Section: B92 (Serbia)
“60 people die every day in clashes in Ukraine”
The death toll from clashes in eastern Ukraine has doubled in the last 15 days, spokeswoman of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Cecile Pouilly says.The United Nations on July 26 estimated that 1,129 people had been killed in the conflict in Ukraine, while the latest report put the figure at 2,086. …read more Source:...
Pressure on Serbia “indirect, sometimes direct” – PM
There has been no “concrete pressure” on Serbia related to the crisis in Ukraine, but “there has certainly been indirect pressure,” says Aleksandar Vučić.”I am a small man, why would somebody pressure me,” the Serbian prime minister was quoted as saying on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
PM: Serbs fight on both sides in Ukraine
Serb volunteers can be found both on the Ukrainian and pro-Russian side in the clashes in eastern Ukraine, says Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić.They are causing damage to their country, he added on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
“Serb volunteers fend off Ukrainian army attack”
A group of Serb volunteers Tuesday said they “repelled an offensive of pro-Kiev military forces, who attempted overnight to break through to a vital highway.”RIA Novosti noted in its report that the volunteers are “helping the Donetsk militia to fight government troops in eastern Ukraine.” …read more Source:...
“Exchange rate affected by consolidation of public finances”
The Serbian dinar (RSD) exchange rate is influenced by the pace of consolidation of public finances, NBS Governor Jorgovanka Tabaković said on Monday. The domestic currency has been weakening recently because of increased demand for foreign exchange in the banking market and a negative spillover effects of Ukraine crisis, she added....
“Sanctions would cost Serbia at least EUR 1bn”
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić says Serbia could not impose sanctions on Russia “because it would lose at least EUR 1 billion.””Introducing sanctions against Russia would ruin business for fruit, vegetable and dairy farmers, and Serbia would lose at least EUR 1 billion,” Vučić told reporters in the...
“Russia failed to divide Western world”
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski says it is “extremely important that Russia in the current crisis over Ukraine failed to divide the Western world.”He warned that Western sanctions “are not meant to destroy Russia, but to stop it,” and that the West “must demonstrate a clear willingness to cooperate again as...
Montenegro to be affected by Russian sanctions
Montenegro, which previously joined EU sanctions against Russia, is now among the countries targeted by Russian counter measures.On Wednesday, Russia declared a one-year ban on import of some agricultural products from those states that imposed sanctions against it, or joined those measures. …read more Source:...
Putin talks to Merkel; Russia responds to western sanctions
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that “Kiev is responsible for the crisis in the southeast of Ukraine.”The Kremlin issued a statement late on Wednesday after Putin and Merkel spoke on over the phone, to say that the Russian leader “pointed out that the continuation of military operations...
Ukraine “cannot ask Serbia to impose sanctions”
Ukraine cannot ask Serbia to impose sanctions on Russia “due to the fact that it is not a member of the EU,” says Ukrainian diplomat Oleksandr Kirichenko.”We regret that Serbia does not have the same stance as most European countries, but you have the sovereign right to develop relations with Russia of the kind you want and it...
