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Russia is neither Serbia nor Iran: What does history say – how will the war in Ukraine end?

Despite Ukraine’s achievements, experts believe that a frozen conflict or a poor ceasefire is most likely. Here’s why. The war in Ukraine evokes a strong sense of historical déjà vu. Although filmed in a more modern way, with mobile phones and drones, the high-resolution footage of artillery duels and trench …

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CSM In Kosovo: The Great Serbian Project That Shouldn’t Exist – Analysis

In recent weeks and months, especially after the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24 last year, the pressure of Western diplomats on Belgrade and Pristina to implement the Brussels Agreement from 2013 as soon as possible has increased dramatically. In other words, western diplomats want to …

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Kosovo Media, And Regulators, Failing On Privacy Protection – Analysis

When Indeksonline, an online media outlet in Kosovo, reported in January that a participant in a local reality TV show was HIV positive, dozens of other media ran with the story. The story was wrong, and Indeksonline later retracted it and issued an apology. But the claim is still doing …

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German press: Serbia has “de facto” come to terms with the existence of Kosovo

The German-language press mostly sees the agreement in principle between Belgrade and Pristina as a de facto recognition of Kosovo’s independence, but also states that it is not yet certain that Vučić will see the matter through to the end. “Serbia and Kosovo have reached an important milestone on the …

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Jadranka Joksimović for Danas: I believe in Serbia’s membership in the EU

Geopolitics further tightened expectations from Serbia. If the process is sincerely approached again and Serbia’s European dimension is politically established, I believe in Serbia’s membership, even though there are great challenges in overcoming the misunderstanding between the EU and Serbia, which both arose objectively, but which has been built for …

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Are weapons “commodities like any other”: Danas interlocutors on the dilemma of whether Serbia should export weapons to Ukraine?

Photographs of Krušík’s unexploded mines, published by Russian soldiers, echoed in Serbia once again calling into question the declarative decision of the local authorities to stay away from the war in Ukraine. Information that mines from Valjevo were sold to Ukraine was denied by the Serbian Ministry of Trade, which …

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Vučić: We have never been richer in the history of Serbia

Inflation has stopped, although our exchange rate is not fixed, it is important that it is firm, we are raising foreign exchange reserves, they are the largest in history in every sense, as well as gold reserves, we are now the richest in the history of Serbia, said President Aleksandar …

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What did Kurti want to achieve with the letter to Zelenski in which he compared Serbia and Russia?

Aljbin Kurti, the Prime Minister of Kosovo, has been applying the strategy of grouping Serbia into authoritarian societies, which are usually linked to Russia, for a long time. Serbia and Russia are guided by the same logic in relation to their environment, dominance and use of force in international relations. …

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What is written in the EU document: The text of the proposed agreement on the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia has been published

The text of the European Union’s proposal for an Agreement on the path to the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia was published on the website of the European External Affairs Service (EEAS) . According to the words of the high representative of the EU for foreign policy and …

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Haradinaj: Today’s agreement is a great achievement, the agreement contains a de facto acceptance of independence

The President of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, Ramuš Haradinaj, assessed that today’s agreement in Brussels is a great achievement and that the agreement contains Serbia’s acceptance of the de facto independence of Kosovo, reports Reporters. Haradinaj stated that the agreement on the acceptance of the European proposal …

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