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Monday, 28.08.2017.

09:33

EU "looking for way to separate Serbia from Russia"

Serbia must clearly show its strategic orientation towards the EU and willingness to align its foreign policy with the Union, says Lithuania's foreign minister.

Izvor: Vecernje novosti

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icj1

pre 6 godina

Much more than Serbia
(icj1, 29 August 2017 13:36)

Sure, with daily terrorist attacks and damage to cities due to bombs.
(Peggy, 30 August 2017 03:19)

Hmm, I wasn't aware that there are daily terrorist attacks and damage to cities due to bombs in Serbia, but if you say so I guess you know better...

Peggy

pre 6 godina

Can you explain why EU or USA taxpayers should bail out Serbia? If the Serbian government can't manage its own budget and control its own spending. Why should other countries have to pay for their mismanagement. Maybe the people of Serbia should vote in better leaders who are competent. You are now sounding like you are from Greece.
(Mark.W, 28 August 2017 17:17
===========================
Did anyone say they should?
But, if someone else is willing to lend money for a much smaller interest rate then they deserve praise.
That's what is being said since you didn't understand it.

Peggy

pre 6 godina

How peaceful and prosperous is Europe now?
(Peggy, 29 August 2017 04:24)

Much more than Serbia
(icj1, 29 August 2017 13:36)
====================
Sure, with daily terrorist attacks and damage to cities due to bombs.
Then all the welfare draining each EU country.
The future looks really good, sarc off.

sasa.p from near Jagodina, Serbia

pre 6 godina

I keep reading how Serbs are proud people then why do you value donations from UAE and China more then the products you sell through your hard work.
(Mark.W, 29 August 2017 20:27)

Why should a country refuse donations from countries that are will to help you 😀))))
USA has never been willing to help ,only to use and abuse 😀)))

rote kapelle

pre 6 godina

Maybe the EU should be more concerned about Bulgaria than Serbia? Check -> [link]/
(Zoran, 29 August 2017 02:40)

They"ve shot their both feet refusing from the Belen nuclear plant and the South Stream but now are trying to save the situation.

Mark.W

pre 6 godina

@Sasa.P

EU and USA ,have given crumbs .
Before you comment ,read who has help Serbia financially the most )))
UAE and CHINA government ))))
Not Brussels or Berlin.
(sasa.p from near Jagodina, Serbia, 28 August 2017 23:36) # Comment link

The most help comes from those who buy your products.
You biggest customers are

Italy 15%
Germany 12 % (Berlin is in Germany :))
BiH 7.7 %
Russia 5.4 %
Montenegro 4.5 %
Romania 4.4 %
Macedonia 3.7 %
Croatia 3.3 %

I keep reading how Serbs are proud people then why do you value donations from UAE and China more then the products you sell through your hard work.

Peggy

pre 6 godina

The EU is a force of stability (yes there are issues but none too serious) which has given the continent peace & prosperity for over 70 years!
(T, 28 August 2017 12:27)
==================
And millions of Muslim invaders. How peaceful and prosperous is Europe now? Go ten years into the future and situation will be even worse.
EU is going to be the reason Europe will become Eurabia.

icj1

pre 6 godina

The smug Lithuanian minister is talking about a "united Europe" when his useless country is being pawned out by NATO and will be the first annihilated if NATO is stupid enough to provoke Russia.
(Jugoslavija, 28 August 2017 18:31)

What specific actions by NATO fit your "provoke" understanding ? For example, if NATO condemns Russia's annexation of Crimea, does that qualify as provocation?

sasa.p from near Jagodina, Serbia

pre 6 godina

It was UAE money (at 1 percent loan ,better then the USA 8 percent) and then Chinese money .Not the crumbs EU and USA give out )),even Norway and Japan have given more at times.
(sasa.p from near Jagodina, Serbia, 28 August 2017 15:26)

Can you explain why EU or USA taxpayers should bail out Serbia? If the Serbian government can't manage its own budget and control its own spending. Why should other countries have to pay for their mismanagement. Maybe the people of Serbia should vote in better leaders who are competent. You are now sounding like you are from Greece.
(Mark.W,

To Mark,W,
Serbia did vote for better ,and voted out "TADIC" party from office and got repaid the USA loan at 8 % that TADIC took in 2008 ))
NIKOLIC party took a lone of 1% from UAE to replace TADIC loan and loans from China )).
EU and USA ,have given crumbs .
Before you comment ,read who has help Serbia financially the most )))
UAE and CHINA government ))))
Not Brussels or Berlin.

sasa.p from near Jagodina, Serbia

pre 6 godina

Zoran

What is looking "Good"?
Your country is still poor and gypsy. Like always
(Golden Eagle, 28 August 2017 13:46)

And your Albania is second to Monaco to wealth😀😀,above Switzerland , hahaha . Europe look at Ghetto of Pristina as Gypsy )))

EU-NATO is finished

pre 6 godina

i don't know if you have news from other countries like sputnik,RT,are just go on facebook...because reality is EU and nato-america are finished......russian army is in the middle east and has moved to south asia.....and to NK that's why america is leaving everywhere....nato army and weapons are a world joke,american planes are dropping like flies and ships are getting hit by tugboats and sinking.,.....russia , china and their allies are taking over..and the BRICS have announced 5 more nations to join their org..india has pulled out from the chinese area today....so serbia and to the serb people world wide....be smart don't listen to lies...america-EU-NATO is over so go look at the news i posted and facebook///// western news is all BS.....

