US State Secretary Mike Pompeo has called on Kosovo authorities to abolish the tax on goods form Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina (increased by 100 percent). Source: B92, Tanjug Tuesday, November 27, 2018 https://www.b92.net/eng/news/world.php?yyyy=2018&mm=11&dd=27&nav_id=105613 The US official "encouraged

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama says he supports Kosovo's decision to hike import taxes on Serbian and Bosnian goods, calling it a justified political reaction to Serbia’s hostile acts. Die Morina, Taulant Osmani BIRN, Pristina

The media published a list of countries that on Tuesday voted against Kosovo's admission to Interpol, as well as those that abstained. Source: B92 Wednesday, November 21, 2018 https://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2018&mm=11&dd=21&nav_id=105568 Kosovo's admission to Interpol was on the

21 November 2018 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46287975 Kosovo has slapped 100% customs tariffs on Serbian imports, blaming the government in Belgrade for its latest failed bid to join international police organisation Interpol. Serbia immediately warned that the decision

Plan floated by presidents already causing concern on the ground. By Eleanor Rose, 11/20/18 https://www.politico.eu/article/kosovo-border-changes-worry-caber-village-balkans-war-aftermath/ ÇABËR, Kosovo — When the people of this village in northern Kosovo returned to homes flattened by Serbian forces in

Serbian and Bosnian exports to Kosovo have reportedly tumbled since Kosovo imposed taxes on imports on November 6 – with no resolution of the trade war in sight. Filip Rudic, Die Morina, BIRN 19 Nov

Brussels has sent Vucic via diplomatic channels "an indecent proposal," i.e., blackmail: continue the dialogue with Pristina in exchange for new chapters. Belgrade will not agree. https://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2018&mm=11&dd=19&nav_id=105544 Source: Tanjug Monday, November 19, 2018 As the Belgrade

Russia is stepping in as the EU and the US are failing in their efforts to resolve the Kosovo-Serbia dispute. by Dimitar Bechev 18.11.2018. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/kosovo-quandary-win-russia-181118131429535.html For nearly two decades, President Vladimir Putin has been on

David Chazan, Paris  14 November 2018 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/14/kosovo-president-says-no-ethnic-land-swap-serbia-peace-deal/ Kosovo’s president has denied that a potential peace agreement with Serbia would involve redrawing the border along ethnic lines amid fears that such a deal could re-ignite conflict between

EURACTIV.com with AFP 12-11-2018 https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/serbia-warns-kosovo-against-undermining-regional-stability/ Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić on Sunday (11 November) accused Kosovo of “undermining regional cooperation and stability” by raising taxes on Serbian goods. A dialogue between the two former foes is

EURACTIV.com with Reuters ‎Nov‎ ‎08‎, ‎2018 https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/eu-calls-kosovo-to-revoke-import-tax-on-serbia-bosnia-goods/ The European Union called on Kosovo on Wednesday (7 November) to revoke its decision to impose an import tax on goods coming from Serbia and Bosnia, a move that

08 Nov 18 BIRN Team http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/vucic-thaci-exchange-angry-statements-after-meeting-in-brussels-11-08-2018 EU's Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini called on Thursday night for Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and his Serbia counterpart Aleksandar Vucic to give up their belligerent rhetoric and stick

By Julija Simić | EURACTIV.rs https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/kurz-belgrade-pristina-talks-must-continue-and-find-solution/ Austria, the current holder of the EU’s rotating presidency, will support any agreement reached by Kosovo and Serbia in the process of normalising relations, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz told Belgrade

November 07, 2018 By RFE/RL's Balkan Service https://www.rferl.org/a/kosovo-slaps-tariffs-on-serbia-bosnia-for-lack-of-recognition-savage-acts/29586193.html   PRISTINA -- Kosovo has imposed a 10 percent tax on products imported from Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina in a move it said was in retaliation for the

Izvor KoSSev, 2. novembra 2018. EU ne sme da izgubi iz vida vidljiv paradoks – dok predsednik Vučić otključava vrata Evropskoj uniji, pospešujući donošenje sporazuma sa Kosovom, on zatvara druga, konsolidujući svoju autoritarnu vladavinu i

By Adelina Hasani  30.10.2018 http://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2018/10/30/russia-uses-serbia-kosovo-dispute-assert-influence-western-balkans/ The Western Balkan countries have once again become the battlefield of the great powers since Russia has lately started using this region to position itself as a super power in

Rano je za prognoze u kojem smjeru bi to moglo ići, jer se još ne zna ko bi mogao zamijeni aktuelnu kancelarku, niti kakva će politika biti vođena. Angela Merkel je obilježila posljednjih desetak godina

  Nikola Burazer, 19.10.2018 http://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2018/10/19/ewb-interview-cooper-belgrade-pristina-dialogue-success-rather-failure/ Interview with Robert Cooper, council member at the European Council for Foreign Relations (ECFR). Cooper worked for ten years for the EU High Representative, Javier Solana and later Catherine Ashton, and is

EURACTIV.com with AFP  19-10-2018 https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/kosovo-moves-to-create-an-army-serbia-warns-of-threat-to-peace/ Kosovo on Thursday (18 October) took the first steps towards creating its own army, ten years after it declared independence, despite fierce opposition from the ethnic Serb minority and Serbia

Agron Bajrami, Wed 17 Oct 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/17/kosovo-serbia-land-swap-ethnic-cleansing It may ease their way into the EU, but ethnically homogeneous states are a recipe for disaster. I know from my family history The Balkans are boiling again.

By EWB12.10.2018 http://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2018/10/12/eps-reports-serbia-kosovo-kind-solution-actually-supported/ BRUSSELS – Information that an amendment mentioning demarcation had been included in the Report on Progress of Serbia for European Parliament has been met with different interpretations, and the Parliament emphasised for

November 09, 2018 RFE/RL's Balkan Service https://www.rferl.org/a/normalization-talks-kosovo-serbia-hit-snag-tariff-dispute-kosovo-army-vucic-thaci/29590907.html   An attempt by the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo to move closer to an agreement on long-standing disputes that would further their bids to join the European

Iako je delovalo da su reakcije Beograda skromne, niz izjava i susreta pokazali su da Srbija ozbiljno tretira korak Prištine u pravcu formiranja vojske Kosova. Izvor: Dojče vele subota, 20.10.2018. https://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2018&mm=10&dd=20&nav_category=640&nav_id=1458273 Odluka kosovske skupštine da usvoji

A new survey suggests that the majority of Serbian citizens are in favour of the EU-mediated talks between Belgrade and Pristina to normalise relations. Maja ZivanovicBIRNBelgrade, 02.11.2018. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbs-in-favour-of-belgrade-pristina-talks-survey-11-02-2018 A survey published on Friday by Serbian

http://demostat.rs/sr/vesti/ekskluziva/tajni-pregovori-vucica-i-tacija-politika--dila-/516 Pregovori o razmeni teritorija između Srbije i Kosova, koji se tako ne zovu jer se zvanično negiraju, uključuju strane kreatore politike na Balkanu koji su sada spremni da pogaze principe koje su godinama isticali