Section: B92 (Serbia)
“Russia is not our problem – EU’s future is” – Slovak PM
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has called for lifting of EU sanctions against Russia, introduced over the Ukraine crisis.”Sanctions have not helped anyone. Russia is not our problem. Our main problem is what is going to happen to the EU,” Fico told TA3 TV, according to TASS. …read more Source:...
Kiev angry at Belgrade after ruling party MPs visit Crimea
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has condemned the visit of a group of Serbian Assembly members (“people’s deputies”) to Crimea.Kiev also summoned the Serbian ambassador to Ukraine and asked him to provide “explanations regarding the matter.” …read more Source:...
“French election to decide EU fate; Crimea remains Russian”
Former Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer says the presidential election in France will “decide the fate of the EU.””If Marine Le Pen becomes president I believe it will be the end of the European project of unity,” Gusenbauer, who is an adviser to the Serbian government, said during a lecture organized by the...
Thaci to Russia: “Recognize Kosovo, make it easy on Serbia”
Hashim Thaci has asked Moscow to see beyond Serbia’s interests when it consideres its “relations with Kosovo” and – “not to compare them with Crimea.”According to Tanjug, this has been reported on Monday by the public broadcaster in Kosovo, RTK. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian ambassador sees trouble in Bosnia; blames Putin
Ukraine’s outgoing Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina Oleksandr Levchenko says that “the meddling of Russian fingers” is “visible” Bosnia-Herzegovina.He also told Radio Free Europe in an interview that destabilizing this region is something that is in the interest of Russian President Vladimir Putin – “as...
Kremlin spox: I hope they have enough ammo in Donbass
Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that he hoped pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine “have enough ammunition to respond aggressive actions by the Ukrainian army.”The Kremlin spokesman made the remark on Friday, according to Reuters. The agency referred to the pro-Russian forces in the area as “pro-Russian separatists.”...
Poroshenko plans referendum on Ukraine’s NATO membership
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko intends to call a referendum on whether his country should join the NATO.He plans to do this “given polls that show 54 percent of Ukrainians now favor such a move,” Reuters reported, quoting Germany’s Funke Mediengruppe. …read more Source:...
Serbia’s Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas Eve
Eastern Orthodox believers, Serbia’s majority Christian denomination, are on Friday, January 6, marking Christmas Eve. Christmas is a public holiday in Serbia celebrated on January 7, according to the Julian calendar. Among the countries adhering to the same calendar are also Belarus, Georgia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Russia, and Ukraine....
FM to foreign diplomats: Don’t meddle in our affairs
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic on Tuesday told foreign diplomats in Belgrade not to lecture Serbia, and not to meddle in the country’s policy.Reacting to a recent statement made by Ukraine’s Ambassador to Serbia Oleksandr Aleksandrovych, who said that by voting against a Kiev-tabled UN General Assembly resolution on Crimea,...
FM: Kiev used “unacceptable language” to talk about Russia
First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says Serbia found a recent UNGA resolution on Crimea unacceptable because of the way it qualified Russia.As Dacic told reporters in Belgrade on Thursday, the Kiev-proposed resolution on “violations of human rights in Crimea” speaks about Russia “in the worst possible way.”...
