British journalist Tim Judah thinks that Russia would have major benefits if the result of the Belgrade-Pristina negotiations would be recognition of Kosovo and exchange of territories, BETA news agency reports today. “Russia could use such precedent in an attempt to achieve similar agreements for secessionist territories which are under its control in Moldova (Pridnestrovie) and Georgia (South Ossetia and Abkhazia),” Judah said. Commenting on Putin-Thaci meeting in Paris during the ceremony to mark the 100^th anniversary since the end of the WWI, Judah said that “Putin used Kosovo

"We are not thrilled with every photo - but everyone has their own policies and positions, just as Serbia does." This is what President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday regarding the photos Kosovo President Hashim Thaci posted the day before of himself with the Russian leader Vladimir Putin, B92 reports. "Thaci is free to chase Putin as much as he likes, but he will not get the support for anything that Serbia disagrees with," the president said during a press conference, and added that "at

French Ambassador in Belgrade Frederic Mandolini has offered an apology to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and the Serb people. Mandolini told Prva TV on Monday morning that what happened with the seating arrangement during a ceremony in Paris to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War was "regrettable." "We are very close to Serbia. Serbia lost almost a third of its population in the First World War, 62 percent of all men.

At Sunday's ceremony in Paris marking 100 years since the end of the First World War, the place behind Vladimir Putin was given to Hashim Thaci. Many are today commenting on the decision of the organizer, some consider it scandalous, and the media also write about "only the alphabetic order" being important. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said "the protocol for this event certainly did not reflect the relation of forces." When asked how they commented that some regional leaders were among the world's five most powerful at the ceremony, he noticed that Kosovo President Hashim Thaci won t

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said that the dialogue in Brussels will continue when Pristina withdraws its unlawful decisions. Vucic - who was in Brussels on Thursday for his EU-mediated meeting with Kosovo President Hashim Thaci - that "no Serbian representative will appear in Brussels (again) until that happens." Vucic said that "Pristina's decision on additional 10 percent tax on goods coming from Serbia will remain in force" - while they are not very upset about it "in Europe" - and also warned that "Europeans intend to push Serbia out of the energy network for northern Kosovo."

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday the European Union should secure the implementation of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) making Pristina revoke its decision to increase import taxes for goods from Serbia and Bosnia, Beta news agency reports. Speaking to reporters in Helsinki at the sidelines of the European Peoples’ Parties (EPP) Congress he said the forthcoming meeting with his Kosovo counterpart Hashim Thaci in Brussels would be awkward, since Belgrade expected the EU to stop Pristina's violation of the CEFTA provisions. “The talks with the EU in Brusse

Thursday's meeting between Vucic and Thaci in Brussels is unlikely to bring anything new, but Vucic will criticize the EU, a diplomat Zoran Milivojevic said. Milivojevic told Prva TV's news program that today's meeting is "not surprising, although it may seem so." He recalled that the dialogue "almost died in the summer" when a lot of criticism was leveled at the EU, the mediator in the dialogue, regarding the organization's "inability to solve the problem." "The dialogue died down and ha

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic spoke on the margins of the Munich Security Conference in Minsk with Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, B92 reports, referring to the Belorussian news agency Belta. According to the agency, Serbian Prime Minister Brnabic told the journalists they spoke about Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, and she expressed hope the two sides would manage to reach a compromise solution, that would lead towards better stability in the region.    

Leader of Peoples’ Party (NS) Vuk Jeremic claims that Serbian President is rushing the negotiations on delineation and the agreement between Vucic and Kosovo President Hashim Thaci should be announced in the first quarter of 2019, FoNet news agency reports. “Delineation means that 90 percent of the territory of Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija would remain on the other side, plus parts of Southern Serbia, Albanians call Presevo valley,” Jeremic said at the event to mark one year since the establishment of NS party.