Section: B92 (Serbia)
Finland’s president opposed to NATO membership
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto has said that his country, balancing between Russia and the West, should not join NATO.Niinisto maintains this position despite the Ukrainian crisis and calls from some Finnish politicians for the country to become a part of the western military alliance. …read more Source:...
Russian media: EU delivered ultimatum to Belgrade
In the wake of EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn’s visit here, the Russian media are reporting about EU’s “ultimatum to Serbia to impose sanctions on Russia.”The Russian state-controlled newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta writes that the EU demand put before Serbia to join the sanctions was “unprecedented,” and raises...
More remains found at MH 17 crash site
New remains have been discovered at the site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 crash in eastern Ukraine, the Dutch government announced, according to TASS.The remains will be sent to Kharkov, where a preliminary forensic examination is held and then transported to the Netherlands, where bodies are identified, the Russian news agency reported....
Serbia won’t join sanctions in coming “days, years”
President Tomislav Nikolić has said Serbia “will not impose sanctions on Russia at this moment,” but that EU membership will mean “a common foreign policy.”He was addressing a joint news conference in Belgrade on Thursday with visiting EU Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Commissioner Johannes Hahn. …read more...
PM speaks about Russia, EU official “doesn’t insist”
During his conversation with EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn in Belgrade, Aleksandar Vučić “reiterated Serbia’s position on the Ukrainian crisis and Russia.” The EU official in charge of enlargement and neighborhood policy, on the other hand, “did not insist on this subject,” reports said on Thursday. …read more...
B92 in Ukrainian village “destroyed by everyone”
As Kiev and Moscow exchange accusations of violations of agreements and a lack of desire to end the conflict, clashes continue daily near the Donetsk airport. …read more Source:...
“Serbia must honor commitments, impose sanctions”
Johannes Hahn says Serbia needs to honor its commitments and impose sanctions on Russia, as this is a legal commitment in the framework of EU accession talks.”Serbia is legally obligated, as part of the negotiations to progressively align itself with EU on difficult issues such as the sanctions on Russia. It is very important and we expect...
Gorbachev: West has accepted Crimea as part of Russia
Former leader of the USSR and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev says he believes the West has accepted the decision of Crimeans to join Russia.Asked by the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily whether the West has accepted the fact that Crimea is now part of Russia, Gorbachev responded, “I think so.” …read more Source:...
Mogherini, Dačić discuss Kosovo dialogue, Ukraine
Federica Mogherini hopes the Kosovo dialogue would quickly resume, and that the EU expects both sides to continue work to implement the Brussels agreement.The EU foreign policy chief said in a statement after her meeting late on Tuesday in Brussels with Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić that she hoped the dialogue on normalization of relations...
EU could block opening of chapters – daily
The EU could delay the opening of chapters in Serbia’s membership negotiations if the country persists in its position not to impose sanctions on Russia. This is according to a report in the Belgrade-based daily Danas, which quoted “diplomatic sources” as confirming that “this could be EU’s response to Serbia’s...
