"Georgia will not recognize Kosovo"
Source: Tanjug
MOSCOW, TBILISI -- Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili said Thursday that Georgia "has no intention to recognize the unilateral declaration of Kosovo's independence".
"We are saying loud and clear that we have never planned to recognize Kosovo. Nor do we plan to do so in the future," he told Russian media in Batumi.
"The way out of the situation that has been chosen is not the best one. The Serbs should have been given more time for negotiations. The solution for Kosovo was a hasty one," Saakashvili was quoted by Itar-Tass.
petak 9.05.2008 | 16:53 | Source: B92 | Comments: (2) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The French ambassador to Belgrade says that the decision of 17 EU countries to offer free visas to Serbian citizens has already taken effect at his embassy.
petak 9.05.2008 | 16:21 | Comments: (10) | Send comment
BRUSSELS -- The EU and U.S. expect the UN Secretary-General to approve a decision to allow the parallel functioning of UNMIK and EULEX, writes weekly European Voice.
petak 9.05.2008 | 16:09 | Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (15) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The government has today voted to pass both the Russian energy deal and the SAA on to parliament for ratification.
petak 9.05.2008 | 15:19 | Source: Beta | Comments: (8) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- UNMIK Chief Joachim Ruecker says that holding Serbian local elections on May 11 in Kosovo would be “unacceptable.”
petak 9.05.2008 | 15:13 | Source: Beta | Comments: (1) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- EULEX Chief and French General Yves de Kermabon is not accepting orders from UN headquarters in New York, writes Priština daily Koha Ditore.
petak 9.05.2008 | 13:43 | Source: B92, Beta | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- According to the Electoral Commission (RIK) final count, 6,749,688 citizens are registered to vote in the coming elections.
petak 9.05.2008 | 10:23 | Source: Beta, AFP | Comments: (9) | Send comment
MADRID -- Spain’s decision not to recognize Kosovo will not stop it from participating in KFOR, NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said in Madrid yesterday.
petak 9.05.2008 | 09:33 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (23) | Send comment
WASHINGTON -- John Sitilides from the Woodrow Wilson Center says that the U:S. and EU have not found a satisfactory solution for Kosovo.
četvrtak 8.05.2008 | 22:59 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (3) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Outgoing Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić said Thursday that Russia strongly supports Serbia's accelerated integration in the EU.
četvrtak 8.05.2008 | 22:34 | Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (15) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Chairman of the Russian Duma Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachov tonight addressed the last DSS-NS coalition rally of this campaign.
četvrtak 8.05.2008 | 17:01 | Source: B92 | Comments: (9) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Tomislav Nikolić says that SRS leader Vojislav Šešelj, currently on trial for war crimes, belongs in the new government.
četvrtak 8.05.2008 | 16:54 | Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (16) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica says that DSS-NS ministers are not aware of the contents of the SAA’s “accompanying document.”
četvrtak 8.05.2008 | 15:38 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (8) | Send comment
WASHINGTON, PRIŠTINA -- UNMIK Chief Joachim Ruecker has reiterated that local Serbian elections in Kosovo are illegitimate and that no parallel administration can exist in the province.
četvrtak 8.05.2008 | 15:34 | Source: FoNet | Comments: (11) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu says that PM Vojislav Koštunica and Slobodan Samardžić are persona non grata in Kosovo.
četvrtak 8.05.2008 | 14:06 | Source: B92 | Comments: (3) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- A two-day period ahead of the voting Sunday, known as election silence, will start tonight in Serbia.
četvrtak 8.05.2008 | 13:52 | Source: B92 | Comments: (26) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The leader of the neo-Nazi organization Nacionalni Stroj Goran Davidović has voiced his support for a coalition of the DSS-NS with the Radicals and Socialists.
četvrtak 8.05.2008 | 12:22 | Source: FoNet | Comments: (12) | Send comment
ČAČAK -- New Serbia (NS) leader Velimir Ilić says that those who wrote the death threat to President Boris Tadić won’t kill him because “murderers don’t write letters.”
