Section: B92 (Serbia)
Government donates EUR 100k to Ukraine
The Serbian government will make a EUR 100,000 donation to Ukraine during the International Support for Ukraine Conference held in Kiev.The money is meant for “the needs of the persons displaced due to the armed conflict in Ukraine.” …read more Source:...
EU “would respond to offensive in Ukraine”
The threat of a new escalation of the Ukraine conflict has not been completely eliminated yet, says Frank-Walter Steinmeier.The German foreign minister “warned that a new offensive of separatists would not be left without an answer of the European Union,” a Polish daily reported. …read more Source:...
Putin on Crimea: Historical injustice corrected
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he does not regret that Crimea became a part of Russia in 2014 “because historical injustice was corrected” in this way.”I think we did the right thing and I do not regret it,” Putin was heard saying during the documentary “The President” broadcast on Rossiya 1 last night,...
Poroshenko wants referendum on NATO
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday that his country should decide on joining NATO in a nationwide referendum.”I think that it’s the people of Ukraine who should decide on whether to join NATO, because this issue is fundamental as far as the country’s defense and security is concerned,” Poroshenko said...
“All weapons must be withdrawn from front line”
Serbian FM and OSCE Chairperson Ivica Dacic ad Swiss FM Didier Burkhalter have called on the parties in Ukraine to withdraw all weapons from the front line.The Swiss Telegraphic Agency (ATS) reported that the ministers of foreign affairs, who met on the sidelines of the conference on cyber space security in The Hague on Thursday, underlined that...
Defense minister meets with Russian counterpart
Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu spoke in Moscow on Wednesday “about the political and security situation.”They also discussed “current challenges in the region and the rest of the world, including the crisis in Ukraine, primarily from the standpoint of the obligations of Serbia...
NATO commander wants Russia “to stop fueling conflict”
NATO commander in Europe, U.S. General Philip Breedlove, “has expressed his concern over the renewed fighting in Ukraine,” reported Tanjug. …read more Source:...
“Serbia and Ukraine are friendly countries”
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko have “emphasized that Serbia and Ukraine are friendly countries.” The two countries also “need to work more on interrelations,” it was announced late on Monday after Vucic and Proshenko had a telephone conversation. …read more Source:...
Fighting in Ukraine “intensifies” – OSCE
Fighting has intensified in eastern Ukraine after more than a month of relative calm, AP is quoting OSCE observers in the region.Observers on Sunday reported that they heard “intense mortar fire outside the village of Shyrokyne for about three hours as well as machine gun engagement.” …read more Source:...
OSCE secretary general: Ceasefire generally respected
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier said on Wednesday in Belgeade that the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is “generally respected.””Now the key stage should be used to set up working groups and step up negotiations and implementation of the Minsk agreement,” Tanjug quoted him as saying. …read more Source:...