Ari Gold

pre 6 godina

The EU has contributed to Serbia's economy 10x more than Russia, FACT.
Russia is a friend but even friendships need to be tested from time to time.
(T, 28 August 2017 12:27)
Talk about fake news. The EU as an organization contributes less than peanuts to Serbia’s economy. Are you seriously going to give the EU credit for every private company from Germany, France or Italy that invests in Serbia? Those companies are in Serbia for profit, not because the EU told them. That’s great news. Serbia should be an attractive destination for investment from all over the place, crediting the EU for these private investments as their “contribution” is ridiculous.
Serbia has no reason to “test” Russia’s friendship. Russia has not done anything wrong to Serbia. I don’t think Serbia should blindly follow Russia in everything. But Russia is a strong political ally to Serbia and Russian companies are coming to Serbia more and more. Serbia must never be anyone’s vassal, always independent.

Skenderbeu 1444

pre 6 godina

Lets dedicate this monday to Dalia Grybauskaite, president of Lithuania, known as Iron Lady (Thatcer will be crying in her grave!) or Steel Magnolia! Daughter of a driver/electrician, despite very bad results in high school, Moskovi gave Dalia the opportunity to rise from her very humble proletarian origins and she finished her studies in Saint Petersburg State University!! PhD in Moscow, before becoming the Steel Magnolia we all know. Member of communist party of both USSR and Lithuania! I wonder how americans accepted this communist parrot in the US, why was she granted entry given her communist past? How did she manage to go to Georgetown university when communists are bad as nazists for americans and also for lithuanians? Dalia the daughter of an electrician who now wears, looks and feels like Louis XIV!! Out of all the clowns that surround Russia, I swear to God this is the most sympathic one! Everybody should watch her being interviewed, I guarantee everybody she is so funny like the coats and her long jackets! Read her bio people please please and then tell me if Putini is or is not a man of legendary patience!!

Jugoslavija

pre 6 godina

What Lithuania should talk about is NATO stoking a war against Russia with NATO exercises with 5000 measly Canadian, US and Albanian troops. Russia will be mobilizing and doing an exercise with over 100 thousand troops around the Baltic(s) The smug Lithuanian minister is talking about a "united Europe" when his useless country is being pawned out by NATO and will be the first annihilated if NATO is stupid enough to provoke Russia.

Mark.W

pre 6 godina

It was UAE money (at 1 percent loan ,better then the USA 8 percent) and then Chinese money .Not the crumbs EU and USA give out )),even Norway and Japan have given more at times.
(sasa.p from near Jagodina, Serbia, 28 August 2017 15:26)

Can you explain why EU or USA taxpayers should bail out Serbia? If the Serbian government can't manage its own budget and control its own spending. Why should other countries have to pay for their mismanagement. Maybe the people of Serbia should vote in better leaders who are competent. You are now sounding like you are from Greece.

Skenderbeu 1444

pre 6 godina

This Linas Linkevicius us us is very stupid. What have Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and the baltic states given to the world ? What is these countries' contribution to science or culture or whatsoever? Go away stupid lithuanian with such stupid name! I dont know how Putini can restrain himself by farting out a small nuke to these donkeys!!

ivan

pre 6 godina

"However, when we face a violation of international law, sovereignty and territorial integrity of another country, we must remain firm and united."

????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

sasa.p from near Jagodina, Serbia

pre 6 godina

The EU has contributed to Serbia's economy 10x more than Russia, FACT. The EU is a force of stability (yes there are issues but none too serious) which has given the continent peace & prosperity for over 70 years!

Russia is a friend but even friendships need to be tested from time to time.
Should Serbia HAVE to choose, then I hope it chooses the EU because I don't want to live in a country controlled by Russia.
(T, 28 August 2017 12:27) # Comment link

But EU didn't bail Serbia out of the financial mess 5 years ago)))
It was UAE money (at 1 percent loan ,better then the USA 8 percent) and then Chinese money .Not the crumbs EU and USA give out )),even Norway and Japan have given more at times.

Zoran

pre 6 godina

The EU is a force of stability (yes there are issues but none too serious) which has given the continent peace & prosperity for over 70 years!
(T, 28 August 2017 12:27)
--
As far as I'm aware, the former Yugoslavia and Ukraine both lie on the continent of Europe and I wouldn't say there was peace and prosperity there for the past 70 years. The EU had a big role to play in those conflicts also.

