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Introduction In September 2021 a political crisis erupted in northern Kosovo. The government in Pristina had decided to implement the provisions of an agreement on identification cards and car licence plates, which inhabitants of northern Kosovo – mainly Serbs – were against. Serbs in the north complained that they were …

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, is satisfied with the Annex for the implementation of the Agreement on the Road to the Normalization of Relations between Kosovo and Serbia, which he negotiated in Ohrid with the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurtije, in the presence of representatives of the European …

On 19 March 2023, presidential elections will be held in Montenegro for the eighth time since the introduction of the multi-party system in this country and for the fourth time since its independence was proclaimed in 2006. 542,154 voters will be eligible to give a vote. The president of Montenegro …

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell on Saturday night, after a marathon meeting in Ohrid, North Macedonia, declared that Serbia and Kosovo had reached a deal on implementing the EU-backed plan for normalization of ties. However, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic continued bickering …

The President of Serbia, Aleksandër Vucic, stated on Thursday that he does not plan to sign anything at the March 18 meeting with the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti while NATO calls for both sides to progress. In a speech addressed to the nation on Thursday afternoon, Vucic said …

A landlocked country, Kosovo is bordered by Serbia to the north and east, North Macedoniato the south, Albania to the west, and Montenegro to the northwest Kosovo, self-declared independent country in the Balkans region of Europe. Although the United States and most members of the European Union (EU) recognized Kosovo’s …

Wider Europe Briefing Plus: How The EU Sanctions On Yanukovych Fell Apart Brief #1: Perhaps Serbia And Kosovo Can Finally Make A Deal What You Need To Know: On February 27, Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic endorsed an EU-facilitated proposal in Brussels titled, the “Agreement …

The Nis progressives, as N1 learns, had the task of providing around 2,000 people for the meeting in Vranje, as many as they came from Nis, according to the N1 source – and they came. Let us remind you that the N1 team recorded this morning an endless column of …

Buses with citizens from Leskovac, Vlasotinac, Bojnik and other municipalities in southern Serbia arrived in Vranje from the early hours of the morning, and the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, began his speech at around 11:20 a.m. “The geopolitical situation in the world has changed more drastically than during the …

Twenty years ago, state security service operatives conspired with gangsters and policemen to assassinate Serbia’s liberal-democratic Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic – and court documents show how a corrupted law enforcement system made it possible. On February 19, 2003, three men met in a café near the famous Atelje 212 Theatre …