Serbia

Vučić authorized himself: Why do the president and the prime minister negotiate on behalf of Belgrade and Pristina, and not the prime minister and the prime minister?

Negotiations on the Kosovo issue have been going on for years, and since he came to power, they have been led by President Aleksandar Vučić. On the other hand, Prime Minister Aljbin Kurti is negotiating on behalf of Kosovo. This raises the question of why the dialogue between Belgrade and …

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In Serbia, the image of the President of Russia is being demystified: are the days of Putin’s halo in the Balkans numbered?

For more than a year, Serbia has been calculating the (non)introduction of sanctions against Russia, which has recently been shown to be a maneuver that the current government is seriously reconsidering, writes Oslobođenje . It also seems that public opinion is slowly giving way to the “Russophile euphoria”, and that …

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Kosovo Media, and Regulators, Failing on Privacy Protection

Media in Kosovo often publish the personal data of individuals in a race for clicks that ignores standards on ethics.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. …

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People’s Party: Signing the plan for Kosovo would be a disaster and a betrayal

The Presidency of the People’s Party unanimously decided that the absolute priority in the party’s activities in the coming period will be the fight against the signing of the so-called Franco-German plan for Kosovo and Metohija, the party announced today. Signing that document would be a national disaster and treason, …

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Dveri and the Movement for the Defense of Kosovo and Metohija: Vučić committed a coup d’état by accepting the ultimatum

The Provincial Committee of the Serbian Movement Dveri and the Movement for the Defense of Kosovo and Metohija assessed today that the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, “committed a coup” because he “usurped powers that do not belong to him, especially by accepting the Franco-German ultimatum”. “This is no longer …

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Vejvoda: It was also clear to Djindjic that he had to resolve the relationship with Kosovo as soon as possible

In the negotiations with Kosovo, Serbia must extract the maximum from the minimum, and the minimum is the fact that it entered into a war with NATO and lost it, Ivan Vejvoda, a permanent associate of the Vienna Institute for Social Sciences told FoNet, who sees a compromise in the …

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Will the agreement on Kosovo be signed in Ohrid, in the presence of the prime ministers of all EU members?

Special Representative of the European Union Miroslav Lajčak confirmed today that the next meeting between Kosovo Prime Minister Aljbin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, with the mediation of EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borelj, will take place in Ohrid. Lajčak, after the meeting with the Vice President …

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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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