The Latest Breaking News from Aleksandar Vucic

Tensions in north Kosovo – whose agenda does the flare-up serve?

Ethnic fractures in the Western Balkans, including in Kosovo’s Serb-populated area, create trouble for the EU and US.

Al Jazeera · Dec 15, 2022

Germany's Scholz Says EU Firmly on Ukraine's Side

The European Union is united in its support for Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz told the German parliament, adding, with apparent reference to Hungary, that attempts to undermine the bloc's values by blocking foreign policy measures would fail. "Anyone who thinks he can undermine the values of the EU, to which…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 14, 2022

EXPLAINER: Why do Kosovo-Serbia tensions persist?

Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo flared anew during the past week after Serbs erected barricades on the main roads in the north of the former Serbian province to protest the arrest of a former Kosovo Serb police officer

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022

Serbia to ask NATO to deploy Serb military, police in Kosovo - Vucic

Serbia will ask NATO peacekeepers to let it deploy Serbian military and police in Kosovo, in line with the provisions of a UN Security Council resolution which ended a war there in 1999, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday.

Reuters · Dec 10, 2022

EU drafts new proposal for Kosovo-Serbia ties - senior EU diplomat

The European Union has drafted a new proposal for normalisation of ties between Kosovo and Serbia with a clear timeline of actions, according to a senior EU diplomat, speaking on the sidelines of the EU-Western Balkans summit on Tuesday.

Reuters · Dec 6, 2022

EU, Western Balkans to boost partnership amid Ukraine war

EU leaders and their Western Balkans counterparts are to meet for talks aimed at boosting their partnership as Russia's war in Ukraine threatens to reshape the geopolitical balance in the region

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022

Enlargement back on EU's agenda at Western Balkans summit

The war in Ukraine has put the European Union’s expansion at the top of the agenda as officials from the Western Balkans and EU leaders prepare to meet Tuesday

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022

No one can bypass EU sanctions against Russia through Serbia, Vucic says

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday no one can bypass EU sanctions against Russia through Serbia, which imports all of its gas from Russia and its sole oil company NIS is majority-owned by Gazprom Neft and Gazprom.

Reuters · Dec 2, 2022

Serbia’s Vucic to boycott EU summit with Western Balkan leaders

The Serbian president has been outraged by the appointment of Kosovo’s minister to ethnic groups.

Al Jazeera · Dec 2, 2022

‘Giant step forward’: Kosovo, Serbia reach deal on vehicle plates

Kosovo, Serbia agree to end a row over vehicle licence plates that the West had warned could trigger ethnic violence.

Al Jazeera · Nov 24, 2022