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Kosovo: Change of borders "cannot be free of violence" (Tanjug, B92)

"Change of borders" in Kosovo "cannot be free of violence," states a confidential report prepared by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). Pristina-based Koha Ditore is reporting this, noting that it had seen the three-page report authored by Chairman of Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee Norbert Roettegen, and Robert Cooper, former supervisor in the technical level dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade. According to this, the document was prepared based on "discussions with several European ambassadors in Pristina." The report states that Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has beg

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Dacic: I am interested to talk to those who recognized Kosovo (RTS, Tanjug)

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said he is interested the most to talk with the countries that have recognized unilaterally declared Kosovo independence and to re-examine their decisions, RTS reports today. “I am very pleased with how these talks are unfolding,” Dacic noted, adding he has said to the representatives of certain countries, having this in mind, soon Pristina and Tirana would be the only ones that recognize Kosovo. However, Dacic did not want to reveal details how far he has reached in these talks, saying “it is not good to talk about that until things are completed

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"Vucic on Kosovo - preparing the ground for a new initiative" (N1, Vesti)

Sociologist Dario Hajric, assessing a part of Aleksandar Vucic's speech at the SNS Main Committee on Kosovo, said that he (Vucic) prepares the ground for a new initiative to be taken, regional broadcaster N1 reports.

He adds that there will probably be a turning point in Kosovo's politics, but he thinks that this will not happen behind the scenes.

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Movement Fatherland: ''Dacic is lying, the views of Russia and Serbia about Kosovo are not identical'' (Vesti)

"Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Ivica Dacic, that the views of Russia and Serbia on the issue of Kosovo and Metohija are identical, is a naked lie," says the People's Movement of Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija, portal Vesti reported.

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German analyst: Border change bears unforeseeable effect (N1, Kossev)

There will not be border corrections or the territory swap between Kosovo and Serbia because that would leave the unforeseen consequences, Bodo Weber, a German analyst, has said, the KoSSev website reported.

Weber, an expert on the Balkans – European Union relations, also said late on Monday that both Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic and his Kosovo’s counterpart Hashim Thaci realised that there was a significant resistance within the EU, especially from Germany, to any border changes.

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Obrad Kesic: Trump has a different vision of foreign policy (RTS)

Political analyst Obrad Kesic told RTS that the change in the US's attitude towards Kosovo is tied to bigger issues from the Balkans and recalls that US President Donald Trump has announced in the campaign that he has a different vision of foreign policy.

However, Kesic points out that there is great resistance to his vision.

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Dacic: Political solution for Kosovo is national priority (RTS, Tanjug)

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic stated in New York that reaching a political solution to the Kosovo and Metohija issue is Serbian national priority, RTS reports today. “By defending its sovereignty and territorial integrity, Serbia defends the international law, UN Charter, preservation of international peace and security, but also its national and historic identity, Dacic said in a Peace Summit, organized in honour of the centenary of the birth of Nelson Mandela, prior to the 73 session of the United Nations General Assembly. Dacic underlined that Ser

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"Vucic has been told he can drag out Kosovo solution" (Tanjug, Blic, Vecernje Novosti, B92)

It seems that a solution to the Kosovo issue will not be found either in 2018 or in early 2019, "despite the wishes of the international community." Belgrade-based press is saying this in articles published on Tuesday. Daily Blic said it learned from diplomatic sources that "pressure from western countries to solve the open issue between Serbia and Kosovo is slowly waning." The Brussels-based source also told Blic that Germany and France have realized that the final solution to the Kosovo issue is not even on the horizon, "so the decision has been made not to insist on solving that question

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