Archive for the ‘Serbia’ Category

The Kosovo government welcomed the revised resolution by Serbia and EU

Thursday, September 9, 2010 No Comments

The Kosovo government welcomed the revised draft resolution by Serbia and the EU, which was submitted to the UN General Assembly. According to the government in Pristina, the new

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UN General Assembly to discuss Kosovo resolution Thursday

Thursday, September 9, 2010 No Comments

The UN General Assembly is to discuss the resolution on Kosovo filed by Serbia. The text of the document has been agreed between Belgrade and the EU. The resolution is a result of the ruling of the agreement reached between

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Serbia, EU agree on Kosovo UN Resolution language

Thursday, September 9, 2010 No Comments

Serbia has submitted a revised resolution on Kosovo to the UN after talks with the EU representative in Belgrade. The new resolution reads as follows:

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Serbia, Brussels to continue Kosovo talks

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 No Comments

Talks between Brussels and Belgrade are to continue after negotiations failed to reach a compromise over Serbia’s draft resolution to the UN on Kosovo.

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Serbian President to meet Catherine Ashton in Brussels

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 No Comments

Serbian President Boris Tadić is meeting in Brussels with EU with High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton on Tuesday.

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British Ambassador to Pristina: Kosovo is independent

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 No Comments

British Ambassador to Pristina Andy Sparks has reiterated the international community’s support for Kosovo’s statehood and refusal to compromise on status and territory. “There are certain

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UNMIK favors direct negotiations between Belgrade and Priština

Monday, September 6, 2010 No Comments

UNMIK believes that talks between Belgrade and Priština should be direct and without mediators, stated UNMIK Spokesman Russell Geekie. He told Radio Television Kosovo (RTK) that it is still early

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Serbian FM: Kosovo resolution won’t be withdrawn

Monday, September 6, 2010 No Comments

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić stated that Serbia does not plan to withdraw its resolution on Kosovo it has submitted to the United Nations General Assembly. He said that Serbia is not negotiating its withdrawal but its text.

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Albanian President urges UN to reject Serbia’s resolution on Kosovo

Monday, September 6, 2010 No Comments

Albanian President Bamir Topi urged the UN General Assembly on Friday (September 3rd) not to back Serbia’s draft resolution on Kosovo at the upcoming session in New York and to instead recognise Pristina’s

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Serbian President to visit Slovenia

Friday, September 3, 2010 No Comments

Serbian President Boris Tadić will visit Slovenia today, where he will meet with Slovenian PM Borut Pahor. Serbia’s draft Kosovo resolution, submitted to the UN General Assembly, is expected to be discussed. Tadić will attend a private dinner with Pahor, it has been announced.

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British FM urges Serbia to reconsider resolution on Kosovo

Thursday, September 2, 2010 No Comments

British Foreign Secretary William Hague urged Serbian officials on Tuesday (August 31st) to reconsider the draft resolution on Kosovo they plan to present to the UN General Assembly

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Serbian President Boris Tadić supports regional comission for investigating victims of wars in the Balkans

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 No Comments

Serbian President Boris Tadić has supported an initiative to form a regional commission tasked with determining facts about victims of wars in the Balkans. He met in Belgrade on Wednesday with representatives of the REKOM coalition, and said he was supported solving all crimes in order to achieve justice for victims.

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Serbian PM: No Kosovo solution without Serbia

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 No Comments

Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković has said that there is no solution to the Kosovo issue without Serbia. “As far as Kosovo and Metohija is concerned, no solution can

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Police commanders in northern Kosovo discharged

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 No Comments

The commander of the police station in northern Mitrovica, Milija Milosevic, was discharged from his post Monday (August 30th) following a decision by Police Director General Behar Selimi. Milosevic was rumoured to

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Albania urges China to recognise Kosovo

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 No Comments

Albanian political leaders have called on China to recognise Kosovo’s independence as they continue to lobby on behalf of the state.
During a meeting with senior Chinese Communist Party officials in Tirana on Monday, Albania’s President Bamir Topi and Prime Minister

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US Congressmen to meet Serbia’s top officials

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 No Comments

A Delegation of US Congress is set to meet Serbia’s President Boris Tadic and Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic on Tuesday. The delegation is led by US Rep William Delahunt, who is also a member of the United States House Foreign Affairs Committee.

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No investigation into alleged independence declaration for northern Kosovo

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 No Comments

Kosovo: The interior ministry confirmed on Saturday (August 28th) that no investigations are under way regarding the publication of the so-called Statement for Independence

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Belgrade mufti calls for counter-rally

Monday, August 30, 2010 No Comments

Belgrade Mufti Muhamed Jusufspahić has called on a counter-rally in response to the one scheduled by a rival Islamic organization. The Islamic Community in Serbia leader Muamer Zukorlić called the original gathering.
Jusufspahić said that his Islamic Community of Serbia has scheduled a counter-rally so that its voice can be heard as well.