Serbia has made it quite clear numerous times that it is willing to compromise for the sake of peace in the region but it's relationship with Russia and recognition of Kosovo are not negotiable. EU membership is a long long way away and I doubt it will ever be achieved but the process of membership will hopefully help Serbia modernise and reduce bureaucracy. Lots of investment pouring into Serbia at the moment so things are looking good.

Popnbgd

pre 6 godina

Serbs are the last European knights and one of few countries in the world that didn't become vassal and puppet state of Uncle Sam...You might like it or not,but Serbia is a lot more sovereign state than France,Germany and all EU states and others....

Watcher

pre 6 godina

@T - "controlled by Russia"?? My friend, Russia is the reason you still even HAVE a country!!!!
Your "EU" would have already eaten, chewed, and s**t you out LONG time ago!
I agree, Srbija is between a rock and hard place, but we've asked Moscow to be bigger Serbs than Srbs...

EU Dude

pre 6 godina

Lithuania can either provide Serbia a concrete joining date for the EU or it can f*$k off.

Promises from Brussels aren't worth the paper they are written on. They're always changing the goal posts.

Smart Serb

pre 6 godina

Stan
You are 100% correct.
I just wish Vucic, Dacic and all these Serbian politicians stood up to the U.S and E.U and stop pretending they are Serbia's friends.
U.S and E.U are paying dirty money to these dirty politicians to slowly slowly give up Kosovo*

T

pre 6 godina

Most comments I read are either from Russian trolls or from those who are anti-European no-matter-what.

The EU has contributed to Serbia's economy 10x more than Russia, FACT. The EU is a force of stability (yes there are issues but none too serious) which has given the continent peace & prosperity for over 70 years!

Russia is a friend but even friendships need to be tested from time to time.
Should Serbia HAVE to choose, then I hope it chooses the EU because I don't want to live in a country controlled by Russia.

Bob

pre 6 godina

A rational point of view.

It's Serbia that aims to join, not the EU who is driving this.

I note the embittered attitude of the previous posters on this page. They are not the setters of Serbia's policy towards the EU, they are just the remnants of the causes of the wars in the ninetie.

Stan

pre 6 godina

Thanks smart Serb. Our politicians are either too stupid to know we are being insulted, or are in the pay of these sinister forces.
These forces ask Serbia to give up everything that is important to them, their dignity in fact. A total humiliation. And in return they make absolutely no committment to us whatsoever. They must be laughing ftbeir heads off at us.

Rote

pre 6 godina

Doga bark as the caravan is passing by ... Since we have restored relations in 19-th century many trief to spoil them. Ottomans, Austrians, Turks, Germans, Yankees, Brits, two great Joes ect. All in vain so let them bark ...

LITHOWHAT

pre 6 godina

Comments from a pupet state with a history of collaborating with Nazis, GREAT EUROPEAN VALUES...., might as well call Lithuania, Croats of the North I say!

Smart Serb

pre 6 godina

"Russian aggression in our neighborhood" claims Lithuanian Linkevicius!!!
Has he not seen U.K and U.S aggression worldwide???
U.S aggression in Serbia's Province of Kosovo*
Lithuanian government are a bunch of coward scumbags who spread fear and propaganda throughout Eastern Europe.

Stan

pre 6 godina

First, give up your best friend, the only one who backs you up. Second, give up your territory with all its ancient churches, third give up more territory allowing for greater Albania, and as a reward get 3rd tier membership in ten years ( maybe) , a few crumbs from our table , and loss of your sovereignty and exodus of your best and brightest to us. . Great deal.

sj

pre 6 godina

The people that need to say this are from Lithuania but from Brussels or Berlin and they will never say it because they will not like the response.
Its not going to happen, ever.

Stan

pre 6 godina

First, give up your best friend, the only one who backs you up. Second, give up your territory with all its ancient churches, third give up more territory allowing for greater Albania, and as a reward get 3rd tier membership in ten years ( maybe) , a few crumbs from our table , and loss of your sovereignty and exodus of your best and brightest to us. . Great deal.

LITHOWHAT

pre 6 godina

Comments from a pupet state with a history of collaborating with Nazis, GREAT EUROPEAN VALUES...., might as well call Lithuania, Croats of the North I say!

Popnbgd

pre 6 godina

Serbs are the last European knights and one of few countries in the world that didn't become vassal and puppet state of Uncle Sam...You might like it or not,but Serbia is a lot more sovereign state than France,Germany and all EU states and others....

Smart Serb

pre 6 godina

"Russian aggression in our neighborhood" claims Lithuanian Linkevicius!!!
Has he not seen U.K and U.S aggression worldwide???
U.S aggression in Serbia's Province of Kosovo*
Lithuanian government are a bunch of coward scumbags who spread fear and propaganda throughout Eastern Europe.

Smart Serb

pre 6 godina

Stan
You are 100% correct.
I just wish Vucic, Dacic and all these Serbian politicians stood up to the U.S and E.U and stop pretending they are Serbia's friends.
U.S and E.U are paying dirty money to these dirty politicians to slowly slowly give up Kosovo*

sj

pre 6 godina

The people that need to say this are from Lithuania but from Brussels or Berlin and they will never say it because they will not like the response.
Its not going to happen, ever.

