Klaus: Kosovo led to Caucasus recognitions
Source: Tanjug
TOKYO -- Czech President Vaclav Klaus says Russia's South Ossetia and Abkhazia decision was provoked by Kosovo.
Klaus said today that Moscow's move to recognize the two Georgian regions as independent states came because some western countries recognize Kosovo.
The Czech president also blamed Georgia for the recent war in the Caucasus.
"If there had been no Kosovo, no independence recognition would have taken place," Klaus the Japanese daily Yomiuri of the South Ossetia and Abkhazia situations.
"Georgia was the first to attack South Ossetia," the Czech president was also quoted as saying.
Klaus, who is in Tokyo to participate in an international scientific forum, said that it is wrong to present Russia as the negative side in the Caucasian conflict, Itar-Tass reported.
"It would be a tragic mistake to picture Russia as a villain and again divide the world in two. Russia is not the former Soviet Union," the Czech president said.
ponedeljak 8.09.2008 | 19:15 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (2) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The government today removed its draft resolution on continuity of the Kosovo policy from parliamentary procedure.
ponedeljak 8.09.2008 | 17:28 | Source: B92, FoNet, Beta, Blic, Tanjug | Comments: (7) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Former Serb Radical Party (SRS) deputy leader Tomislav Nikolić has today put together his own parliamentary club.
ponedeljak 8.09.2008 | 17:01 | Source: B92 | Comments: (0) | Send comment
NOVI SAD -- The LSV have started a campaign to collect signatures to prevent the start of the NIS privatization.
ponedeljak 8.09.2008 | 16:27 | Source: B92 | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The Interior Ministry, MUP, has offered to provide Tomislav Nikolić with protection.
ponedeljak 8.09.2008 | 15:15 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (50) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- Former U.S. Balkan envoy Richard Holbrooke today called on Montenegro and Macedonia to recognize Kosovo.
ponedeljak 8.09.2008 | 13:52 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (9) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Serbia's legal expert Tibor Varadi once again spoke about the country's ICJ initiative on Kosovo.
ponedeljak 8.09.2008 | 13:24 | Source: FoNet | Comments: (18) | Send comment
CAIRO -- Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić says a number of Arab countries are considering the recognition of Kosovo.
ponedeljak 8.09.2008 | 10:41 | Source: FoNet, Dnevnik | Comments: (3) | Send comment
NOVI SAD -- If EU wants the success of its Serbia policy, it needs to decide to implement the Interim Agreement, the Slovenian FM says.
ponedeljak 8.09.2008 | 09:40 | Source: B92 | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The Serbian parliament will continue discussions for confirming several international financial agreements.
nedelja 7.09.2008 | 20:13 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (10) | Send comment
PRANJANI -- Serbian officials and U.S. representatives were in the village of Pranjane, near Ravna Gora, today.
nedelja 7.09.2008 | 17:37 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (14) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Yesterday's resignation of SRS deputy leader Tomislav Nikolić was the subject of a news conference called by the party officials.
nedelja 7.09.2008 | 15:05 | Source: B92 | Comments: (0) | Send comment
THE HAGUE -- The Hague Tribunal says it cannot prevent Vojislav Šešelj from conferring on the Radicals' political moves in Serbia.
nedelja 7.09.2008 | 12:57 | Source: B92, Politika, Tanjug | Comments: (14) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Vojislav Koštunica says no negotiations were conducted with Ratko Mladić during his tenure as prime minister.
nedelja 7.09.2008 | 09:44 | Source: FoNet | Comments: (17) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić is traveling to Egypt today where he will take part in the Arab League summit.
subota 6.09.2008 | 17:58 | Source: Beta, Blic, Politika, Tanjug, Večernje novosti | Comments: (21) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Tomislav Nikolić has resigned as Serb Radical Party (SRS) deputy leader.
subota 6.09.2008 | 17:20 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- DS leader and President Boris Tadić has called for a national consensus to be reached over Serbian EU integration.
subota 6.09.2008 | 12:29 | Source: Beta | Comments: (31) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- Priština daily Zeri says that Macedonia will recognize Kosovo’s unilateral independence on September 23.
subota 6.09.2008 | 09:53 | Source: Beta | Comments: (0) | Send comment
AVIGNON -- EU foreign ministers in France have begun a 2-day session with a debate on relations with the U.S., ahead of elections there.
petak 5.09.2008 | 15:49 | Source: B92 | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Draft laws on access to information and classification of secret information have vanished from parliamentary procedure.
petak 5.09.2008 | 15:08 | Source: Beta | Comments: (9) | Send comment
BERLIN -- Vuk Jeremić has informed Berlin of Serbia’s initiative before the ICJ and Serbia’s position on the Kosovo question.
petak 5.09.2008 | 13:46 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Parliament has begun debating confirmation of the energy agreement with Russia signed in Moscow on January 25.
petak 5.09.2008 | 13:17 | Source: Blic | Comments: (5) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Daily Blic writes that Tomislav Nikolić told Boris Tadić that he was no longer able to control a section of his own MPs.
petak 5.09.2008 | 11:24 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (2) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Both the govt. and the opposition have underlined the importance of the deal with the SRS to support the SAA.
petak 5.09.2008 | 10:38 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (26) | Send comment
VIENNA -- UNMIK Chief Lamberto Zannier says he wants to launch new talks between Belgrade and Priština, but not on status.
petak 5.09.2008 | 10:04 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (20) | Send comment
SUKHUMI -- Abkhazian officials say they will recognize Kosovo independence if Priština recognizes the Georgian province in return.
petak 5.09.2008 | 08:48 | Source: Beta | Comments: (17) | Send comment
BELGRADE, PRIŠTINA -- President Boris Tadić has ruled out the possibility of meeting with Kosovo counterpart Fatmir Sejdiu.
