Section: B92 (Serbia)
“EU path, no sanctions against Russia,” PM reiterates
Its bid to join the EU is Serbia’s strategic goal, and Serbia supports Ukraine’s territorial integrity, but it will not impose sanctions against Russia.This is what Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić said late on Thursday in Belgrade, during a joint news conference with his visiting French counterpart Manuael Valls. …read...
Hungary passes law to allow building of S. Stream
The European Commission has asked Hungary to explain a new law passed in order to speed up construction of pipelines “such as South Stream.”The EU, meanwhile, is blocking this Russia-led project that will ship Russian natural gas to Italy, Greece, and Austria bypassing Ukraine, the SEEBiz website reported. …read more Source:...
Serbia’s “essential role” in resolving Ukraine crisis
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has said Serbia will “play an essential role” in resolving the crisis in Ukraine, when it assumed OSCE presidency in 2015. “As a candidate country for the EU, it will be a carrier of the values that we share, and its historic ties with Russia, which remains an unavoidable partner, will...
Foreign Ministry: No observers in Ukraine
Representatives of Serbia’s official institutions had not been employed as observers in the electoral process in the east of Ukraine on November 2. The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also announced on Wednesday that such representatives had in no way been involved in that process. …read more Source:...
Serbian ambassador summoned by Ukrainian MFA
The Serbian ambassador in Kiev has been summoned to the Ukrainian Foreign Minister over the visit of two Serbian MPs to the Donbass region.Rade Bulatović met with first deputy of Ukraine’s foreign minister on Wednesday, because two deputies from the ruling SNS party acted as observers during Sunday’s elections organized by the...
Polish ex-president: Putin declared war on world
Former Polish president Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of “declaring war on the world.”Walesa believes that Putin does not respect the international obligations of Russia to Ukraine and territorial integrity guarantees it provided. …read more Source:...
Ruling party MPs served as observers in Donbass
Opposition Democratic Party (DS) official Borislav Stefanović says he wants to know why two MPs from the ruling SNS party served as observers in Ukraine. He specified that Vladimir Đukanović and Branislav Blažić were election observers in Donetsk and Lugansk over the weekend, and asked Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić whether the government was...
“Special status” bill in danger of being scrapped
Officials of the self-proclaimed People’s Republic of Lugansk are not concerned about Petro Poroshenko’s intention to scrap a law on their special status.The law would have given that status to the region of Donetsk and Lugansk. …read more Source:...
Donetsk and Lugansk regions hold elections
Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) Aleksandr Zakharchenko has declared victory in Sunday’s elections. The voting was held in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Russia sends another humanitarian convoy to Ukraine
The Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations has announced that it plans to send a new convoy of humanitarian aid to Donetsk and Lugansk in Ukraine. A convoy of 50 trucks should depart from the town of Noginsk at 15:00 Moscow time, the ministry said, quoted by the TASS agency. …read more Source:...
