Section: B92 (Serbia)
Poroshenko and Clinton on “resisting Russian aggression”
According to his website, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has held a meeting with U.S. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.A statement said that Poroshenko “informed Hillary Clinton about the situation in Donbas” and stressed that “Ukraine today fights for freedom and democratic values, which unite the whole democratic...
“South Stream was stopped by EU, not U.S:” – U.S. official
The U.S. had no say in the decision on the South Stream gas pipeline, says U.S. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Mary Warlick.For Serbia – whose only gas supply route runs through Ukraine – connecting to the Bulgarian pipeline is a priority, she also told the Belgrade daily Politika. …read more Source:...
“West can honor will of people in Kosovo, but not in Crimea”
Vladimir Putin has said that the West negates the right of the people to self-determination in Crimea, while referring to it in the case of Kosovo.The Russian president spoke for Bloomberg when he said that “nothing can be done against the will of the people,” but that “it seems that some of our partners fail to understand...
Ukraine decides against hosting Kosovo teams
Ukraine’s basketball and football teams will play their EuroBasket and World Cup qualifiers against Kosovo at neutral venues outside Ukraine.Ukrainian Ambassador to Serbia Oleksandr Aleksandrovych announced this Tuesday. …read more Source:...
“No sanctions over Kosovo secession – then why over Crimea?”
The West has made serious mistakes when it comes to Russia, repeatedly refusing to take into account Russia’s interests, says German politician Gregor Gysi.The former leader of the Left in Germany’s parliament spoke for the daily Die Welt, Sputnik in Serbian is reporting. …read more Source:...
Angry Russia “considers withdrawing all diplomats from Kiev”
Moscow is considering its options to respond to the attempt of the Ukrainian intelligence service to organize acts of sabotage in Crimea. The newspaper Izvestia writes that the Russian embassy in Kiev may be shut down, and all diplomats ordered home. …read more Source:...
Kiev rejects accusations that it has resorted to terrorism
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says Russian accusations of “a Ukrainian incursion into Crimea” were “a cynical pretext,” Reuters is reporting.The purpose of this pretext, according to Proroshenko, is “to make more military threats against Ukraine.” …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s vice PM says her country won’t recognize Kosovo
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze met in Belgrade on Thursday.They discussed “bilateral relations” and “agreed it was important that the leaderships of Serbia and Ukraine support the territorial integrity of both countries,” Tanjug reported, quoting a...
Survey looks into attitudes on EU, NATO, Kosovo, and Crimea
53 percent of Serbians believe the country should continue with EU integration even after Britain’s departure from the Union.Tanjug said this quoting an article in Belgrade-based newspaper Blic, which reported the results of a survey conducted the Institute for European Affairs NGO. …read more Source:...
UNESCO chief condemns murder of journalist in Ukraine
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has denounced the killing of award-winning journalist Pavel Sheremet.She also “urged the authorities to bring those responsible for the crime to justice,” UNESCO said in a press release on Friday. …read more Source:...
