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ARTICLES FROM KOSOVO MEDIA
Pacolli meets Delawie, asks for support in consolidating statehood (media)
Kosovo’s Principal Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Behxhet Pacolli, met today with the United States Ambassador to Kosovo, Greg Delawie, most online media report. Pacolli and Delawie discussed Kosovo’s current position and its foreign policy priorities. Pacolli called for greater cooperation with U.S. representatives in consolidating Kosovo’s statehood. Pacolli said the people and government of Kosovo are thankful for the U.S. continuous support for Kosovo’s state-building processes. He also asked for U.S. support to Kosovo’s membership of international organizations.
Names of AKR ministers in new government (Lajmi)
The news website reports that the Pacolli-led New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) has decided who will be its ministers in the new government of Kosovo. Pacolli will be Principal Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Valdrin Lluka will be Minister of Economic Development, Abdylselami Shkodra will be Minister of Interior Affairs and Rejhane Vuniqi will be Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning.
SERB. MONITORING
Rakić: We will be a stone in shoe for Pristina as a reminder of the obligations (RTS)
The Serbian list has the strength and the government in Pristina depends on the List, says President of the Serbian List Goran Rakić in the News of the Radio Television of Serbia. He says that Serbian list will not blackmail that ”will not push a finger in the eyes of the Albanians” but that they […]
Ivanović and Milović: Complaints filed against unknown perpetrators for the pressures on candidates (Kontakt plus radio)
Representatives of the CI SDP and “Together for Zvečan” and candidates for mayors and North Mitrovica and Zvečan, Oliver Ivanović and Dragiša Milović announced that they filed complaints against unknown perpetrators for the pressures on candidates for councillors who withdrew their candidacies from these two lists, reports Kontakt plus radio. The complaints have been filed […]
Đurić: Local elections in Kosovo of national importance (Serbian media)
Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Vice President Marko Đurić says that the upcoming local elections in Kosovo are of national importance, and that the state of Serbia supports only the Serbian List in the elections, reports Serbian media. Đurić points out that the Serbian Government and President Aleksandar Vučić supported the Serbian List in its decisions […]
President Vučić to address nation (RTS)
President Aleksandar Vučić will address the nation Tuesday this evening at 20:00 hours, reports Radio Television of Serbia (RTS). RTS learns that President Vučić intends to speak about “broader political topics, but also the internal dialogue on resolving the Kosovo issue.” Vučić will speak from the Presidency of Serbia in Belgrade.
Russia “depends on Serbia as its key launching ground” (B92, RFE, Beta)
Russia will continue to try to influence the events in the Balkans, where Serbia is its most important link that serves as a launching ground. This is according to Beta, which quoted Mark Galeotti of the Institute of International Relations Prague, who spoke for Radio Free Europe’s Bosnia-Herzegovina/Serbia/Montenegro service. Galeotti said that Moscow is using […]
EU membership is Serbia’s top foreign policy goal, PM says (B92)
Membership in the EU is the most important foreign policy goal of Serbia, Serbia’s PM Brnabic has told a visiting British official. However, she added during her meeting in Belgrade with Permanent Undersecretary at the Foreign Office Simon McDonald, “it is equally important how we will implement reforms on the path to membership.” According to […]
INTERNATIONAL
Serbia Still Seeking Arrest of Kosovo PM Haradinaj
Although Ramush Haradinaj has become Kosovo’s prime minister, the warrant that Serbia issued for his arrest on war crimes charges will remain in force, which may cause him travel problems.