19 April 2019 13:18 http://www.tanjug.rs/full-view_en.aspx?izb=475413 BELGRADE - The concept of dual sovereignty is unacceptable to Serbia, Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said Friday, adding that Belgrade and Pristina were expected to face more pressure at an

By EWB17.04.2019 http://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2019/04/17/media-berlin-red-card-border-change-proposition-dual-sovereignty/ BELGRADE / PRISTINA / BERLIN – Regional conference on the Western Balkans initiated by the French president Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in the focus of both regional and

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC April 17, 2019 https://www.apnews.com/2da0d4ac4c9646f6a7d8c02b8f979458  Serbia is seeking an increased Russian role in the European Union-mediated talks with the former province of Kosovo, the move which could further strain the Balkan country's relations

But Hashim Thaçi has no plans to lift tariffs on Serbian goods that led to suspension of talks. Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor, Mon 15 Apr 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/15/deal-with-serbia-possible-this-year-says-kosovo-president An agreement to normalise relations between Serbia and

G7 member-states have called on Belgrade and Pristina to engage constructively in normalizing relations through a comprehensive, legally binding agreement. Source: Tanjug Monday, April 8, 2019 | 11:21 https://www.b92.net/eng/news/world.php?yyyy=2019&mm=04&dd=08&nav_id=106571 "We call on Kosovo and Serbia to

By Behgjet Pacolli , Pristina, 4. Apr, 08:49 https://euobserver.com/opinion/144567 Twenty years ago this month, my region was wrought by unspeakable violence and crimes which at the time the world had thought it would never see

Die Morina, BIRN, March 18, 2019 https://balkaninsight.com/2019/03/18/kosovos-erratic-foreign-policy-is-alienating-its-allies/ Kosovo’s incoherent and badly thought-out foreign policy initiatives are testing the patience of its most important partners, experts warn. A flurry of senior diplomatic visits in recent days

By EWB14.03.2019 http://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2019/03/14/mcallister-eu-intends-remain-mediator-belgrade-pristina-dialogue/ BELGRADE – Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament and Rapporteur for Serbia David McAllister said yesterday that EU intends to remain the mediator in Belgrade -Pristina dialogue, adding

Kurt Bassuener and Toby Vogel BIRN March 13, 2019 https://balkaninsight.com/2019/03/13/germany-must-stop-dangerous-drive-to-partition-kosovo/ As the US and the EU foreign policy chief up their pressure on Kosovo to change its borders with Serbia, Germany must stand up for

By EWB13.03.2019 http://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2019/03/13/mogherini-kosovo-abolish-tariffs-belgrade-pristina-dialogue-continued/ NEW YORK – EU High Representative Federica Mogherini said that Kosovo needs to abolish tariffs so the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina could be continued. The final agreement has to be in

Filip Rudic, Belgrade, BIRN, March 8, 2019 https://balkaninsight.com/2019/03/08/serbia-condemns-kosovos-new-negotiating-platform-on-talks/ Belgrade has accused Kosovo of killing off the EU-led dialogue process with its new 11-point platform for negotiations - but has promised a 'moderate' response. Serbia’s leadership

Failure to break impasse between Kosovo and Serbia underscores EU’s foreign policy failings. By Matthew Karnitschnig, 5/3/19 https://www.politico.eu/article/merkel-macron-balkans-serbia-kosovo/ BERLIN — Emmanuel Macron was on the verge of losing it. After trying (and failing) for hours

Die Morina, Pristina, BIRN, February 28, 2019 https://balkaninsight.com/2019/02/28/kosovo-pm-ignores-us-calls-to-scrap-tariffs/ Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has not budged from his defence of tariffs on Serbian imports following a top-level meeting with a White House delegation – despite President

By Nikola Burazer28.02.2019 https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2019/02/28/ewb-interview-bechev-russia-agnostic-comes-serbia-kosovo-deal/ Interview with Dimitar Bechev, research fellow at the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a nonresident senior fellow at the

By Andrea Dudik and Marc Champion ‎February‎ ‎18‎, ‎2019‎ ‎ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-17/serbia-and-kosovo-are-preparing-to-lay-wartime-disputes-to-rest Deal ‘not as far as it looks,’ Serb president Vucic says Tense encounter with Kosovo leader in Munich shows obstacles Two decades into Europe’s

BETA, 18.02.2019. https://beta.rs/vesti/politika-vesti-srbija/106739-mogerini-bez-ukidanja-carina-nema-nastavka-dijaloga-beograda-i-pristine Visoka predstavnica EU za spoljnu politiku i bezbednost Federika Mogerini izjavila je danas da dijalog Beograda i Prištine neće biti nastavljen dok kosovske vlasti ne suspenduju ili ne ukinu takse od 100

By Andrea Dudik and Jasmina Kuzmanovic ‎February‎ ‎16‎, ‎2019‎ ‎ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-16/kosovo-targets-deal-with-serbia-this-year-to-help-bid-to-join-eu Both nations pressed by EU and U.S. to reach a settlement Thaci says in interview he wants agreement as soon as possible Kosovo President

By Leke Batalli and Perparim Kryeziu, Group for Legal and Political Studies,Pristina.11-02-19 https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/opinion/why-kosovo-needs-to-postpone-the-final-round-of-dialogue-with-serbia/ Kosovo’s leaders have got themselves in a serious political crisis. They need to re-set the clock and the agenda of talks with Serbia.

By EDITH M. LEDERERFebruary 8, 2019 https://www.apnews.com/5c5cbf2309754dfbb944684542ee796f UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Security Council agreed Thursday to reduce the number of meetings it holds on Kosovo under pressure from the United States and its European

By Vukašin Živković08.02.2019 http://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2019/02/08/nato-perspective-kosovo-bosnia-herzegovina/ On 25 January 2019, Greek Parliament ratified the Prespa Agreement between Greece and Macedonia, according to which the latter country will be renamed to the Republic of North Macedonia. Two days

https://seenews.com/news/legally-binding-agreement-between-serbia-kosovo-crucial-for-their-eu-accession-mogherini-642262 PRISTINA (Kosovo), February 7 (SeeNews) – Comprehensive, legally binding normalisation agreement on all open issues is urgent and crucial for Serbia and Kosovo to advance to the EU and for stability, peace in region,

February 06, 2019 04:49 GMT  RFE/RL https://www.rferl.org/a/kosovo-serbia-russia/29753915.html WASHINGTON -- Kosovo's president said that Russia had promised to support efforts by Belgrade and Pristina to reconcile, a positive sign for the two Balkan nations estranged since

Author: Beta 05.02.2019. http://rs.n1info.com/English/NEWS/a458057/Kosovo-s-Thaci-says-small-border-correction-with-Serbia-possible.html In what seems like a turn in his policy, the President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci said in Washington that “a minor border correction with Serbia would be acceptable for a final

Filip Rudic, Belgrade, BIRN, January 31, 2019 https://balkaninsight.com/2019/01/31/mixed-results-of-serbian-president-s-kosovo-promises-01-29-2019/ Serbia's president says Belgrade has honoured the commitments it has made so far in negotiations with Kosovo, but a closer look reveals the results are mixed, at

By Djordje Bojović and Nikola Burazer | EURACTIV.com  ‎Jan‎ ‎31‎, ‎2019 https://www.euractiv.com/section/future-eu/opinion/eu-must-bring-serbia-and-kosovo-back-to-the-table/ Despite the remarkably promising Western Balkans Strategy presented by the Commission almost a year ago, 2018 could be described as “one step forward,