https://www.reuters.com/article/us-serbia-usa-kosovo/serbia-to-resume-kosovo-talks-only-after-it-scraps-tariffs-vucic-tells-trump-idUSKCN1PP1X9 BelGRADE (Reuters), 31 January 2019 - Serbia is ready to resume dialogue with Kosovo over the normalization of ties only after Pristina lifts import tariffs on Serbian goods imposed last year, President Aleksandar Vucic

Die Morina, Pristina, BIRN, January 31, 2019 https://balkaninsight.com/2019/01/31/meetings-amid-tenses-within-kosovo-ruling-coalition-01-31-2019/ A reportedly tense meeting of the Kosovo leadership on Thursday between the Prime Minister, President, the Speaker and the US ambassador ended without agreement on the controversial

By Gordana Filipovic ‎January‎ ‎30‎, ‎2019‎ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-30/kosovo-s-leader-tells-trump-deal-with-serbia-is-within-reach Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci told U.S. President Donald Trump he’s ready to reach a permanent agreement with Serbia. Serbia and Kosovo have been searching for a lasting solution

Blerta Begisholli, Pristina, BIRN, January 24, 2019 https://balkaninsight.com/2019/01/24/albania-macedonia-profit-from-kosovo-s-tariff-war-01-24-2019/ The high import tax that Kosovo has imposed on goods from Serbia and Bosnia has been good news for exporters from Albania and Macedonia, data show. After

By EWB21.01.2019 http://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2019/01/21/officials-kosovo-serbia-express-differing-poitions-tariffs-border-change/ PRISTINA/BELGRADE – Recent days have seen another exchange of opinion between President and Prime Minister of Kosovo, as well as President of Serbia, on the ongoing issues of tariffs and border correction.

January 21, 2019 Emerging Europe https://emerging-europe.com/business/kosovos-smes-get-ebrd-procredit-finance-boost/ Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Kosovo will be able to improve their competitiveness with the help of a financial package extended to ProCredit Bank Kosovo by the EBRD

The public disagreements between Kosovo's President and Prime Minister over the tariffs imposed on goods from Serbia and Bosnia are undermining the country's negotiating position, an expert has warned. Die Morina, Arta Sopi, BIRN Pristina,

GazetaExpress Thursday, 17 January 2019 https://www.gazetaexpress.com/en/news/kosovo-s-haradinaj-mentions-no-tax-after-meeting-eu-s-hahn-174774/ Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj told EU Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, that Kosovo is committed to EU integration path. Haradinaj mentioned no tax on

President Aleksandar Vucic says he had a working lunch with the representatives of the EU and thanked member states for their support to Serbia's European road. Source: B92 Tuesday, January 15, 2019 Tanjug https://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2019&mm=01&dd=15&nav_id=105993  Vucic met

https://seenews.com/news/kosovo-customs-opens-office-in-albanias-durres-port-pm-rama-639547 TIRANA (Albania), January 15 (SeeNews) – The Kosovo Customs opened on Tuesday an office at Albania’s biggest sea port of Durres, marking a further important step towards closer economic cooperation between the two countries,

Izvor: N1  14.01.2019. http://rs.n1info.com/English/NEWS/a451884/US-calls-Kosovo-to-revoke-tariffs-on-Serbian-goods.html Kosovo media reported on Monday that Washington has asked Pristina to revoke the 100 percent tariffs on goods from Serbia or it will suspend US aid to the Kosovo Security Forces.

According to reports from international media on Monday, Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj’s US visa was rejected, citing imposition of customs tax increases as the reason. 14.01.2019. https://prishtinainsight.com/us-rejects-visa-for-kosovo-pm-media-reports/ According to reports from Al Jazeera Balkans,

Izvor: N1  14.01.2019. http://rs.n1info.com/English/NEWS/a451884/US-calls-Kosovo-to-revoke-tariffs-on-Serbian-goods.html Kosovo media reported on Monday that Washington has asked Pristina to revoke the 100 percent tariffs on goods from Serbia or it will suspend US aid to the Kosovo Security Forces.

According to reports from international media on Monday, Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj’s US visa was rejected, citing imposition of customs tax increases as the reason. 14.01.2019. https://prishtinainsight.com/us-rejects-visa-for-kosovo-pm-media-reports/ According to reports from Al Jazeera Balkans,

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By Artan Murati10.01.2019 http://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2019/01/10/takes-two-tango-kosovos-laborious-european-perspective-2019/ I remember myself exactly on the same day of last year, watching news and not being convinced with Kosovo’s Prime Minister’s statements that the country will apply for its EU membership

by Erëza Pula and Delfinë Elshani The EU-Kosovo Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) incorporates obligations for both parties towards its better implementation. Regarding trade, it involves widespread trade liberalization with not only the EU but

A land swap between Serbia and Kosovo is now “off the table” but all sides must seize on the momentum created, a Munich-based Balkans analyst told BIRN. Serbeze Haxhiaj BIRN Pristina 9 January 2019 http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/eu-should-consider-new-kosovo-talks-format-analyst-01-04-2019

EWB19.12.2018 https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2018/12/19/trump-writes-thaci-vucic-urges-capitalize-unique-opportunity/ PRISTINA/BELGRADE – President of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi posted a letter he had received from US President Donald Trump on his social network accounts yesterday. The similar letter has been received by President of Serbia

EURACTIV.com with AFP   ‎Dec‎ ‎19‎, ‎2018 https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/eu-warns-serbia-and-kosovo-over-flare-up-in-tensions/ EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini on Tuesday (18 December) issued a stern warning to Serbia and Kosovo to put aside recent bickering amid a major flare-up in tensions between

Nikola Burazer18.12.2018 https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2018/12/18/ewb-interview-appathurai-belgrade-pristina-dialogue-path-kosovo-join-nato/ Interview with James Appathurai, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy and NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia. European Western Balkans: There seems

EWB 18.12.2018. https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2018/12/18/eu-officials-send-another-letter-haradinaj-reject-assessment-dialogues-failure/ BELGRADE – High Representative Federica Mogherini, Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and Commissioner for Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn have sent another letter to Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj, in which they stated

US president makes surprise intervention in faltering talks. By Andrew Gray , 12/18/18 https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-urges-kosovo-hashim-thaci-to-seize-chance-for-peace-with-serbia/ U.S. President Donald Trump urged his Kosovan counterpart Hashim Thaçi to seize the chance to seal a permanent peace deal with

At Security Council meeting Serbian president called on the UN to 'tame' Kosovo and take on a bigger role in dialogue. 18 Dec 2018 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/syria-putin-welcomes-trump-decision-pull-troops-181220113100797.html The presidents of Kosovo and Serbia have faced off in