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,

By Linda Pressly & Albana Kasapi Crossing Continents, BBC Radio 4 10 January 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46808673     Copy this link https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46808673 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new

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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

Mateja Agatonović, 17.12.2018 https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2018/12/17/kfor-still-guaranteeing-stability-security-kosovo/ BELGRADE – Reactions of Belgrade’s officials to the announced formation of Kosovo Armed Forces have been fierce and, according to commentators, overblown. The current crisis in the relations between Belgrade and

EURACTIV.com with AFP 14.12.2018 https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/kosovo-asserts-independence-with-vote-to-build-an-army/ Kosovo lawmakers vote Friday (14 December) on whether to give the small Balkan country its own army, a US-backed symbolic show of independence that has inflamed tensions with former wartime foe Serbia.

By Guy Delauney BBC News, Balkans correspondent, 14.12.2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46551471LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46551471 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel

RFE/RL  December 14, 2018 https://www.rferl.org/a/kosovo-parliament-army-ksf-serbia-vote/29655480.html Lawmakers in Kosovo have passed legislation to build a full-fledged army, a move that has inflamed tensions with its former wartime foe Serbia. The United States said the move was

EWB13.12.2018 http://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2018/12/13/belgrade-pristina-dialogue-agenda-todays-european-council-meeting/ BRUSSELS – EU heads of state and governemnt will gather today in Brussels for a two-day meeting of the European Council. One of the topics on their agenda will be the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Tanjug

The resignations of several Serbian mayors in the north of Kosovo have created a fresh spike in Serbia-Kosovo tensions – but some Serbian experts expect the crisis to de-escalate shortly. Filip Rudic BIRN Belgrade, 29.11.2018.

EWB29.11.2018 http://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2018/11/29/analysis-normalization-relations-serbia-kosovo-now-available-online/ BELGRADE – Centre for Contemporary Politics, with the support of Konrad Adenauer Foundation, has released a publication titled “Agreement on Comprehensive Normalization of Relations between Serbia and Kosovo: Political and Legal Analysis”, authored by Đorđe Bojović and Nikola Burazer.

Prishtina Insight, 29.11.2018. https://prishtinainsight.com/kosovo-fails-to-join-interpol/ With 68 votes in favor, 51 against and 16 abstentions, Kosovo failed to secure two thirds of the required vote from member states to join the International Criminal Police Organization, Interpol.

James Foggo kritizirao je potez vlasti Kosova nakon ceremonije primopredaje dužnosti šefa KFOR-a u Prištini. 28. Novembar 2018. http://balkans.aljazeera.net/vijesti/komandant-nato-kosovo-taksama-riskira-izolaciju General NATO-a je rekao da Srbija i Kosovo tokom pregovora trebaju težiti euroatlantskim integracijama za dobrobit oba narodaEPA Kosovu prijeti

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/11/28/kosovos-prime-minister-we-will-not-accept-serbias-violation-of-our-sovereignty/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ac6299befa8b By Ramush Haradinaj November 28 Ramush Haradinaj is prime minister of Kosovo. My country, Kosovo, is being asked to make an impossible choice that would cheapen the sacrifice made by U.S. soldiers, undermine the

The Serb mayor of North Mitrovica resigned in protest over Pristina’s tariff hike on Serbian imports, with the mayors of the three other Serb-majority municipalities in NorthKosovo expected to follow suit. Maja ZivanovicBIRNBelgrade http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbian-mayors-in-kosovo-to-resign-11-27-2018 The