Philip Reeker, who is soon expected to be appointed Assistant US Secretary of State for Europe, called on the government of Kosovo to lift the tax imposed on Serbian imports, considering this as a condition for dialogue between the two countries to resume. “Kosovo will not give up anything by negotiating, but it risks everything …
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High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said on Monday that she will not call a new round of talks between Pristina and Belgrade until authorities in Kosovo do not suspend tariffs imposed on imports coming from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mogherini made these comments in a news …
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EU chief of diplomacy Federica Mogherini has demanded from the negotiating team to step up its efforts in the three months to come in order to achieve a peace agreement between Kosovo and Serbia. However, according to her, dialogue can only begin once tariffs on Serb goods are lifted by Kosovo. After the meeting that …
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Tension between Belgrade and Pristina escalated following the Kosovo government’s decision to increase tariffs on products imported from Serbia by 100 percent. Belgrade appears to have little scope for reaction, besides taking political measures aiming at spurring the international community into action. A decision of the four Serbian mayors in northern Kosovo to resign should …
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United State of America have demanded authorities in Kosovo to scrap the tariffs introduced on imports coming from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and work with Serbia in order to avoid provocations and tension. This was declared following a meeting that US State Secretary Pompeo had with Kosovo’s president, Hashim Thaci. “Normalization of relations between …
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The European Union’s top officials have condemned Pristina over introducing additional 100 percent tariffs on products from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, demanding its immediate revoke. However, Serbia expects concrete steps of the EU, not only statements said interior minister Nebojsa Stefanovic. Pristina’s move was an obvious reaction of Kosovo’s failure to become Interpol member …
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Kosovo’s government has reversed its decision increasing agricultural import tariffs, Minister of Economy Kreshnik Bekteshi told a press conference Tuesday. “Kosovo’s Parliament took into consideration Macedonia’s arguments presented at our meeting last Friday,” Minister Bekteshi said, “and fully revoked the decision.” Bekteshi said the Ministry of Agriculture would estimate any losses the Kosovo tariff decision …
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No concrete agreement has been reached for Kosovo to fully lift the increased tariffs after Friday’s meeting in Pristina between Macedonian Economy Minister Kresnik Bekteshi and Kosovo’s Minister of Trade and Industry Bajram Hasani. “Hasani and I have held a lengthy but very constructive meeting, where we were presenting arguments to elaborate our position on …
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