četvrtak 4.09.2008 | 21:23 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (4) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The political parties in Serbia's parliament have agreed over an annex to the SAA proposed by the SRS.
četvrtak 4.09.2008 | 17:11 | Source: B92 | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Serbia's future European steps will require a unanimous decision from all EU members, Olli Rehn says.
četvrtak 4.09.2008 | 15:21 | Source: Beta | Comments: (7) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu repeated today that he is willing to meet with President Boris Tadić.
četvrtak 4.09.2008 | 15:16 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (3) | Send comment
VIENNA -- UNMIK Chief Lamberto Zannier says his mission is no longer able to fully implement its authorities.
četvrtak 4.09.2008 | 13:46 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (4) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- Italian Ambassador to Kosovo Michael Giffoni said in Priština today that Italy would recognize the new Kosovo passports.
četvrtak 4.09.2008 | 13:43 | Source: Politika, Tanjug | Comments: (4) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Oliver Ivanović says the talks between Belgrade and UNMIK are aimed at continued Serb engagement in some sectors.
četvrtak 4.09.2008 | 13:33 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BERLIN -- Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić is visiting Berlin on Thursday, it has been confirmed.
četvrtak 4.09.2008 | 12:04 | Source: Politika, Tanjug | Comments: (4) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Vojislav Koštunica says that “a government can cope with any form of obstruction provided it’s strong.”
četvrtak 4.09.2008 | 10:29 | Source: Beta | Comments: (5) | Send comment
BRUSSELS -- The upcoming meetings in New York should clarify the EULEX mission's presence in Kosovo, says Javier Solana.
četvrtak 4.09.2008 | 10:28 | Source: Beta | Comments: (2) | Send comment
SKOPJE -- Residents of Macedonian villages bordering Kosovo say they are "pleased with the demarcation process".
četvrtak 4.09.2008 | 08:45 | Source: B92 | Comments: (10) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Were a referendum held tomorrow, 61 pct of Serbians would vote in favor of EU entry, according to a Strategic Marketing opinion poll.
četvrtak 4.09.2008 | 08:39 | Source: B92, Beta | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE, BRUSSELS -- Božidar Đelić believes that the European Commission (EC) will unblock the trade agreement with Serbia at its Sep.15 session.
sreda 3.09.2008 | 16:51 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (7) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- Spreading the Kosovo govt.’s authority to the north cannot happen quickly or violently, says Kosovo’s deputy PM.
sreda 3.09.2008 | 16:00 | Source: B92, FoNet | Comments: (23) | Send comment
BELGRADE, BRUSSELS -- EU officials say that Serbia may be eligible for EU candidate status in 2009.
sreda 3.09.2008 | 13:31 | Source: B92 | Comments: (3) | Send comment
BELGRADE, -- Divisions within the Serb Radical Party (SRS) are obvious, says politicologist and professor Slaviša Orlović.
sreda 3.09.2008 | 12:21 | Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (3) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Parliament has resumed its emergency session with a debate on the first item of the agenda—SAA ratification.
sreda 3.09.2008 | 11:35 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (24) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- Kosovo officials aren’t lending any significance to Serbia’s initiative to seek the ICJ’s opinion on the province’s independence.
sreda 3.09.2008 | 11:07 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Serbia has taken a step forward but still has work to do in the fields of democracy and human rights.
sreda 3.09.2008 | 09:32 | Source: Politika | Comments: (5) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Doctors say Ranko Panić, injured during the SRS protest, died as a result of blows to the stomach, writes Politika.
utorak 2.09.2008 | 22:47 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (12) | Send comment
BRUSSELS -- The West has "amazing double standards", Russian Ambassador to the EU Vladimir Chizhov said in Brussels on Tuesday.
utorak 2.09.2008 | 22:28 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (13) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Vojislav Koštunica said Tuesday that “Kosovo has proved to be no special case”.
utorak 2.09.2008 | 22:19 | Source: Tanjug, Večernje novosti | Comments: (28) | Send comment
TSKHINVALI, SUKHUMI -- South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity says it is not fair to compare this breakaway region with Kosovo.
utorak 2.09.2008 | 20:01 | Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (15) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Parliament has finished work this Tuesday without a debate on the proposed agenda.
utorak 2.09.2008 | 15:14 | Source: B92, FoNet | Comments: (4) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- President Boris Tadić will lead a Serbian delegation to Brussels for talks with EU officials.
utorak 2.09.2008 | 14:45 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Ivica Dačić says a working group has been set up to look into the goings-on during the July 29 protests in Belgrade.
utorak 2.09.2008 | 10:56 | Source: B92 | Comments: (8) | Send comment
BELGRADE, PREŠEVO -- Ethnic Albanians from the south of Serbia are unhappy with the government’s decision not to recognize Kosovo degrees.
utorak 2.09.2008 | 10:09 | Source: Večernje novosti | Comments: (18) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Barack Obama’s adviser Dan Shomon says that the presidential candidate is very familiar with Serbs in Chicago.
utorak 2.09.2008 | 10:08 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (33) | Send comment
BRUSSELS -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy says that Kosovo cannot set a precedent for South Ossetia or Abkhazia.
