Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said during a trip to northern Kosovo that he will continue talks with Kosovar officials but warned it will be difficult to reach a deal that could normalize relations.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic started a two-day visit on September 8 to northern Kosovo, which is mainly populated by ethnic Serbs.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic refused to hold face-to-face talks with his Kosovar counterpart, Hashim Thaci, as mounting tension cast new doubt over prospects for a landmark agreement between the countries and the normalization of ties.
Sava Janjic, the popular abbot of a Serbian Orthodox monastery in Kosovo, draws fire for suggesting that any deal on redrawing the border between Kosovo and Serbia would be costly for the entire region. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.)
Serbia’s president and Macedonia’s prime minister have expressed satisfaction with the implementation of a joint border project aimed at facilitating the transit of people and goods between the two countries.
Paddy Ashdown, the former high representative to Bosnia-Herzegovina, says a proposed remaking of the border between Kosovo and Serbia along ethnic lines is a bad idea that could result in borders being redrawn all over the Balkans and used to justify land seizures in Ukraine.
European Union foreign ministers joined Germany in expressing concerns about a possible territorial exchange between Kosovo and Serbia, warning it could reignite age-old ethnic tensions.
A new multimedia museum dedicated to the cult Bosnian movie Walter Defends Sarajevo is due to open later this year, and organizers hope it draws a good number of tourists -- especially from China. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.)
Cyrillic has a place in Serbia's constitution, and students there learn it first. But Latin script is making inroads.
The presidents of Serbia and Kosovo, Aleksandar Vucic and Hashim Thaci, arrived in Austria on August 25, where they are attending the Alpbach European Forum along with a number of regional and European officials.
Children from 13 countries have gathered in the Balkans for what has become an annual celebration of diversity through traditional dance and music.
White House national-security adviser John Bolton has said that the United States would not oppose a territorial exchange between Kosovo and Serbia to resolve their long-running dispute – provided Pristina and Belgrade work out a "mutually satisfactory settlement" between themselves.
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