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Dacic on Thaci and Rama: Pinnacle of insolence (B92, Tanjug)

The meeting of the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Hashim Thaci in Tirana represents a pinnacle of insolence by the Albanian politicians, Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said last night. Dacic’s statement came as a reaction to the topics of the meeting that included national unification of Albanians, abolishing the borders between Albania and Kosovo, as well as merging three southern Serbia’s municipalities with Kosovo. Dacic also underlined that nobody has reacted to such ideas on changing the borders, and even those who constantly refer to the “holly principle” of the inv

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Thaci and Rama on “abolishing the borders“ and “creating Albanian space” (KoSSev)

While the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic was preparing for his flight from Rome to Tirana and sending messages on the need to calm down the situation in the region, Kosovo President Hashim Thaci said from Tirana that “it is time to create an Albanian space without borders and to sensitize the rights of Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac to join Kosovo,” KoSSev portal reported. Thaci sent this message after the meeting with Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama in Tirana yesterday. See at:

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After Dutch vote, Albania worried EU might reintroduce visas (Tanjug, B92)

Albanian President Ilir Meta says that Tirana should do everything in its power so that the Dutch parliament's decision on visas does not cause a domino effect. "The move by the Dutch Parliament is unprecedented, because as far as I know, previously has not been such a demand for the Western Balkans and our countries," he said. "It goes without saying that this sounds an alarm and we need to send strong messages about organized crime, which is not a cause for concern only in the Netherlands, but in other countries like the United Kingdom," Meta pointed out. His comments came after four Dutc

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Covic: Realistic danger for Serbs in north of Kosovo, prudent in Berlin (RTS)

Former head of the Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohija, Nebojsa Covic told RTS he thinks there is a realistic danger of new conflicts because “Kosovo attempts to roundup its sovereignty.” According to him, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emanuel Macron want to overcome the problems in Kosovo and continue the dialogue, however that is not possible, Covic stressed. Commenting on the decision of Srpska Lista to take part in early mayoral elections in four northern municipalities, Covic said this decision was good and timely “so the Serbs cannot be portrayed as bad gu

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Vucic confirmed: I go to Berlin to meet Thaci and Haradinaj (Tanjug, B92)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has confirmed he would respond to the invitation by Germany and France and meet with Pristina representatives in Berlin on April 29. Speaking in a press conference, after the meeting with Kosovo Serb political representatives Vucic said he has been invited to visit Berlin along with the Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, adding Hashim Thaci and Ramush Haradinaj are also invited. Pristina-based TV Klan Kosova reported earlier that Serbian and Albanian presidents and prime ministers, as well as representatives of the Pristina institutions should meet in Ber

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KFOR Commander: Albanian soldiers won’t be deployed in north Kosovo (FoNet, N1)

The Commander of the US Bondsteel base in Kosovo Colonel Roy Macaraeg denied on Wednesday rumors that 500 Albanian soldiers would be positioned in the KFOR Nothing Hill camp in the north and said that 70-strong international force would remain there, the FoNet news agency reported.

The Colonel said that some 800 US, Polish, Turkish and Albanian soldiers were stationed in Bondsteel.

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Simic: I didn’t get reply from Minister Mustafa if police would increase presence to protect Serbs (TV Most, Radio Mitrovica)

Assembly Committee on Rights and Interests of Communities and Return meeting was held last Friday in Pristina, TV Most reported. President of the Committee and Vice-President of Serbian List Igor Simic in an interview for Radio Mitrovica on Saturday said there were some reactions during the meeting related to the questions he made, noting that first and foremost according to the State Department report during the last year, more than 100 attacks on Serbs, their properties, and the property of the Serbian Orthodox Church were committed, and therefore, in that context he asked Minister of Inter

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Drecun: Albanian soldiers provocation for Serbs (TV Pink, Vecernje Novosti, Tanjug)

After Albanian soldiers toured Mitrovica North couple of days ago and the announcement that several hundreds of them would be deployed to the north of Kosovo, Chairperson of the Serbian National Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun said it represents an endangerment of the security of Serbian people there. Drecun told TV Pink he has no confirmation that several hundreds of Albanian soldiers would be deployed as part of KFOR, however he did not exclude possibility of that to happen. “I think KFOR Commander, NATO and UN are aware that would be a grave destabilization of th

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