Stan

pre 6 godina

Thanks smart Serb. Our politicians are either too stupid to know we are being insulted, or are in the pay of these sinister forces.
These forces ask Serbia to give up everything that is important to them, their dignity in fact. A total humiliation. And in return they make absolutely no committment to us whatsoever. They must be laughing ftbeir heads off at us.

EU Dude

pre 6 godina

Lithuania can either provide Serbia a concrete joining date for the EU or it can f*$k off.

Promises from Brussels aren't worth the paper they are written on. They're always changing the goal posts.

Rote

pre 6 godina

Doga bark as the caravan is passing by ... Since we have restored relations in 19-th century many trief to spoil them. Ottomans, Austrians, Turks, Germans, Yankees, Brits, two great Joes ect. All in vain so let them bark ...

sasa.p from near Jagodina, Serbia

pre 6 godina

The EU has contributed to Serbia's economy 10x more than Russia, FACT. The EU is a force of stability (yes there are issues but none too serious) which has given the continent peace & prosperity for over 70 years!

Russia is a friend but even friendships need to be tested from time to time.
Should Serbia HAVE to choose, then I hope it chooses the EU because I don't want to live in a country controlled by Russia.
(T, 28 August 2017 12:27) # Comment link

But EU didn't bail Serbia out of the financial mess 5 years ago)))
It was UAE money (at 1 percent loan ,better then the USA 8 percent) and then Chinese money .Not the crumbs EU and USA give out )),even Norway and Japan have given more at times.

ivan

pre 6 godina

"However, when we face a violation of international law, sovereignty and territorial integrity of another country, we must remain firm and united."

????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Ari Gold

pre 6 godina

The EU has contributed to Serbia's economy 10x more than Russia, FACT.
Russia is a friend but even friendships need to be tested from time to time.
(T, 28 August 2017 12:27)
Talk about fake news. The EU as an organization contributes less than peanuts to Serbia’s economy. Are you seriously going to give the EU credit for every private company from Germany, France or Italy that invests in Serbia? Those companies are in Serbia for profit, not because the EU told them. That’s great news. Serbia should be an attractive destination for investment from all over the place, crediting the EU for these private investments as their “contribution” is ridiculous.
Serbia has no reason to “test” Russia’s friendship. Russia has not done anything wrong to Serbia. I don’t think Serbia should blindly follow Russia in everything. But Russia is a strong political ally to Serbia and Russian companies are coming to Serbia more and more. Serbia must never be anyone’s vassal, always independent.

Zoran

pre 6 godina

The EU is a force of stability (yes there are issues but none too serious) which has given the continent peace & prosperity for over 70 years!
(T, 28 August 2017 12:27)
--
As far as I'm aware, the former Yugoslavia and Ukraine both lie on the continent of Europe and I wouldn't say there was peace and prosperity there for the past 70 years. The EU had a big role to play in those conflicts also.

Serbia has made it quite clear numerous times that it is willing to compromise for the sake of peace in the region but it's relationship with Russia and recognition of Kosovo are not negotiable. EU membership is a long long way away and I doubt it will ever be achieved but the process of membership will hopefully help Serbia modernise and reduce bureaucracy. Lots of investment pouring into Serbia at the moment so things are looking good.

Watcher

pre 6 godina

@T - "controlled by Russia"?? My friend, Russia is the reason you still even HAVE a country!!!!
Your "EU" would have already eaten, chewed, and s**t you out LONG time ago!
I agree, Srbija is between a rock and hard place, but we've asked Moscow to be bigger Serbs than Srbs...

Skenderbeu 1444

pre 6 godina

This Linas Linkevicius us us is very stupid. What have Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and the baltic states given to the world ? What is these countries' contribution to science or culture or whatsoever? Go away stupid lithuanian with such stupid name! I dont know how Putini can restrain himself by farting out a small nuke to these donkeys!!

Jugoslavija

pre 6 godina

What Lithuania should talk about is NATO stoking a war against Russia with NATO exercises with 5000 measly Canadian, US and Albanian troops. Russia will be mobilizing and doing an exercise with over 100 thousand troops around the Baltic(s) The smug Lithuanian minister is talking about a "united Europe" when his useless country is being pawned out by NATO and will be the first annihilated if NATO is stupid enough to provoke Russia.

T

pre 6 godina

Most comments I read are either from Russian trolls or from those who are anti-European no-matter-what.

The EU has contributed to Serbia's economy 10x more than Russia, FACT. The EU is a force of stability (yes there are issues but none too serious) which has given the continent peace & prosperity for over 70 years!

Russia is a friend but even friendships need to be tested from time to time.
Should Serbia HAVE to choose, then I hope it chooses the EU because I don't want to live in a country controlled by Russia.

