Vucic says Serbia will not let Kosovo into the UN: „I said 1,000 times that I will not sign off on it“

 

Nov 26, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, said that Serbia will “not let Kosovo” into the United Nations and that Serbia is facing difficult times.

Serbia strengthens air defense, buys 11 Russian-made military helicopters from Cyprus

 

Nov 23, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

Serbia has purchased 11 Russian-made Mi-35 military helicopters from Cyprus, which they have now received on special transport flights.

Croatian diplomat expelled from Serbia for espionage

 

Nov 22, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 The first secretary at the Croatian Embassy in Belgrade, Hrvoje Snajder, has been expelled from Serbia for espionage, the Serbian news website ‘Vecernje Novosti’, said on Monday evening, citing unofficial sources.

Stoltenberg, Vucic discuss possibility of joint NATO-Serbia exercises

 

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic

Nov 21, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that he had discussed the possibility of holding joint military exercises with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

Vučić to Stoltenberg: We don't take orders, it is up to us...

Nov 21, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

Belgrade.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said at the press conference with Jens Stoltenberg that the Serbian Armed Forces carried out their tasks professionally.

"Kosovo is not alpha and omega..."

Nov 16, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 Belgrade.

Kosovo is not the "alpha and omega" of Serbia's EU integration, but it is one of the two most important pillars, said EU Ambassador to Serbia Emanuele Giaufret.

Azerbaijan: Serbia is the 8th European country that supplies natural gas from us

Nov 15, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

A meeting was held between Minister of Energy Parviz Shahbazov and a delegation led by Minister of Mining and Energy of Serbia Dubravka Djedović Handanović, who is on a visit to Azerbaijan, Azernews reports, citing the ministry.

US looking into allegations of Serbian companies violating sanctions on Russia

 

Nov 12, 2023.  Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

The US is aware of the existence of and is looking into the reports on Serbian companies that are, in violation of the sanctions, exporting to Russia goods that can be used in the military industry, said the State Department in a reply to Voice of America.

Azerbaijani, Serbian FMs discuss deepening bilateral cooperation

 

Nov 7, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

During his official visit to Belgrade, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met with First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Serbia Ivica Dacic, Azeri media inform.

The Serbian government falls, the proposal for the dissolution of the Assembly and the announcement of elections is submitted

Oct 30, 2023.  Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

The Government of Serbia has today sent the President of the Republic a reasoned proposal for the dissolution of the People's Assembly and the announcement of elections for deputies.

Serbian Defence Minister demands Kosovo’s border to be guard only by KFOR

 

Oct 26, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

Serbia insists that only members of the NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, KFOR, be deployed on the border, on the Kosovo side.

President Vucic Discusses Belgrade-Pristina Tensions with EU, US Representatives

 

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic (fourth from the left) with representatives of the Quint (Photo from the Instagram account of the Serbian Presidency)

Oct 21, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

Belgrade.

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic said that he had a difficult meeting with EU and US representatives, and important meetings await him in Brussels in the coming days, Belgrade's Beta News Agency reported on Saturday. 

Serbian Government denies PM refused photo shoot in Tirana

 

Oct 16, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

The Serbian government denied reports on Monday that Prime Minister Ana Brnabic refused to take part in a photo session with other participants of the Berlin Process Summit in Tirana.

Will Europe sanction Serbia after the terrorist attacks on Kosovo? Von Der Leyen shocks with the statement: We will wait...

 

Oct 16, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen, during the press conference at the end of the Berlin Process summit, was asked if there will be sanctions against Serbia in connection with the September 24 attack in Banjska. 

Serbian Defense Minister: Redeployment of army forces rather than complete withdrawal

The Minister of Defense of Serbia, Miloš Vučević

Oct 5, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

Serbian Defense Minister Miloš Vučević made a statement on October 4 regarding the reduction of troops “along the administrative line” with Kosovo, which has decreased from 8,350 to less than 4,500. Vučević emphasized that this reduction signifies a “redeployment of forces” rather than a complete withdrawal.

China invests $3.8bn in Serbia

 

The MoUs were signed during the One China, One Serbia Investment Forum, part of the 23rd China International Investment and Trade Fair. / srbija.gov.rs

Sept 10, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

China’s Zijin Mining has confirmed its intention to invest an additional $3.8bn in Serbia, according to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the company and the Serbian government. 

"We Warned You – What You Did in Serbia Was Inhumane"

 

August 26, 2023. Hellas.

Maria Zakharova warned Kyiv about the dangerous consequences of using cluster munitions, which could turn Ukraine into a country unsuitable for living.

 

Σερβία: Εκκλήσεις για ένταξη στην τουρκική μειονότητα δημιουργούν ανησυχία

Αύγουστος 18, 2015.

Ορισμένα μέσα ενημέρωσης στη Σερβία, έκαναν έκκληση σε πολίτες  της Σερβίας, οι οποίοι αισθάνονται ότι είναι Τούρκοι, να ενταχθούν στην τουρκική μειονότητα, προκαλώντας αντιδράσεις, κυρίως στους Βόσνιους κατοίκους του Σάντζακ που είναι κυρίως μουσουλμάνοι και αποτελούν την τέταρτη εθνοτική ομάδα μετά τους Σέρβους, Ούγγρους και Ρομά.

Σερβία: Κατεδαφίζεται το πρώην Γενικό Επιτελείο Στρατού

Το «μνημειακό» Γενικό Επιτελείο Στρατού στο Βελιγράδι, χτυπημένο από πυραύλους του ΝΑΤΟ το 1999

Του Βλάντισλαβ Περούνοβιτς

Αύγουστος 11, 2015.

Σύμφωνα με τον υπουργό Άμυνας της Σερβίας Μπρατισλάβ Γκάσιτς, το παλιό κτήριο του στρατιωτικού Γενικού Επιτελείου της πρώην ‘Ομοσπονδιακής Δημοκρατίας της Γιουγκοσλαβίας’ στο Βελιγράδι, το οποίο έχει πάθει σοβαρές ζημιές από την επίθεση του ΝΑΤΟ το 1999, θα κατεδαφισθεί.