četvrtak 8.05.2008 | 11:52 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send comment
NOVI PAZAR -- Head of the “Bosniak list for a European Sandžak” Sulejman Ugljanin has called on his compatriots to unite on May 11, and confirm their national and religious unity.
četvrtak 8.05.2008 | 11:12 | Source: B92 | Comments: (12) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- European Commission Vice-President Jacques Barrot says that the speed of visa negotiations will depend entirely on Serbia herself.
četvrtak 8.05.2008 | 10:40 | Source: Beta | Comments: (15) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- EULEX Chief Pieter Feith said in Priština yesterday that his mission would assume all responsibilities in Kosovo on June 15, in line with the Ahtisaari Plan.
četvrtak 8.05.2008 | 10:21 | Source: Beta | Comments: (15) | Send comment
WARSAW -- Kosovo politician and publicist Veton Surroi has warned that Kosovo is turning into “a kind of Transnistria.”
četvrtak 8.05.2008 | 10:17 | Source: FoNet, Tanjug | Comments: (5) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Democratic Party (DS) leader Boris Tadić says that the DSS and SRS will not form the next government.
četvrtak 8.05.2008 | 09:16 | Source: Beta | Comments: (5) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- DS leader Boris Tadić said last night that the coalition of pro-European parties would triumph over hatred, fear and ignorance on May 11 and take Serbia into the EU.
četvrtak 8.05.2008 | 09:07 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (3) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Defense Minister Dragan Šutanovac (DS) says that budgetary inspectors should look into the dealings of the Kosovo Ministry.
sreda 7.05.2008 | 21:50 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (5) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Konuzin says that the conditions for Serbia's EU integration must not run against the country's interests.
sreda 7.05.2008 | 21:44 | Source: B92, Beta | Comments: (5) | Send comment
ZUBIN POTOK, BELGRADE -- The Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) – New Serbia coalition leaders were today in Zubin Potok, Kosovo for a campaign rally.
sreda 7.05.2008 | 17:34 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (8) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Prime minister Vojislav Koštunica Wednesday congratulated Russia's new president Dmitry Medvedev as he took office.
sreda 7.05.2008 | 17:19 | Source: B92, FoNet, Tanjug | Comments: (3) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- President Boris Tadić says the government will discuss not only ratification of the Russian energy deal, but also the SAA, at Friday’s cabinet meeting.
sreda 7.05.2008 | 16:51 | Source: Beta | Comments: (10) | Send comment
BUJANOVAC -- OSCE Mission Chief in Serbia Hans Ola Urstad met with Albanian leaders in the Preševo Valley, calling on Albanians to participate in the May 11 elections.
sreda 7.05.2008 | 15:19 | Source: Beta | Comments: (4) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- If elections were held last week, the Serb Radical Party (SRS) would have received between 1.4 and 1.55 million votes.
sreda 7.05.2008 | 15:14 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (5) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Activists from the “Europe Has No Alternative” movement have condemned statements made by SRS official Gordana Pop Lazić.
sreda 7.05.2008 | 12:56 | Source: Beta | Comments: (21) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Kosovo Serb leader Marko Jakšić says that the Serbs will form their own parliament in Kosovo after the May 11 elections.
sreda 7.05.2008 | 12:32 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (16) | Send comment
STRASBOURG, NOVI SAD -- Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić, DS, has said in Strasbourg that Kosovo’s unilateral independence declaration has divided not just the region, but all of Europe.
sreda 7.05.2008 | 09:42 | Source: Beta | Comments: (3) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Deputy Culture Minister Dragan Janjić says that politicians heralding clashes with the media do not help the growth of democracy.
sreda 7.05.2008 | 09:33 | Source: B92, Beta | Comments: (15) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The LDP will hold a protest in front of govt. HQ on Friday after news that the Russian energy deal would be passed on to parliament for ratification.
sreda 7.05.2008 | 09:26 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (19) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The “road map” for scrapping the visa regime imposed on Serbia by the EU, presented today, is the first of its kind in the region.
sreda 7.05.2008 | 09:16 | Source: AP | Comments: (17) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Tomislav Nikolić told the Associated Press in an interview that he "doesn't like to be compared to Slobodan Milošević".
