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Serbian right-wing opposition protests West's Kosovo plan
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Supporters of Serbian right-wing opposition parties on Friday demanded that populist President Aleksandar Vucic and his government resign over a Western-backed plan for normalizing relations with neighboring Kosovo. In Belgrade, several hundred people held...
US envoy hails 'historic' EU-brokered Serbia-Kosovo deal
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The United States envoy for the Serbia-Kosovo dialogue on Monday welcomed the European Union-facilitated deal on normalizing relations between neighboring Kosovo and Serbia as an “important and historic agreement.” Gabriel Escobar said the weekend deal...
Serbian president criticizes ICC arrest warrant for Putin
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Issuing an international arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin will have negative consequences and will only prolong the war in Ukraine, Serbia’s president said Sunday. The International Criminal Court issued the warrant for the Russian...
Serbia, Kosovo agree on how to implement EU plan, envoy says
OHRID, North Macedonia (AP) — The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have tentatively agreed on how to implement a European Union-sponsored plan to normalize their relations after decades of tensions between the two Balkan wartime foes, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Saturday after chairing...
US envoy 'optimistic' about upcoming Serbia-Kosovo summit
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A United States envoy of Friday urged Serbia and Kosovo to implement a European Union-facilitated agreement on normalizing their relations, calling it the best option to preserve peace and security in the region. Envoy Gabriel Escobar was in Pristina ahead...
Serb leader says he won't sign anything during Kosovo talks
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Thursday he won’t “sign anything” during upcoming European Union-mediated talks with Kosovo's leader that are intended as another attempt to defuse decades of tensions between the two Balkan wartime foes. ...
EU envoy in Kosovo to discuss implementing deal with Serbia
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The European Union envoy for the Serbia-Kosovo dialogue on Thursday visited Pristina as part of new efforts to implement a recent agreement on normalizing relations between the neighbors and former foes. Miroslav Lajcak held talks with Kosovo's President...
US endorses EU plan to ease Serbia-Kosovo tensions
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The U.S. has high expectations for a European Union-sponsored plan aimed at easing long-standing tensions between Serbia and Kosovo, a senior U.S. State Department official said Tuesday. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar told an online news...
Serbia, Kosovo leaders back EU plan, top diplomat says
BRUSSELS (AP) — The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have given tacit approval to a European Union-sponsored plan to end months of political crises and help improve their ties longer-term, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Monday after chairing talks between them. Speaking...
5 held for alleged violent bid to overthrow Serbian leader
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s police on Thursday arrested five people on suspicion of calling for the violent overthrow of the Balkan country’s president during a protest a day earlier, and of arms possession. The arrested men, some with alleged links to Russia’s private...