Skenderbeu 1444

pre 6 godina

Lets dedicate this monday to Dalia Grybauskaite, president of Lithuania, known as Iron Lady (Thatcer will be crying in her grave!) or Steel Magnolia! Daughter of a driver/electrician, despite very bad results in high school, Moskovi gave Dalia the opportunity to rise from her very humble proletarian origins and she finished her studies in Saint Petersburg State University!! PhD in Moscow, before becoming the Steel Magnolia we all know. Member of communist party of both USSR and Lithuania! I wonder how americans accepted this communist parrot in the US, why was she granted entry given her communist past? How did she manage to go to Georgetown university when communists are bad as nazists for americans and also for lithuanians? Dalia the daughter of an electrician who now wears, looks and feels like Louis XIV!! Out of all the clowns that surround Russia, I swear to God this is the most sympathic one! Everybody should watch her being interviewed, I guarantee everybody she is so funny like the coats and her long jackets! Read her bio people please please and then tell me if Putini is or is not a man of legendary patience!!

sasa.p from near Jagodina, Serbia

pre 6 godina

Zoran

What is looking "Good"?
Your country is still poor and gypsy. Like always
(Golden Eagle, 28 August 2017 13:46)

And your Albania is second to Monaco to wealth😀😀,above Switzerland , hahaha . Europe look at Ghetto of Pristina as Gypsy )))

Peggy

pre 6 godina

The EU is a force of stability (yes there are issues but none too serious) which has given the continent peace & prosperity for over 70 years!
(T, 28 August 2017 12:27)
==================
And millions of Muslim invaders. How peaceful and prosperous is Europe now? Go ten years into the future and situation will be even worse.
EU is going to be the reason Europe will become Eurabia.

Mark.W

pre 6 godina

It was UAE money (at 1 percent loan ,better then the USA 8 percent) and then Chinese money .Not the crumbs EU and USA give out )),even Norway and Japan have given more at times.
(sasa.p from near Jagodina, Serbia, 28 August 2017 15:26)

Can you explain why EU or USA taxpayers should bail out Serbia? If the Serbian government can't manage its own budget and control its own spending. Why should other countries have to pay for their mismanagement. Maybe the people of Serbia should vote in better leaders who are competent. You are now sounding like you are from Greece.

sasa.p from near Jagodina, Serbia

pre 6 godina

It was UAE money (at 1 percent loan ,better then the USA 8 percent) and then Chinese money .Not the crumbs EU and USA give out )),even Norway and Japan have given more at times.
(sasa.p from near Jagodina, Serbia, 28 August 2017 15:26)

Can you explain why EU or USA taxpayers should bail out Serbia? If the Serbian government can't manage its own budget and control its own spending. Why should other countries have to pay for their mismanagement. Maybe the people of Serbia should vote in better leaders who are competent. You are now sounding like you are from Greece.
(Mark.W,

To Mark,W,
Serbia did vote for better ,and voted out "TADIC" party from office and got repaid the USA loan at 8 % that TADIC took in 2008 ))
NIKOLIC party took a lone of 1% from UAE to replace TADIC loan and loans from China )).
EU and USA ,have given crumbs .
Before you comment ,read who has help Serbia financially the most )))
UAE and CHINA government ))))
Not Brussels or Berlin.

Bob

pre 6 godina

A rational point of view.

It's Serbia that aims to join, not the EU who is driving this.

I note the embittered attitude of the previous posters on this page. They are not the setters of Serbia's policy towards the EU, they are just the remnants of the causes of the wars in the ninetie.

EU-NATO is finished

pre 6 godina

i don't know if you have news from other countries like sputnik,RT,are just go on facebook...because reality is EU and nato-america are finished......russian army is in the middle east and has moved to south asia.....and to NK that's why america is leaving everywhere....nato army and weapons are a world joke,american planes are dropping like flies and ships are getting hit by tugboats and sinking.,.....russia , china and their allies are taking over..and the BRICS have announced 5 more nations to join their org..india has pulled out from the chinese area today....so serbia and to the serb people world wide....be smart don't listen to lies...america-EU-NATO is over so go look at the news i posted and facebook///// western news is all BS.....

Peggy

pre 6 godina

Can you explain why EU or USA taxpayers should bail out Serbia? If the Serbian government can't manage its own budget and control its own spending. Why should other countries have to pay for their mismanagement. Maybe the people of Serbia should vote in better leaders who are competent. You are now sounding like you are from Greece.
(Mark.W, 28 August 2017 17:17
===========================
Did anyone say they should?
But, if someone else is willing to lend money for a much smaller interest rate then they deserve praise.
That's what is being said since you didn't understand it.

sasa.p from near Jagodina, Serbia

pre 6 godina

I keep reading how Serbs are proud people then why do you value donations from UAE and China more then the products you sell through your hard work.
(Mark.W, 29 August 2017 20:27)

Why should a country refuse donations from countries that are will to help you 😀))))
USA has never been willing to help ,only to use and abuse 😀)))

Peggy

pre 6 godina

How peaceful and prosperous is Europe now?
(Peggy, 29 August 2017 04:24)

Much more than Serbia
(icj1, 29 August 2017 13:36)
====================
Sure, with daily terrorist attacks and damage to cities due to bombs.
Then all the welfare draining each EU country.
The future looks really good, sarc off.

icj1

pre 6 godina

The smug Lithuanian minister is talking about a "united Europe" when his useless country is being pawned out by NATO and will be the first annihilated if NATO is stupid enough to provoke Russia.
(Jugoslavija, 28 August 2017 18:31)

What specific actions by NATO fit your "provoke" understanding ? For example, if NATO condemns Russia's annexation of Crimea, does that qualify as provocation?