utorak 6.05.2008 | 23:05 | Source: Beta | Comments: (3) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica will be in Zubin Potok, Kosovo, Wednesday for an election rally.
utorak 6.05.2008 | 16:44 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (48) | Send comment
VILNIUS -- The Lithuanian parliament recognized Kosovo's unilateral secession and advised the government to launch official procedures to establish diplomatic relations with Priština.
utorak 6.05.2008 | 16:24 | Source: B92, Beta | Comments: (29) | Send comment
MOSCOW -- Serb Radical Party (SRS) deputy leader Tomislav Nikolić says that the Radicals, in the event of an election victory, “are not planning to isolate Serbia.”
utorak 6.05.2008 | 16:08 | Source: Beta | Comments: (0) | Send comment
MOSCOW -- The Moscow press is following the Serbian election campaign very closely.
utorak 6.05.2008 | 15:29 | Source: Beta | Comments: (20) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- 17 EU member states have decided today to extend the free visa regime to Serbian citizens, says French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner.
utorak 6.05.2008 | 15:18 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (3) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Čedomir Jovanović says that following the signing the SAA, his LDP and the Democratic Party (DS) should be able to work together.
utorak 6.05.2008 | 14:59 | Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (14) | Send comment
BRUSSELS -- The Belgian embassy says the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) the EU has signed with Serbia is "in fact status neutral" when it comes to Kosovo.
utorak 6.05.2008 | 13:37 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (3) | Send comment
NOVI SAD -- The head of the “Hungarian Coalition” list says that the parties of Vojvodina’s Hungarian minorities are ready to enter a coalition with pro-EU. parties.
utorak 6.05.2008 | 13:20 | Source: B92 | Comments: (1) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Slobodan Samardžić, DSS, says that the SAA can only be ratified if the EU changes its stance on Kosovo.
utorak 6.05.2008 | 12:26 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- Kosovo Ombudsman Hilmi Jashari wants UNMIK to take “emergency measures” to get the courts in Kosovska Mitrovica up and running again.
utorak 6.05.2008 | 12:08 | Source: FoNet | Comments: (5) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- In the wake of the serious threats sent to Boris Tadić, the president’s security measures have been raised to the highest level, writes daily Blic.
utorak 6.05.2008 | 10:10 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) has approved CeSID’s application to monitor the May 11 elections.
utorak 6.05.2008 | 10:02 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica, DSS, says that a cabinet meeting to discuss the energy agreement with Russia has been scheduled for Friday.
ponedeljak 5.05.2008 | 23:54 | Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (3) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- A new Strategic Marketing poll shows that the Serb Radical Party (SRS) still leads with 33.2 percent support.
ponedeljak 5.05.2008 | 23:10 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (6) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- UN peacekeeping operations chief Jean Marie Guehenno was in Belgrade today for a series of meetings with top Serbian officials.
ponedeljak 5.05.2008 | 23:04 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send comment
NEW YORK, PRIŠTINA -- The UN is reviewing the possibility of legalizing the EU mission in Kosovo, while taking into account Russia's stand, Tanjug has learned at UN HQ in New York.
ponedeljak 5.05.2008 | 17:00 | Source: FoNet | Comments: (15) | Send comment
BERLIN -- Gerhard Schroeder says that recognition of Kosovo's unilateral independence goes against Europe's best interests.
ponedeljak 5.05.2008 | 16:55 | Source: Blic, Tanjug | Comments: (48) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- President and head of the “For a European Serbia” list Boris Tadić has received a written death threat.
ponedeljak 5.05.2008 | 15:39 | Source: Ria novosti | Comments: (4) | Send comment
MOSCOW -- A senior Russian MP will arrive in Belgrade on May 8 at the invitation of PM Vojislav Koštunica, several days before the parliamentary elections in Serbia.
ponedeljak 5.05.2008 | 15:31 | Source: Beta | Comments: (17) | Send comment
WASHINGTON -- Condoleezza Rice says that "Serbia and Kosovo are two separate countries", adding that the U.S. expects good relations with both.
