Czech FM Karel Schwarzenberg said that talks between Belgrade and PriÅ¡tina “would benefit the citizens of Serbia and Kosovo”, as well as the entire region.
The dialogue should resolve technical issues, which would benefit everyone, so that gradual progress could be achieved in “bilateral relations”, Schwarzenberg told the Thursday edition of the daily VeÄernje Novosti.
Posts Tagged ‘Region’
“Entire region would benefit from dialogue”
January 13th, 2011 |
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Advanced clinches oil & gas projects worth $12.1m in the region
December 30th, 2010 |
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Advanced Holdings, the global supplier of proprietary process equipment and technologies, clean energy solutions and environmental technologies, today announced that it has clinched new oil & gas contracts worth $12.1 million. All these projects are expected to be completed and delivered in 2011. The projects include design and fabrication of shell and tube heat exchangers in Vietnam as well as fabrication of marine risers to be used by offshore oil rig companies.
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Tadić, Josipović “good for region”
December 12th, 2010 |
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British journalist and expert on the Balkans Misha Glenny says that cooperation between Serbia and Croatia “is completely transforming this part of Europeâ€.
He points out that Serbian President Boris Tadić and Croatian President Ivo Josipović are playing an important role in this.
“Serbia’s army strongest in regionâ€
November 28th, 2010 |
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Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Å utanovac has said that the Serbian Army (VS) is the strongest in the region of the former Yugoslavia.
He added that the VS was also the second largest in the Balkans and that there is no military force in the region that could easily defeat Serbia.
RS president: Tadić, Josipović bring hope
November 28th, 2010 |
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Serbian and Croatian presidents have brought new optimism and new hope to the region, Republic of Srpska (RS) President Milorad Dodik told daily Politika.
He pointed out that good relations between Serbia and Croatia were a prerequisite for stability of the entire region, including Bosnia-Herzegovina.
“Cooperation with Sarajevo worst in regionâ€
November 14th, 2010 |
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Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević says that cooperation with the Bosnian prosecution is the worst in the region.
He stressed that cooperation was much better with Zagreb, Podgorica, Skopje and EULEX than with Sarajevo.
Montenegro given EU candidate status
November 10th, 2010 |
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The European Commission has approved the granting of EU candidate country status to Montenegro, stated European Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele. Fuele, at a press conference in Brussels, said that Montenegro would begin accession talks when it met the necessary political conditions set out by the Copenhagen criteria which relate to the rule of law and stable institutions.
Hungary criticized over media secrecy law
November 9th, 2010 |
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The International Press Institute (IPI) has issued a statement criticizing laws related to a controversial media reform.
Hungary’s parliament last week passed another element of a controversial media reform package which will force journalists to identify their sources in stories involving national security and public safety. The law comes into effect on 1 January 2011.
Dutch party against EU enlargement
November 9th, 2010 |
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Leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV) Geert Wilders says his party, which supports the Dutch minority government, is not in favor of further EU enlargement.
He told Germany’s Der Spiegel that this includes possible memberships of Croatia and Turkey.
EU abolishes visas for Bosnia and Albania
November 8th, 2010 |
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EU interior ministers voted today to abolish visas for the citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania. EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstrom assessed that this is a historic day for the two countries.
Montenegro suspends economic citizenships
November 8th, 2010 |
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The Montenegrin government has suspended its “economic citizenships†program until it has been harmonized with the European Union. This is according to the Director of the Directorate on Consular Affairs in the Montenegrin Ministry of Foreign Affairs Željko Stamatović.
Ex-Slovenian president “can’t save Bosnia”
November 8th, 2010 |
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Milorad Dodik says he is not in favor of ex-Slovenian President Milan KuÄan becoming the Slovenian government’s special representative in Bosnia.
Dodik, who was recently elected president of the Serb entity in Bosnia, RS, says he does not see how KuÄan, who in the early 1990s worked with Serbian and Croatian leaders Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević and Franjo TuÄ‘man to destroy Yugoslavia (SFRJ), could now help Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Greek PM pits future on local elections
November 7th, 2010 |
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Greeks votes in local elections today which could trigger a national ballot if the government fails to win enough support. Greece is one of Europe’s most economically troubled countries and Prime Minister George Papandreou has been forced to introduce austerity measures after a debt crisis exploded.
Montenegro not looking for Šarić partners
November 7th, 2010 |
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Head of Podgorica Interpol office Dejan Äurović says that Montenegrin police have stopped looking for th eclosest associates of Darko Å arić.
They are wanted in Serbia for cocaine trafficking but according to police information they are no longer in Montenegro.
Fmr. Slovenian president special envoy for Bosnia
November 7th, 2010 |
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Slovenian PM Borut Pahor has confirmed that the government decided to appoint former Slovenian President Milan KuÄan special envoy for Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Pahor stressed that the government had appointed KuÄan to study possible successful paths for constitutional changes in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Dodik isn’t considering RS referendum
November 6th, 2010 |
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Bosnia’s Serb republic (RS) President Milorad Dodik stated that a referendum on the secession from Bosnia-Herzegovina is a serious issue. However, this issue is not a matter of consideration for the time being, said he.
Tadić on meeting with victims’ families in Croatia
November 6th, 2010 |
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President Boris Tadić says he took with him faces and words of mothers, fathers and families of the missing and killed Serbs and Croats from Vukovar.
He pointed out that “nobody said too strong a word and some have been waiting for answers for 19 yearsâ€.
Croat president: I did apologize
November 5th, 2010 |
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Croatian President Ivo Josipović has stated that he did apologize for the Serb victims in Paulin Dvor near Osijek and that some media were “twisting the facts”.
Commenting on reports that he, unlike Serbian President Boris Tadić, did not apologize for the victims, Josipović said he was glad that such media were few.
“EU shouldn’t be afraid to lift visa regime”
November 5th, 2010 |
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Albanian PM Sali Berisha says that the EU should not fear increased inflow of Albanians if it lifts visa regime for Albanian citizens next week.
Berisha stressed that, although his country was still poor, the EU could open its borders for the Albanians without fear of immigration such as the one from the early 90’s.
Croats don’t mind “economic resurrection” of Yugoslavia
November 5th, 2010 |
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Two decades after Yugoslavia (SFRJ) fell apart, 7 out of 10 Croats see the need for establishing stronger economic and market ties between the former republics.
This is according to a report in Zagreb’s Jutarnji List daily, which quotes a survey conducted this November.