Kosovo*

Predsednik Srbije, Aleksandar Vučić, juče je na konferenciji za štampu po prvi put izneo sumnje srpskih istražnih organa o umešanosti Fljorima Ejupija, glavnog osumnjičenog za zločin u Livadicama, u ubistvo Olivera Ivanovića. Dan kasnije, a nakon burnih reakcija kosovske javnosti i demantovanja ovakvih navoda, Ejupi se obratio pravosudnim organima u Nemačkoj i prijavio srpskog predsednika, prenose kosovski mediji.

A roadmap for the Balkans
Europe can’t afford to wait for Serbia and Kosovo to come up with a solution.
By Wolfgang Ischinger

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Europe can no longer afford to wait and hope the issue sorts itself out. An unresolved conflict in the heart of Europe is an unacceptable geopolitical risk — especially in a time of global upheaval.
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Serbia and Kosovo have been unable to come up with an “indigenous solution” to the problem, as Greece and what is now North Macedonia did last year to settle their name dispute.
This means Europe needs to come up with a plan — one it can present with authority to Belgrade and Pristina. And that plan needs to be backed up with determination.
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While the bloc should take the lead in negotiations, it also has to coordinate closely with other actors, including Washington and Moscow, which have their own strategic interests in the region.
The EU will also have to work with Turkey — which plays a key role in all countries in the region with a significant Muslim population — and China, whose "Belt and Road Initiative" makes it an important player in the area.

Europe should insist on spelling out a number of conditions. Kosovo must agree on an internally coherent negotiating position and suspend the unilateral tariffs it has imposed on products from Serbia and Bosnia. Serbia, for its part, must stop the global campaign of “de-recognition” of Kosovo’s independence and end its attempts to blockade the region’s entry into international organizations.

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Beyond the elusive Kosovo-Serbia deal, the EU has an important role to play in promoting economic development in the region.

This project is not about charity but about promoting European interests, for example by completing infrastructure projects in the western Balkans that are vital to the EU’s connectivity strategies. Rather than letting local leaders turn to easy money from China for such investments, the EU should be providing governments with the necessary funds and insist they follow the bloc’s rules for transparent procurement and trade.
The countries in the region need to be made to understand that successful cross-border cooperation is the best entry ticket to closer alignment with the EU. A closely integrated regional market is not a “waiting room” from which they may never emerge; it will boost their prosperity and help them more easily fulfill the criteria for eventually joining the EU.
The EU should also invest in the region’s rule of law. Governments in the Western Balkans have to put in greater effort to effectively fight state capture and kleptocracy, and the EU should be helping them get there.
Perhaps most importantly, the EU and its member countries need to strengthen their support for civil society in the region and demand transparency and accountability from local leaders. For true long-term stability, the region needs a strong civil society that can keep those in power in check.
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If the EU can’t offer a credible path to accession, it will lose any leverage it has in the region. Conditions, to be sure, have to be strict. But they also have to be fair: When countries fulfill the criteria set by the EU, they should not be held back by domestic considerations in national capitals. To show good will, the EU should at least commit to enacting visa liberalization for Kosovo without further delay.
France and Germany know full well that they cannot hope to resolve the dispute between Kosovo and Serbia without also offering the region the chance to start talks about joining the EU. If they don’t send a positive signal now, future meetings are likely to end in frustration and increase hostility.

https://www.politico.eu/article/balkans-roadmap-political-settlement-serbia-kosovo-eu-conundrum/

KinderLad wrote:

Premijer Bugarske Bojko Borisov rekao je da bi Žosep Borel kao budući šef evropske diplomatije, trebalo da zastupa stav cele EU i da, bez obzira što Španija ne priznaje nezavisnost Kosova, druge države članice jesu, pa bi u skladu s tim trebalo da postupa.

ledja, nož 

"Bojko, da ti kažem jednu stvar, stav EU nije da je Kosovo nezavisna država. Ti, Bojko, ima da poštuješ stav EU, a ne da držiš lekcije Borelu. Šta znači taj bezobrazluk, na šta to liči. Dosta mi je više toga, da ne pričam da je pre nekoliko meseci dobio naše odlikovanje", rekao je Dačić.

KinderLad wrote:Zato sto je ovo verovatno licno ispizdeo

 Ali "Bojko, da ti ja kazem 1 stvar", "na sta bre ovo lici"   

Zvaničnom Parizu ne smeta eventualna razmena teritorija ili promena linije razgraničenja ukoliko se Beograd i Priština o tome dogovore i to prihvate svi u regionu, poručeno je iz Jelisejske palate pred posetu predsednika Francuske Emanuela Makrona Srbiji.

Kako pišu "Novosti", takođe su istakli da nije ni na Francuskoj, ni na Nemačkoj, ni na EU da nameću rešenje, ali će sa svoje strane sve pokušati da dijalog ponovo započne.