Mark.W

pre 6 godina

@Sasa.P

EU and USA ,have given crumbs .
Before you comment ,read who has help Serbia financially the most )))
UAE and CHINA government ))))
Not Brussels or Berlin.
(sasa.p from near Jagodina, Serbia, 28 August 2017 23:36) # Comment link

The most help comes from those who buy your products.
You biggest customers are

Italy 15%
Germany 12 % (Berlin is in Germany :))
BiH 7.7 %
Russia 5.4 %
Montenegro 4.5 %
Romania 4.4 %
Macedonia 3.7 %
Croatia 3.3 %

I keep reading how Serbs are proud people then why do you value donations from UAE and China more then the products you sell through your hard work.

rote kapelle

pre 6 godina

Maybe the EU should be more concerned about Bulgaria than Serbia? Check -> [link]/
(Zoran, 29 August 2017 02:40)

They"ve shot their both feet refusing from the Belen nuclear plant and the South Stream but now are trying to save the situation.

icj1

pre 6 godina

Much more than Serbia
(icj1, 29 August 2017 13:36)

Sure, with daily terrorist attacks and damage to cities due to bombs.
(Peggy, 30 August 2017 03:19)

Hmm, I wasn't aware that there are daily terrorist attacks and damage to cities due to bombs in Serbia, but if you say so I guess you know better...

T

pre 6 godina

Most comments I read are either from Russian trolls or from those who are anti-European no-matter-what.

The EU has contributed to Serbia's economy 10x more than Russia, FACT. The EU is a force of stability (yes there are issues but none too serious) which has given the continent peace & prosperity for over 70 years!

Russia is a friend but even friendships need to be tested from time to time.
Should Serbia HAVE to choose, then I hope it chooses the EU because I don't want to live in a country controlled by Russia.

Mark.W

pre 6 godina

It was UAE money (at 1 percent loan ,better then the USA 8 percent) and then Chinese money .Not the crumbs EU and USA give out )),even Norway and Japan have given more at times.
(sasa.p from near Jagodina, Serbia, 28 August 2017 15:26)

Can you explain why EU or USA taxpayers should bail out Serbia? If the Serbian government can't manage its own budget and control its own spending. Why should other countries have to pay for their mismanagement. Maybe the people of Serbia should vote in better leaders who are competent. You are now sounding like you are from Greece.

sj

pre 6 godina

The people that need to say this are from Lithuania but from Brussels or Berlin and they will never say it because they will not like the response.
Its not going to happen, ever.

Smart Serb

pre 6 godina

"Russian aggression in our neighborhood" claims Lithuanian Linkevicius!!!
Has he not seen U.K and U.S aggression worldwide???
U.S aggression in Serbia's Province of Kosovo*
Lithuanian government are a bunch of coward scumbags who spread fear and propaganda throughout Eastern Europe.

Stan

pre 6 godina

First, give up your best friend, the only one who backs you up. Second, give up your territory with all its ancient churches, third give up more territory allowing for greater Albania, and as a reward get 3rd tier membership in ten years ( maybe) , a few crumbs from our table , and loss of your sovereignty and exodus of your best and brightest to us. . Great deal.

LITHOWHAT

pre 6 godina

Comments from a pupet state with a history of collaborating with Nazis, GREAT EUROPEAN VALUES...., might as well call Lithuania, Croats of the North I say!

Bob

pre 6 godina

A rational point of view.

It's Serbia that aims to join, not the EU who is driving this.

I note the embittered attitude of the previous posters on this page. They are not the setters of Serbia's policy towards the EU, they are just the remnants of the causes of the wars in the ninetie.

Watcher

pre 6 godina

@T - "controlled by Russia"?? My friend, Russia is the reason you still even HAVE a country!!!!
Your "EU" would have already eaten, chewed, and s**t you out LONG time ago!
I agree, Srbija is between a rock and hard place, but we've asked Moscow to be bigger Serbs than Srbs...

sasa.p from near Jagodina, Serbia

pre 6 godina

The EU has contributed to Serbia's economy 10x more than Russia, FACT. The EU is a force of stability (yes there are issues but none too serious) which has given the continent peace & prosperity for over 70 years!

Russia is a friend but even friendships need to be tested from time to time.
Should Serbia HAVE to choose, then I hope it chooses the EU because I don't want to live in a country controlled by Russia.
(T, 28 August 2017 12:27) # Comment link

But EU didn't bail Serbia out of the financial mess 5 years ago)))
It was UAE money (at 1 percent loan ,better then the USA 8 percent) and then Chinese money .Not the crumbs EU and USA give out )),even Norway and Japan have given more at times.

