Section: B92 (Serbia)
Vucic to attend Munich Security Conference
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will visit Munich on February 6 and 7 and attend the Munich Security Conference.During the conference, Prime Minister Vucic will have a series of bilateral meetings with world officials and he will also take part in the panel discussion on Ukraine and unsolved conflicts in Europe, states the release issued...
Poroshenko calls on western countries to supply weapons
Petro Poroshenko has appealed to western states to provide military and technical help to the Ukrainian army in its war with the pro-Russian forces.In a big interview with the German Die Welt newspaper, the Ukrainian president talked about the problems facing the government in Kiev, as well as “the necessity to prevent the Russian...
Hospital comes under fire in Donetsk
A hospital in the town of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine has come under artillery fire, with at least 15 people feared killed in the attack.This information came from the local authorities in the pro-Russian forces stronghold that has been under fire from Ukrainian government forces. …read more Source:...
Dacic calls for “three day truce” in eastern Ukraine
Ivica Dacic has called on all actors of the continuing heavy fighting around Debaltsevo in Ukraine to immediately stop all military activities.”On humanitarian grounds, the OSCE chairman calls on all actors in and around the Debaltsevo area to establish a local temporary truce for a minimum of three days, which should take immediate effect...
Pristina: U.S. supports creation of Kosovo army
The U.S. Department of Defense Ministry has “expressed its support” for Pristina’s efforts to transform the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) into an army. Tanjug is quoting a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo to say that Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci and Minister for European...
“Injecting more weapons won’t solve Ukraine crisis”
The United States believes economic sanctions remain the best way to influence Russia on the Ukraine crisis, a U.S. official has said. “We still think that the best way to influence Russia’s calculus is through those economic sanctions that are biting deep into the Russian economy,” Deputy White House national security adviser...
Germany won’t send weapons to Ukraine – Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that her country will not supply weapons to Ukraine.She added that Berlin supports negotiations and a diplomatic solution to the conflict between Ukrainian and pro-Russian forces in the east of Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine slips deeper into war as hostilities continue
The city of Donetsk has been under almost constant fire after the breakdown in the Minsk negotiations, while the situation near Debaltsevo remains critical. Officials of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) said that three civilians were killed overnight as the result of an artillery attack of the Ukrainian forces against a...
Minsk signatories “urged to return to talks”
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ivica Dacic has reiterated his call to all sides in the Ukrainian conflict to return to the negotiating table. Dacic, who serves as Serbia’s foreign minister, late on Thursday had a telephone conversation with the special representative to the Trilateral Contact Group, who briefed him on the latest developments in...
Russia asks Bosnia to stop sending arms to Ukraine
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has appealed on Bosnia-Herzegovina to stop arms shipments to the Ukrainian military.The ministry’s website said Moscow was reacting to statements that ammunition made in Bosnia was used in the war in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
