Eurasia Press & News
Serbia will not hold local elections in Kosovo, the country’s Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic announced. The UNMIK refused to organize local elections in Kosovo. The Serbs in Kosovo will vote for president and MPs. “We received a negative response from UNMIK and we do not want to violate Resolution …
Read More »Belgrade is ready to continue Pristina dialogue
Belgrade chief negotiator with Pristina, Borislav Stefanovic, said that Belgrade is ready to continue the Kosovo dialogue sponsored by EU. He also expressed hope that Serbia will get the date for the start of talks with the EU by the end of 2012. “It will be difficult, but we are …
Read More »Bulgarian VP urged Serbia to resolve the issue of Bulgarian minority
Bulgaria’s Vice President Margarita Popova visited the town of Bosilegrad in Serbia, which is populated by ethnic Bulgarians. She said on Sunday (Bulgarian Orthodox Easter Day) at the Bulgarian Cultural and Information Center in Bosilegrad: “Serbia will become a member of the EU but there is no way this could …
Read More »Catherine Ashton urges Belgrade and Pristina to respect commitments
The EU Foreign and Security Policy chief Catherine Ashton condemns the recent series of arrests and aggressive language between Pristina and Belgrade and urged the two sides to respect their earlier commitments. Baroness Ashton’s office announced on Friday that the EU is monitoring the latest developments in Kosovo seriously and …
Read More »Thaci discuss Kosovo with UN Secretary-General in New York
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Hashim Thaci met in New York at UN headquarters and discussed the latest events in Kosovo . The meeting focused on Kosovska Mitrovica recent conflicts and the technical dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina. Thaci thanked the UN and the secretary general personally on the UN’s …
Read More »Serbian PM met National Council of Switzerland speaker
Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic and National Council of Switzerland President Hansjorg Walter met on Tuesday. The two expressed the willing of the two sides to continue
Read More »Dodik says: “Bosnia was never state, Serbs were also victims”
Milorad Dodik, the president of the Serb Republic (RS), said on Monday that the recent commemoration of the war in Sarajevo was another attempt to assign guilt only to Serbs. He said he does not oppose the remembrance of victims of the war, Muslim and Serb, but he thinks that …
Read More »Serbian IM says the only solution for Kosovo is territory demarcation
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ivica Dačić stated on Monday that “the only realistic solution” for Kosovo was “demarcation of the territory”. Dačić, who heads the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and is running in the presidential election, added that “no one except from him” talked about essential …
Read More »Serbian Interior Minister says the EU has double standards in Kosovo
Serbia’s Interior Minister Ivica Dačić has said that the latest couple of incidents in Kosovo show a lack of will in Priština to solve the problem peacefully. “The latest incidents in Kosovo are an indicator how they see Serbs from Kosovo. That’s savageness and if the EU believes that this …
Read More »Hillary Clinton met Hashim Thaci
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Hashim Thaci, meeting that was held in Washington. Clinton has expressed support to Kosovo government’s efforts on country’s way to the Euro-Atlantic integration and called Belgrade and Pristina to continue the bilateral dialogue. “I welcome the EU’s decision to start examining country’s …
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