Skenderbeu 1444

pre 6 godina

This Linas Linkevicius us us is very stupid. What have Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and the baltic states given to the world ? What is these countries' contribution to science or culture or whatsoever? Go away stupid lithuanian with such stupid name! I dont know how Putini can restrain himself by farting out a small nuke to these donkeys!!

EU Dude

pre 6 godina

Lithuania can either provide Serbia a concrete joining date for the EU or it can f*$k off.

Promises from Brussels aren't worth the paper they are written on. They're always changing the goal posts.

Popnbgd

pre 6 godina

Serbs are the last European knights and one of few countries in the world that didn't become vassal and puppet state of Uncle Sam...You might like it or not,but Serbia is a lot more sovereign state than France,Germany and all EU states and others....

icj1

pre 6 godina

The smug Lithuanian minister is talking about a "united Europe" when his useless country is being pawned out by NATO and will be the first annihilated if NATO is stupid enough to provoke Russia.
(Jugoslavija, 28 August 2017 18:31)

What specific actions by NATO fit your "provoke" understanding ? For example, if NATO condemns Russia's annexation of Crimea, does that qualify as provocation?

Smart Serb

pre 6 godina

Stan
You are 100% correct.
I just wish Vucic, Dacic and all these Serbian politicians stood up to the U.S and E.U and stop pretending they are Serbia's friends.
U.S and E.U are paying dirty money to these dirty politicians to slowly slowly give up Kosovo*

Rote

pre 6 godina

Doga bark as the caravan is passing by ... Since we have restored relations in 19-th century many trief to spoil them. Ottomans, Austrians, Turks, Germans, Yankees, Brits, two great Joes ect. All in vain so let them bark ...

Zoran

pre 6 godina

The EU is a force of stability (yes there are issues but none too serious) which has given the continent peace & prosperity for over 70 years!
(T, 28 August 2017 12:27)
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As far as I'm aware, the former Yugoslavia and Ukraine both lie on the continent of Europe and I wouldn't say there was peace and prosperity there for the past 70 years. The EU had a big role to play in those conflicts also.

Serbia has made it quite clear numerous times that it is willing to compromise for the sake of peace in the region but it's relationship with Russia and recognition of Kosovo are not negotiable. EU membership is a long long way away and I doubt it will ever be achieved but the process of membership will hopefully help Serbia modernise and reduce bureaucracy. Lots of investment pouring into Serbia at the moment so things are looking good.

Ari Gold

pre 6 godina

The EU has contributed to Serbia's economy 10x more than Russia, FACT.
Russia is a friend but even friendships need to be tested from time to time.
(T, 28 August 2017 12:27)
Talk about fake news. The EU as an organization contributes less than peanuts to Serbia’s economy. Are you seriously going to give the EU credit for every private company from Germany, France or Italy that invests in Serbia? Those companies are in Serbia for profit, not because the EU told them. That’s great news. Serbia should be an attractive destination for investment from all over the place, crediting the EU for these private investments as their “contribution” is ridiculous.
Serbia has no reason to “test” Russia’s friendship. Russia has not done anything wrong to Serbia. I don’t think Serbia should blindly follow Russia in everything. But Russia is a strong political ally to Serbia and Russian companies are coming to Serbia more and more. Serbia must never be anyone’s vassal, always independent.

Peggy

pre 6 godina

The EU is a force of stability (yes there are issues but none too serious) which has given the continent peace & prosperity for over 70 years!
(T, 28 August 2017 12:27)
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And millions of Muslim invaders. How peaceful and prosperous is Europe now? Go ten years into the future and situation will be even worse.
EU is going to be the reason Europe will become Eurabia.

Jugoslavija

pre 6 godina

What Lithuania should talk about is NATO stoking a war against Russia with NATO exercises with 5000 measly Canadian, US and Albanian troops. Russia will be mobilizing and doing an exercise with over 100 thousand troops around the Baltic(s) The smug Lithuanian minister is talking about a "united Europe" when his useless country is being pawned out by NATO and will be the first annihilated if NATO is stupid enough to provoke Russia.

Skenderbeu 1444

pre 6 godina

Lets dedicate this monday to Dalia Grybauskaite, president of Lithuania, known as Iron Lady (Thatcer will be crying in her grave!) or Steel Magnolia! Daughter of a driver/electrician, despite very bad results in high school, Moskovi gave Dalia the opportunity to rise from her very humble proletarian origins and she finished her studies in Saint Petersburg State University!! PhD in Moscow, before becoming the Steel Magnolia we all know. Member of communist party of both USSR and Lithuania! I wonder how americans accepted this communist parrot in the US, why was she granted entry given her communist past? How did she manage to go to Georgetown university when communists are bad as nazists for americans and also for lithuanians? Dalia the daughter of an electrician who now wears, looks and feels like Louis XIV!! Out of all the clowns that surround Russia, I swear to God this is the most sympathic one! Everybody should watch her being interviewed, I guarantee everybody she is so funny like the coats and her long jackets! Read her bio people please please and then tell me if Putini is or is not a man of legendary patience!!

