Section: B92 (Serbia)
Putin: If Kosovo could do it, so could Crimea
“It is not borders and state territories that matter, but people’s fortunes,” Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.In an interview for Germany’s Bild newspaper, he reiterated his position that Russia respected international law in the case of the annexation of Crimea. …read more Source:...
Hungary would veto EU’s sanctions against Poland – PM
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has announced that his country would veto any possible EU sanctions against Poland.”The European Union should not think about applying any sort of sanctions against Poland, because that would require full unanimity and Hungary will never support any sort of sanctions against Poland,” Orban said,...
OSCE conference ends work without consensus on all issues
The 22nd session of the OSCE Ministerial Council ended in Belgrade late on Friday without reaching consensus on all issues. The topics considered included the fight against terrorism, Ukrainian and migrant crisis and climate change. …read more Source:...
FM has bilateral meetings on sidelines of OSCE event
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic had a number of bilateral meetings on Thursday on the sidelines of the 22nd Ministerial Council of the OSCE.He spoke with foreign ministers of Canada, Sweden and Ukraine, as well as with the Deputy Minister Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, the government said on its website. …read more Source:...
“OSCE should assess Ankara’s act as de facto aggression”
Aleksandr Chepurin hopes the OSCE will give a principled assessment that Ankara committed a de facto act of aggression when it shot down a Russian military jet.Russia is satisfied with the close cooperation on all levels during Serbia’s OSCE presidency and its crucial role in tackling the Ukrainian crisis in which Serbians have shown great...
Ukrainian “smugglers’ helicopter” crashes in Slovakia
Six persons have died when a Ukrainian civilian helicopter crashed in eastern Slovakia, Reuters reported on Friday.The agency quoted Slovak Interior Ministry spokesman Ivan Netik, who said an unidentified helicopter was detected in Slovak airspace on Wednesday night. …read more Source:...
“Libyan kidnappers who took Serbians were after Ukrainians”
Two employees of the Serbian embassy were kidnapped in Libya on Sunday “by mistake,” a Belgrade daily is quoting unofficial information.A paramilitary formation from the town of Sabratha that took Sladjana Stankovic and Jovica Stepic from a convoy of vehicles, in which the Serbian ambassador and his family were also traveling, has...
“Russia and China can’t challenge international order”
The U.S. military is determined to oppose Russia and China in order to protect the current “international order,” U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said.Carter accused Russia of “violating sovereignty of American allies,” mentioning Ukraine and Georgia in this context. …read more Source:...
Ukraine places Serbian politicians on “list of criminals”
A delegation of two Serbian parties – the DSS and Dveri – that this week visited Crimea has been placed on “a list of criminals,” Dveri said in a statement.According to it, the list is maintained by the Center for Investigation of Crimes against National Security of Ukraine. …read more Source:...
“Neither EU nor Russia decide about referendums in Serbia”
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic stated Wednesday that Serbia, not Russia or Brussels, decides whether to hold a referendum on its EU accession.During their recent visit to Crimea, the leadership of the opposition Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) asked for Russia’s support in order for a referendum on refusal of EU accession to be held....
