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Will Merkel’s departure impact resolution of Kosovo issue? (Blic, Danas, Tanjug)

Departure of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who announced she would not run for the new mandate, would have an impact on everything that happens in Europe, including Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Regional Cooperation Council Secretary General Goran Svilanovic believes, Blic daily reports. However, Svilanovic did not want to speculate on possible consequences that withdrawal of Angela Merkel could have on the influence and role of Germany in resolving the Kosovo issue, given Germany’s role as somebody who was restraining certain enthusiasm that Kosovo issue could be resolved with delineation.

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Battle for Kosovo still ahead, Serbian FM Dacic says (BETA, Vecernje Novosti, TV N1, B92)

Belgrade won’t give up its pride and constitution for some European ‘carrot’, and the battle for Kosovo still lies ahead of us, Serbia’s Foreign Minister has told the Vecernje Novosti daily on Friday. Ivica Dacic referred to a comment by Peter Beyer, a German parliamentarian from the Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party, who has recently told Belgrade authorities that “Serbia cannot be a part of the European Union until it de jure recognizes the independence of Kosovo.” Dacic said Beyer’s words should be taken seriously since he came from Merkel's party, but added that “if that is so, what i

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Brnabic: That's position of one Bundestag member, not of Germany (Tanjug, B92)

Beyer said on Wednesday in Belgrade that Serbia can't join the EU without recognizing Kosovo. Brnabic said on Thursday that the statement came from one Bundestag (German parliament) member and did not represent Germany's official policy. "He can have his opinion and he is free to express it. We can discuss his opinion, and we did so in an open manner yesterday. We disagree with that opinion.

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US and German envoys differ on Kosovo-Serbia border change (BETA, TV N1)

The US and German ambassadors to Serbia, Kyle Scott and Thomas Schieb said on Thursday that the European countries had the same approach toward the Balkans and firmly support their accession to the European Union, Beta news agency reported. However, taking part at the Belgrade Security Forum conference on Belgrade – Pristina dialogue, the two expressed different opinions on a border correction between Pristina and Belgrade as a solution to the Kosovo issue. Scott said that the US was open to any agreement reached by both sides without any preconditions, while Schieb told the gathering that “

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McAllister: Accept Serbia's proposal; Merkel: NEIN (B92, Blic)

Belgrade-based daily Blic writes today, in an article ''EU asks Merkel to accept a deal between Belgrade and Pristina'', that European Parliament rapporteur for Serbia David McAllister has asked the German chancellor to accept a solution to the Kosovo problem that Serbia proposes.

The daily Blic is citing a source from diplomatic circles in Berlin. According to the daily, McAllister, recently met with Angela Merkel and expressed his views on this sensitive issue.

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German ambassador: Western Balkans future is in EU (TV N1)

Thomas Schieb, German ambassador to Serbia, said that the future of the Western Balkans is in the European Union, reiterating the bloc's general stand that the entry would be based on merits, TV N1 reported. Schieb was addressing a two-day regional conference “Western Balkans 2030 - visions, wishes, reality,” opened in Belgrade on Wednesday. The conference, organized by the German-Serbian chamber of commerce, would tackle issues of the region’s European perspective and the challenges on its way to the bloc’s membership, including political, economic and social aspects of the regional countri

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German FM: Belgrade and Pristina need reconcilliation, not border change (TV N1, Kathimerini)

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told Greek daily he is worried about Belgrade-Pristina negotiations, adding that “an attempt to eliminate diversity by changing the border lines is dangerous,” Beta news agency reports. Speaking to the Greek Kathimerini newspaper, Mass noted that “real reconciliation should happen between Serbia and Kosovo." “The only adequate way for this to happen is (to show) more tolerance and accept diversities,” Maas said, adding an attempt to eliminate them by moving the border lines would be dangerous. German FM Mass was in official visit to Tirana and Athens. Ger

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