Stan

pre 6 godina

Thanks smart Serb. Our politicians are either too stupid to know we are being insulted, or are in the pay of these sinister forces.
These forces ask Serbia to give up everything that is important to them, their dignity in fact. A total humiliation. And in return they make absolutely no committment to us whatsoever. They must be laughing ftbeir heads off at us.

Mark.W

pre 6 godina

@Sasa.P

EU and USA ,have given crumbs .
Before you comment ,read who has help Serbia financially the most )))
UAE and CHINA government ))))
Not Brussels or Berlin.
(sasa.p from near Jagodina, Serbia, 28 August 2017 23:36) # Comment link

The most help comes from those who buy your products.
You biggest customers are

Italy 15%
Germany 12 % (Berlin is in Germany :))
BiH 7.7 %
Russia 5.4 %
Montenegro 4.5 %
Romania 4.4 %
Macedonia 3.7 %
Croatia 3.3 %

I keep reading how Serbs are proud people then why do you value donations from UAE and China more then the products you sell through your hard work.

ivan

pre 6 godina

"However, when we face a violation of international law, sovereignty and territorial integrity of another country, we must remain firm and united."

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EU-NATO is finished

pre 6 godina

i don't know if you have news from other countries like sputnik,RT,are just go on facebook...because reality is EU and nato-america are finished......russian army is in the middle east and has moved to south asia.....and to NK that's why america is leaving everywhere....nato army and weapons are a world joke,american planes are dropping like flies and ships are getting hit by tugboats and sinking.,.....russia , china and their allies are taking over..and the BRICS have announced 5 more nations to join their org..india has pulled out from the chinese area today....so serbia and to the serb people world wide....be smart don't listen to lies...america-EU-NATO is over so go look at the news i posted and facebook///// western news is all BS.....

sasa.p from near Jagodina, Serbia

pre 6 godina

It was UAE money (at 1 percent loan ,better then the USA 8 percent) and then Chinese money .Not the crumbs EU and USA give out )),even Norway and Japan have given more at times.
(sasa.p from near Jagodina, Serbia, 28 August 2017 15:26)

Can you explain why EU or USA taxpayers should bail out Serbia? If the Serbian government can't manage its own budget and control its own spending. Why should other countries have to pay for their mismanagement. Maybe the people of Serbia should vote in better leaders who are competent. You are now sounding like you are from Greece.
(Mark.W,

To Mark,W,
Serbia did vote for better ,and voted out "TADIC" party from office and got repaid the USA loan at 8 % that TADIC took in 2008 ))
NIKOLIC party took a lone of 1% from UAE to replace TADIC loan and loans from China )).
EU and USA ,have given crumbs .
Before you comment ,read who has help Serbia financially the most )))
UAE and CHINA government ))))
Not Brussels or Berlin.

rote kapelle

pre 6 godina

Maybe the EU should be more concerned about Bulgaria than Serbia? Check -> [link]/
(Zoran, 29 August 2017 02:40)

They"ve shot their both feet refusing from the Belen nuclear plant and the South Stream but now are trying to save the situation.

sasa.p from near Jagodina, Serbia

pre 6 godina

Zoran

What is looking "Good"?
Your country is still poor and gypsy. Like always
(Golden Eagle, 28 August 2017 13:46)

And your Albania is second to Monaco to wealth😀😀,above Switzerland , hahaha . Europe look at Ghetto of Pristina as Gypsy )))

Peggy

pre 6 godina

How peaceful and prosperous is Europe now?
(Peggy, 29 August 2017 04:24)

Much more than Serbia
(icj1, 29 August 2017 13:36)
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Sure, with daily terrorist attacks and damage to cities due to bombs.
Then all the welfare draining each EU country.
The future looks really good, sarc off.

Peggy

pre 6 godina

Can you explain why EU or USA taxpayers should bail out Serbia? If the Serbian government can't manage its own budget and control its own spending. Why should other countries have to pay for their mismanagement. Maybe the people of Serbia should vote in better leaders who are competent. You are now sounding like you are from Greece.
(Mark.W, 28 August 2017 17:17
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Did anyone say they should?
But, if someone else is willing to lend money for a much smaller interest rate then they deserve praise.
That's what is being said since you didn't understand it.

sasa.p from near Jagodina, Serbia

pre 6 godina

I keep reading how Serbs are proud people then why do you value donations from UAE and China more then the products you sell through your hard work.
(Mark.W, 29 August 2017 20:27)

Why should a country refuse donations from countries that are will to help you 😀))))
USA has never been willing to help ,only to use and abuse 😀)))

icj1

pre 6 godina

Much more than Serbia
(icj1, 29 August 2017 13:36)

Sure, with daily terrorist attacks and damage to cities due to bombs.
(Peggy, 30 August 2017 03:19)

Hmm, I wasn't aware that there are daily terrorist attacks and damage to cities due to bombs in Serbia, but if you say so I guess you know better...