Palmer: We will try to convince the EU to change its position on the Western Balkans before the Zagreb Summit


State Department Special Envoy for the Western Balkans Matthew Palmer said that the United States wants the Western Balkans to have a European perspective, and he said he would try to persuade the European Union. He made the comments at a press conference in Belgrade after meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. Palmer said they …

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Zaev, Rama and Vucic to hold a trilateral meeting in Novi Sad


North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama and Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic are set to hold a trilateral meeting in Novi Sad on Thursday. Vucic’s Office has said the meeting will focus on networking regional markets and removing business barriers, resulting in free flow of people, goods and services. Zaev arrived …

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Hahn and Vucic discuss dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia


U Enlargement Commissioner, Johannes Hahn has met in Belgrade with Serbian president, Aleksandar Vucic. The meeting focused on the situation in Western Balkans and “Serbia’s future steps in its European path”. While discussing the regional situation, President Vučić and Commissioner Hahn have particularly reviewed the stalemate in the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština as well …

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Vucic: Zaev apologized for calling me a “man of Russia” in the prank calls


Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic says Prime Minister Zoran Zaev apologized to him in a text message after the emergence of the conversations with the Russian pranksters, in which he said that Vucic was a “man of Russia”. “He sent me an apology through a text message. What can I say, am I a man of …

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Zaev attends formal opening of Corridor 10 southern leg in Serbia


North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on Saturday will attend the formal opening of the southern leg of Corridor 10 on a section through Serbia’s Grdelichka Gorge. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will declare the highway open at the ceremony alongside Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and Minister of Construction Zorana Mihajlovic. Zaev will address the inauguration …

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Vucic: North Macedonia and Serbia will ‘mute the noise’ in their relations


Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic says he believes North Macedonia and Serbia will ‘mute the noise’ existing recently. Speaking to the press after the inauguration of President Stevo Pendarovski, Vucic said he would extend an official invitation to his new counterpart to visit Belgrade. Asked whether the ‘noise’ in the two countries’ relations – turned on …

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Western Balkan leaders meet in Tirana, Vucic walks out of photo shoot


Western Balkan leaders have met today in Tirana for the Brdo-Brijun summit. This meeting is being hosted by the country’s president, Ilir Meta. Polish president, Andrzej Duda and the head of EU foreign policy, Federica Mogherini are this summit’s guest of honors. This summit, which also coincides with Europe Day, aims at conveying an important …

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Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic congratulates Stevo Pendarovski on election victory


Belgrade – Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Monday congratulated Stevo Pendarovski on winning North Macedonia’s presidential elections, Tanjug reports. “I congratulate you on being elected as president of North Macedonia, wishing you success in this responsible post. I hope in the future we will establish good cooperation,” Vucic said. The Serbian President said he expected …

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Vucic to decide on elections after talks with Merkel, Macron, Xi and Putin


Serbia’s President has announced that he will make a decision on whether or not to conduct snap elections after his meetings with “world leaders”. At the meeting with high ranking members of his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) on Tuesday, Vucic said that at the conference in Berlin “it would be demanded that Serbia recognizes the …

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