alison and the US General Shaun Harris with […]
Read More →“US will no longer tolerate slaps from Haradinaj” (Tanjug, B92, RTS)
Chairman of the Serbian National Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun said Albanians are not ready to take part in the process of finding out who were the perpetrators of the most serious crimes, Tanjug news agency reported. According to Drecun their aim is to make the investigations difficult, conceal the evidence and […]
Read More →Trump could benefit in elections if Kosovo issue is solved, FM Dacic says (FoNet, N1, Informer)
Everything Serbia does is supported by a part of the White House administration, the part which favors a compromise between Belgrade and Pristina, Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic has said on Wednesday FoNet news agency reports. “It is a big step forward, but whether they (those who support Belgrade) will press the rest of […]
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