Tag: Vucic
Balkans 08.04.20 | 11:10

Serbia considers a full lock-down on its capital Belgrade

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic warned the country that it’s possible a full lock-down is instituted in the capital Belgrade. I’m not discounting that option, Vucic said when asked about the possibility that Belgraders are locked in their homes full time. Serbia has had 61 dead and a total...
Macedonia 06.03.20 | 10:27

Serbian President Vucic says he will not hesitate go close the border with Macedonia to stop the migrant flow

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that he will be ready to close the border with Macedonia if the migrant situation gets out of hand. Vucic said that Serbia will not allow to be turned into a “parking lot” for migrants. Our institutions will not allow the entry into Serbia of persons...
Macedonia 13.12.19 | 17:20

Vucic says Serbia will not join the campaign organized against Macron over Macedonia and Albania

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said tha this country will not join in the “orchestrated campaign” against French President Emmanuel Macron, after he blocked the opening of EU accession talks with Macedonia and Albania. Macron faced strong criticism from some EU countries, US diplomats...
Macedonia 11.12.19 | 11:24

Serbia tells Macedonia to mind its own business after Nobel prize snub

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told the Macedonian Government to mind its own business and urged a vote against it at the coming elections, after the snub of this year’s Nobel literature prize. acedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov ordered the Ambassador to Stockholm to boycott the awarding...
Balkans 28.11.19 | 11:50

Serbian magazine NIN withdrawing issue with photo of sniper rifle pointed at President Vucic

Serbian NIN weekly said it is reprinting its current issue after they used a photograph portraying a sniper rifle aimed at President Aleksandar Vucic on their front page. NIN, a magazine highly critical of Vucic, is reporting on the allegations of corruption involving the Krusik weapons factory and used...
Macedonia 22.11.19 | 14:57

Vucic: Zaev looked at me like I was crazy when I told him he will not get the EU accession talks date

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic had some fun at the expense of his guest, President Stevo Pendarovski, as he retold how shocked Prime Minister Zoran Zaev looked when they discussed the EU accession talks. You’re asking me if Brussels knows what to do with itself, or with us. I will tell you...
Macedonia 10.11.19 | 14:14

At a joint conference with Zaev, Vucic says he will not go on repeating that the EU is our only alternative, “like a parrot”

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic insisted that he will not go on repeating, “like a parrot”, that his country has no other alternative than the European Union. Speaking at the Mini Schengen summit in Ohrid, an initiative which is itself as a meager alternative to the EU after the Balkan...
Macedonia 04.11.19 | 15:35

Zaev, Rama and Vucic discuss the next meeting of the Mini – Schengen initiative

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that he spoke on the phone with Zoran Zaev and Edi Rama, in anticipation of what he said will be an important meeting in Ohrid on November 9th, to discuss the Mini – Schengen project. This idea, to further enhance the cooperation between Macedonia, Albania,...
Macedonia 23.10.19 | 16:55

Vucic tells the Financial Times that the snub of Macedonia proves the EU is untrustworthy

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told the Financial Times that the decision to deny the opening of EU accession talks for Albania and especially for Macedonia tells all Balkan countries that they can’t disregard ties with other powers and rely exclusively on the EU. Aleksandar Vucic also said...
Macedonia 22.10.19 | 14:58

Vucic asks what guarantees would Serbia get if it gives up Kosovo: like those given to Macedonia?

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic asked whether the guarantees the EU would give Serbia if it agrees to a deal with Kosovo would be the same as those given to Macedonia. We can’t have one side win it all. They would gain our territory, our people and our recognition. What would we get? A possible...
Macedonia 10.10.19 | 22:18

Zaev, Vucic and Rama commit to abolishing regional borders in favor of a Balkan Schengen zone

Macedonia, Serbia and Albania signed on to a plan to abolish all border checks by 2021, as part of a plan for a regional, Balkan Schengen zone. The proposal was presented at a meeting between Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zoran, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic...
Macedonia 07.10.19 | 14:15

Zaev, Vucic and Rama will meet in Novi Sad to discuss opening the regional borders

Leaders of Macedonia, Albania and Serbia will meet in Novi Sad on Thursday, to discuss how to increase the flow of goods and people even further. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will welcome prime ministers Zoran Zaev and Edi Rama. Before the summit, Vucic declared the proposals an “epochal...
Macedonia 02.09.19 | 14:14

Serbian President Vucic says he won’t allow a repeat of the Boki 13 scandal there

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic rebuffed requests from the oppositions parties for a technical Government, and said that he will not allow people like Boki 13 to assume power. Vucic has often drew comparisons between the political crisis in Macedonia and the similar requests in Serbia, and pointed...
Balkans 28.05.19 | 21:13

Vucic says arrests are an attempt to scare Kosovo Serbs and drive them away

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic qualified the police raid in the majority Serbian northern part of Kosovo today as an attempt to cause fear and panic among the Serbs and to expel them from Kosovo. The raid led to a series of confrontation, in which Kosovan police fired above groups of Serbs in attempts...
Macedonia 12.05.19 | 21:54

Pendarovski met with the foreign dignitaries who came to his inauguration

Following his inauguration on Sunday, Stevo Pendarovski met with the foreign dignitaries who arrived to Skopje for the event. During his first meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Pendarovski received an invitation to come to Belgrade in Autumn. Both presidents expresed their intention to...
Macedonia 11.05.19 | 13:17

Serbian President Vucic will attend Pendarovski’s inauguration

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will join the presidents of Albania, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Kosovo and will appear at the inauguration of Stevo Pendarovski as President of Macedonia. The inauguration takes place tomorrow in the Macedonian Parliament. Vucic also congratulated Pendarovski on his election...
Balkans 29.04.19 | 10:15

Serbian President speaks out in defense of Albanian baker who faced threats over the “eagle sign”

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic expressed his support to Mon Gjuraj, an ethnic Albanian baker from Belgrade, who faced threatening messages after a picture showing off an Albanian symbol was shared online. Nationalist protesters left pig heads in front of his store after the picture, ostensibly of...
Balkans 20.03.19 | 10:52

Serbian protesters who entered a TV station with a chainsaw released from detention

After Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic made a call for forgiveness and reconciliation, the courts reversed detention orders against three detained protesters who entered the public RTS radio – television with a chainsaw. A coalition of opposition nationalist and centrist parties engaged in a...
Macedonia 18.03.19 | 17:45

Serbia sees Macedonia as base used to organize protests against its Government

A series of links between Zoran Zaev and business people close to the Serbian opposition, as well as a recent meeting in Skopje, are at the fore-front of Serbian official allegations that Zaev’s Government is involved in the unruly protests in Belgrade over the past several days. Serbian President...
Macedonia 20.02.19 | 16:11

Serbian opposition leader Gilas defends his meeting with Zaev

Serbian opposition leader Dragan Gilas responded to the statement from Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin, who accused Zoran Zaev of allowing funding and protests meant to undermine the Serbian Government get routed through Macedonia. Vulin spoke after Gilas met with Zaev in Macedonia, and accused Zaev...
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