Brussels 29.12.2022 Serbs started dismantling barricades in northern Kosovo on Thursday, December 29, hours after Kosovo reopened its main border crossing with Serbia, easing a surge in tensions that has alarmed world powers. Serbian authorities also ended a three-day-old state of alert for its troops, Tanjug news agency reported, as the sides showed signs of…
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EU concerns about Kosovo tensions
Brussels 28.12.2022 “The European Union and the United States of America are concerned about the continued tense situation in the north of Kosovo” read the press-release of the European External Actions service, issued by a spokesperson. 🇪🇺and 🇺🇸 call for maximum restraint and immediate de-escalation in north Kosovo. We are working with Ptd VuÄŤić and…
EU welcomes Serbia reforms
Brusssels 14.01.2022 “France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union welcome Serbia’s January 16 national referendum on constitutional changes as a key step to strengthen the independence of the judiciary and to enhance the transparency and effectiveness of the country’s rule of law institutions. We believe that these reforms are…
Kosovo: EU calls to de-escalate
Brussels 26.09.2021 “I continue to follow the situation in the north of Kosovo closely. Serbia and Kosovo need to unconditionally de-escalate the situation on the ground, by immediately withdrawing special police units and dismantling of roadblocks. Any further provocations or unilateral and uncoordinated actions are unacceptable” the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell wrote on his…
EU on Serbia elections
Serbia held parliamentary, provincial and local elections on 21 June; one of the first elections held in Europe since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Serbia held elections yesterday. We look forward to the @osce_odihr final report and recommendations. We encourage the new parliament and the Serbian leadership to continue their engagement with the EU…
Moscow suggests US reparations for Yugoslavia bombings
The United States must ask for forgiveness for its bombardments of the former Yugoslavia(1999) and pay reparations to the relatives of those killed and injured in air raids, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on September 15. “And for a start, the United Stets should ask for forgiveness to those they bombed, pay reparations for…
NATO regrets Kosovo “ill-timed” army formation
“Today, the Institutions in Kosovo have announced the adoption of the three laws initiating the process of transition of the Kosovo Security Force“-Â Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary General of NATOÂ said in an issued statement. I regret that the decision to initiate a change of the Kosovo Security Force mandate was made despite the concerns…
Migrants siege at Croatia border
Croatian police clarified the situation blaming circulation of false information that the authorities would open its borders letting in hundreds of illegal migrants and refugees gathering at crossings in Serbia and Bosnia, hoping to enter the EU via Croatia. Meanwhile border crossing Maljevac between #Bosnia and #Croatia is now closed after group of migrants broke…
Sofia Summit: EU ‘waiting room ticket’ for Western Balkans
Aleksandar Mitić, OPINION Eighteen years ago, as AFP correspondent, I attended the first EU-Western Balkans Summit, held in Zagreb in 2000. Enthusiasm and talk of fast entry into the EU dominated after the era of conflict in the 1990s. Almost two decades later, however, we are still talking about “European perspectives”, while EU investment in…
#Karadzic appeals to overturn genocide convictions
The former leader of Bosnian Serbs Radovan Karadzic asked UN judges on Monday (23/04/2018) to overturn his genocide conviction, accusing prosecutors of unfairly blackening his name and twisting his words at his trial. #Karadzic: A small photo gallery from today's Appeal Hearing is now available: View it here:  https://t.co/lLlnq1IKa1 — UNIRMCT (@unirmct) April 23, 2018 Karadzic was…
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