Tag: Kosovo
Balkans 21.03.23 | 12:16

State Department: Corruption, gender-based violence of concern in Albania, Kosovo

According to the latest United States Department of State report published Monday, corruption and gender-based violence remain critical issues for Albania and Kosovo, Euractiv reported. In Albania, deficiencies with the independence and integrity of the judiciary, a lack of independent media, and ongoing...
Balkans 20.03.23 | 10:12

United States welcomes EU-facilitated accord between Kosovo and Serbia

The United States welcomes the accord Kosovo and Serbia reached through European Union facilitation on the implementation of their February 27 Agreement on the Path to Normalization of Relations, according to a press release from the US Department of State. We commend the President of Serbia and the...
Macedonia 18.03.23 | 22:26

Escobar: Meeting in Ohrid meant to finalize an agreement between Serbia and Kosovo

US diplomat Gabriel Escobar said that the meeting between the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo in Ohrid was important and that it is focused on finalizing a deal between the two sides. It is believed that it will include a Serbian recognition of Kosovo, in some form, and Kosovo’s approval of the creation...
Macedonia 18.03.23 | 08:16

Talks between Serbia and Kosovo take place in Ohrid

EU and US officials and the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo are gathered in Ohrid today, for a meeting between Aleksandar Vucic and Albin Kurti. This is expected to be an important moment in the negotiations between the two countries over their future relations. On the table is a French-German proposal...
Balkans 10.03.23 | 11:20

EU Council gives Kosovo green light for visa-free travel

European Union countries have agreed on Thursday to allow Kosovo citizens to travel to the bloc without a visa, pending the formal approval by the European Parliament. “Kosovo has made great efforts to improve its security and migration management and to align its visa policy with that of the...
Macedonia 28.02.23 | 10:22

Kosovo and Serbia on the brink of accepting the EU-US proposed agreement

Kosovo and Serbia appear to have reached agreement on a proposal pushed by the US and the major EU countries, that would have Serbia de-facto recognize Kosovo while gaining a foothold in the majority Serb north of the country. President Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister Albin Kurti met in Brussels...
Balkans 23.01.23 | 10:25

Endgame for the dispute over Kosovo?

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is expected to address the nation this evening, following the publication of a proposal by a group of international interlocutors regarding Kosovo. The plan, apparently supported by the US, France, Germany and other countries, would require that Serbia and Kosovo exchange...
World 18.01.23 | 16:05

At the request of Spain, EU’s Court of Justice excludes Kosovo from participating in the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications

At Spain’s request, the European Court of Justice excluded Kosovo from participating in the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC), the Court of Justice of the European Union informed. It emphasizes that the exclusion is unrelated to the fact that the EU and several member...
Balkans 10.01.23 | 17:13

Szijjarto: Hungary will oppose adding Kosovo to EU institutions before an agreement with Serbia is reached

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that his country will not support the admission of Kosovo to the European Union until a comprehensive agreement is reached on its dispute with Serbia. Our position is that if some European formations admit Kosovo before an agreement is made, this would...
Balkans 07.01.23 | 10:16

Tensions rise as two young Serbs were shot and wounded in Kosovo on the eve of Christmas

A suspected attacker was arrested in Kosovo, after shooting two Serbs, one of them an 11 year old boy and the other a 21 year old. The attacks were carried out near the village of Shtrpce, a Serbian enclave close to the border with Macedonia, on the eve of Orthodox Christmas, and a time of high tensions...
Balkans 29.12.22 | 10:19

Vučić announces Kosovo barricades will be taken down

The barricades set up by Serb militants in northern Kosovo will be removed within the next 24 to 48 hours, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said early Thursday according to state broadcaster RTS. The announcement comes after Vučić met representatives of Kosovo Serbs in the Serbian town of Raska...
Balkans 28.12.22 | 11:50

Kosovo closes main border crossing after roadblock in Serbia

Kosovo closed its biggest border crossing on Wednesday after protesters blocked it on the Serbian side to support their ethnic kin in Kosovo in refusing to recognise the country’s independence, Reuters reports. With two other crossings on the Serbian border closed by similar protests on their...
Balkans 18.12.22 | 11:30

Serbian Defense Minister: One spark is enough to ignite the situation in Kosovo

The Minister of Defense of Serbia, Milos Vucevic, said that the situation in Kosovo is “still very tense” and that “one spark is enough to set everything on fire.” Vucevic told today’s edition of Kurir that “it is obvious that a very perfidious war is being waged to...
Balkans 16.12.22 | 20:03

Will the return of Serbian forces in Kosovo restore peace and stability?

Serbian military representatives met with officers from the international KFOR force in Kosovo to submit a request for the deployment of 1,000 Serbian security personnel. Serbia insists that it has the right to this move, in accordance with the UN resolution 1244, and in light of the recent worsening...
Macedonia 15.12.22 | 09:27

The report has changed: EU no longer requires our country to introduce visas for Kosovo

The EU Commission changed the content of the report according to which Macedonia was asked to introduce a visa regime for Kosovo. However, in the new report, Kosovo has been removed from the list, which still includes Turkey, Azerbaijan, Botswana, Cuba and El Salvador. “Republika” asked the...
Balkans 14.12.22 | 09:10

Although not recognized by five member states, Kosovo is applying for EU membership

A ceremony will be held in Pristina today at which the request for membership of Kosovo in the EU will be signed, Pristina media reported. The Kosovo presidency, as Pristina’s “Koha” reported, announced that the ceremony will take place at 11am. The application will be signed by President...
Balkans 12.12.22 | 10:45

Vucic: We have taken measures to protect our homeland, we call for peace

A special session of the Council for National Security was held on Sunday evening in Belgrade to discuss the security situation in Kosovo and further steps that are to be taken by Serbia, said Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, reports N1. The President said the Council calls for peace, for talks, requests...
Balkans 11.12.22 | 12:27

Serbia to ask NATO mission to allow deployment of Serbian security forces in Kosovo

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday that Belgrade will officially request NATO’s peacekeepers, known as KFOR, to let it deploy Serbian army and police in Kosovo, in accordance with a UN resolution, the Anadolu Agency reported. Vucic in his address to the nation read a part from...
Balkans 11.12.22 | 12:05

Local elections in northern Kosovo postponed amid ethnic tensions

Local elections originally planned for Dec.18-25 in northern Kosovo have been postponed until April due to growing ethnic tensions. This was announced by President Vjosa Osmani on Saturday after consultations with the political parties in Prishtina. The exact date would be announced later, he said. The...
Balkans 09.12.22 | 10:43

Tensions in Kosovo on the rise as police deploys in a majority Serbian part of the country

Tensions are on the rise in Kosovo again, after hundreds of Albanian police members entered the majority Serbian northern part of the city of Mitrovica. The Kosovan Government is trying to enforce a ban on the use of Serbian issued license plates in the northern parts of the country where the population...
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