ponedeljak 5.05.2008 | 15:18 | Source: Beta | Comments: (13) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Vuk Jeremić says there is a chance that the ambassadors recalled to Belgrade for consultations could return to their posts in the fall.
ponedeljak 5.05.2008 | 10:27 | Source: FoNet | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- SRS deputy leader Tomislav Nikolić says that he will be ready to discuss the formation of a new government with the DSS after the May 11 elections.
ponedeljak 5.05.2008 | 10:07 | Source: Beta | Comments: (6) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Boris Tadić has denied the claims that the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) is a forgery and represents a recognition of Kosovo’s unilateral independence.
nedelja 4.05.2008 | 18:37 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (28) | Send comment
MOSCOW -- Russia's outgoing president, Vladimir Putin, today sent a letter to Serbia's caretaker government head, Vojislav Koštunica.
nedelja 4.05.2008 | 18:20 | Source: B92, Beta | Comments: (6) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- President Boris Tadić, the leader of the Democrats (DS), told Belgraders today that voters will determine whether the SAA will be annulled.
nedelja 4.05.2008 | 16:11 | Source: Beta | Comments: (7) | Send comment
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, PRIŠTINA -- UN head of peacekeeping operations Jean Marie Guehenno says the UN wants to have peace and stability in the Balkans as its legacy.
nedelja 4.05.2008 | 15:41 | Source: B92, FoNet | Comments: (1) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The leader of the Socialists (SPS) Ivica Dačić says the coalition led by his party will negotiate joining a new government with Vojislav Koštunica first.
nedelja 4.05.2008 | 14:27 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (10) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Vojislav Koštunica today once again denounced the signing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU, saying the document is "a forgery".
nedelja 4.05.2008 | 12:47 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (4) | Send comment
OHRID -- President Boris Tadić told a summit of regional leaders yesterday that Serbia will never give up its integrity and sovereignty, or joining the EU.
nedelja 4.05.2008 | 12:37 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (11) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Velimir Ilić says that any chance of a post-election deal with the Democrats (DS) disappeared with their decision to sign the Stabilization and Association Agreement.
nedelja 4.05.2008 | 12:16 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (9) | Send comment
NIŠ -- Starting next week, Serbians who are approved EU visas will not pay for them, Vuk Jeremić says.
nedelja 4.05.2008 | 10:53 | Source: Beta | Comments: (5) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Čedomir Jovanović told a gathering of his party's supporters in Belgrade Saturday that an LDP victory would mean a victory of all Serbian citizens.
subota 3.05.2008 | 19:06 | Source: B92, Beta | Comments: (2) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- A tabloid's decision today to print what it says are nude photos of Biljana Srbljanović, has prompted the LDP to call for the state to react.
subota 3.05.2008 | 19:03 | Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (9) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The Democrats (DS) today rejected as "pure lie" a claim that the SAA contains an undisclosed annex that will have Serbia renounce a part of its territory.
subota 3.05.2008 | 17:55 | Source: Beta | Comments: (7) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- An Albanian language newspaper in Priština claims that some Serb members of the Kosovo police, KPS, are now paid by Serbia's police, MUP.
subota 3.05.2008 | 16:36 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (7) | Send comment
SURDULICA, LESKOVAC -- Deputy leader of the Radicals (SRS) Tomislav Nikolić said in southern Serbia yesterday that his party is ready to defend Serbia's territory after May 11.
subota 3.05.2008 | 15:30 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- UNMIK customs said yesterday that the election material sent to Kosovo, which they previously confiscated, had been "released".
subota 3.05.2008 | 13:22 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (16) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica, DSS, believes that the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) leads to the breakup of Serbia.
subota 3.05.2008 | 12:39 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (33) | Send comment
OXFORD -- EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn says "some politicians in Serbia are using Kosovo to turn towards Moscow, instead of toward Brussels".
subota 3.05.2008 | 10:36 | Source: B92 | Comments: (9) | Send comment
OHRID -- Ahead of his address today at a regional summit in Macedonia, Boris Tadić says the Western Balkans cannot be stable without a Serbia integrated into the EU.