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British foreign minister to visit Belgrade

Monday, August 30, 2010 No Comments

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague will be in Belgrade on Tuesday to meet with senior Serbian officials. Political and economic analyst Dragomir Janković told B92 that Hague is not coming to Belgrade to negotiate changes to Serbia’s Kosovo resolution submitted to the UN General Assembly, however.

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Tadic says Serbia wants compromise with EU on Kosovo

Monday, August 30, 2010 No Comments

Serbia is ready to talk to Western countries, EU members in particular, to find compromise regarding its draft resolution on Kosovo submitted to the UN, President Boris Tadic said on Saturday (August 28th). The resolution, filed in late July, was in response to an opinion by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which

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Serbian government approves extradition deal with Montenegro

Monday, August 30, 2010 No Comments

The Serbian government adopted an extradition treaty with Montenegro on Friday (August 27th) covering those who have committed crimes punishable by more than three

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Serbia’s Minister for Kosovo: Priština’s money for the Serb north unwelcome

Friday, August 27, 2010 No Comments

Serbia’s Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović says the Priština government’s money allocated for the Serb north is not welcome.
The Kosovo Albanian government’s announcement that it would spend EUR 5mn for infrastructure in the northern areas of Kosovo, where Serbs do not recognize its authority, was described by Bogdanović as “an attempt to buy people”.

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Kosovo’s FM predicts failure of Serbian resolution

Friday, August 27, 2010 No Comments

Kosovo’s government is convinced that Serbia’s draft resolution on Kosovo’s secession will not be endorsed by the UN General Assembly in September, Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Skender Hyseni told a cabinet meeting

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Tadić, Dodik to visit towns together

Thursday, August 26, 2010 No Comments

Serbian President Boris Tadić and Republic of Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik will on Saturday visit Užice and Višegrad. Užice is a western Serbian town, while Višegrad is located in eastern RS.
Tadić and Dodik will first together open the Užice Free Zone in the city’s local community of Sevojno, and then meet with the

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Germany’s FM Westerwelle: No Serbia EU entry without Kosovo recognition

Thursday, August 26, 2010 No Comments

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle Thursday warned Serbia that it had no chance of joining the European Union unless it adopted a “co-operative” stance on Kosovo.

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Kosovo government to form a special fund of 5 million euros for Serbs integration

Thursday, August 26, 2010 No Comments

Kosovo government have decided to form a special fund for integration of Serbs from north Kosovo. The fund has been formed by the initiative of Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Taci, who assured that this fund will affect the economic development in that part of Kosovo.

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German FM in visit to Serbia

Thursday, August 26, 2010 No Comments

Germany’s Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle is set to meet Serbia’s top officials today. This will be his first official Balkan tour. Westerwelle is scheduled to meet Serbian PM Mirko Cvetkovic and Serbian President Boris Tadic. In the afternoon he is set to meet his Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremic.

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Haradinaj faces Kosovo politics ban

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 No Comments

Opposition leader and former Kosovo Liberation Army commander Ramush Haradinaj will be banned from taking part in politics if he is released from The Hague while he awaits a war crimes retrial, EULEX officials have stated.

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UNMIK chief in Belgrade for meetings

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 No Comments

UNMIK chief Lamberto Zannier will be in Belgrade today for meetings with Serbia’s Interior Minister Ivica Dačić and Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović. Kosovo and Metohija Ministry

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Kosovo’s Hyseni says no counter resolution to Serbia’s document

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 No Comments

Foreign Minister Skender Hyseni said on Monday (August 23rd) that Kosovo will not offer a counter resolution to the document Serbia has submitted to the UN General Assembly for discussion next month. Kosovo

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Azerbaijan to support Serbia in UN

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 No Comments

Azerbaijan will vote in favor of Serbia’s Kosovo resolution during the upcoming UN General Assembly session. This is according to the country’s Ambassador to Serbia Eldar Hasanov, who

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Serbia ‘won’t change Kosovo resolution’

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 No Comments

Serbia is open to discussing its draft UN resolution on Kosovo, but is not ready to change or withdraw it, Serbian officials have said.
Zdravko Ponos, Serbia’s assistant minister of foreign affairs, denied media reports that Germany FM Guido Westerwelle is to visit Belgrade to

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UN reportedly to discuss Serbia’s resolution on September 9th

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 No Comments

The UN General Assembly is expected to discuss Serbia’s draft resolution on Kosovo on September 9th, local media reported on Sunday (August 22nd). The document says that “unilateral secession is not an acceptable way to solve territorial issues”, and calls for reaching a “mutually acceptable solution to all open issues” through dialogue. Meanwhile, Minister for [...]

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More serbs apply for Kosovo documents

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 No Comments

Institutions in Serb-dominated Mitrovica say that the number of Kosovo Serbs who are interested in obtaining Kosovo documents has increased lately, local media reported on Monday (August 23rd). Civil Registry Office

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Belgrade seeks compromise with western countries

Monday, August 23, 2010 No Comments

Serbia will accept talks, but not a drastic change to its UN General assembly Kosovo resolution, MFA sources said in Belgrade today. The United States and the EU have been increasing their diplomatic offensive, while media reports place the forthcoming visit of German FM Guido Westerwelle in that context. 

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