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Public Row Over Kosovo Mars Albanian PM’s Visit to Serbia
What has been described as a historic visit turned into a diplomatic row on Monday when Albania's Prime Minister said in Belgrade that Serbia must recognize Kosovo's independence.
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Serbia marks World War I Armistice Day
BELGRADE - Serbia marks the World War I Armistice Day as its national holiday on Tuesday. The day commemorates Germany's capitulation that led to the cessation of WWI hostilities. The capitulation was signed in a railway carriage in Compiegne, France, on November 11, 1918 at 11:00 a.m.
Rama takes part in roundtable on Albania-Serbia cooperation
BELGRADE - The Belgrade-based NGO Forum for Ethnic Relations organized a roundtable on Serbia-Albania cooperation on Monday evening, with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama as a guest.
Dusan Janjic, director of the Forum for Ethnic Relations, said during the discussion that "the ghosts of the past should not trip the living up on their road to the future."
Simic: Rama did not resist nationalist impulse
BELGRADE - Monday's meeting between the Serbian and Albanian prime ministers, Aleksandar Vucic and Edi Rama respectively, is a missed opportunity for improving the relations between the two countries, as the Albanian prime minister evidently did not resist the nationalist impulse, political analyst Predrag Simic noted.
Djuric: Presumptuous provocation and abuse of hospitality
BELGRADE - Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama abused Serbian hospitality by the presumptuous provocation in Belgrade on Monday in the wish to humiliate Serbia, but he failed, Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric said.
Protest in Kosovska Mitrovica over Rama's provocation
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The Serbs in northern Kosovska Mitrovica protested on Monday afternoon over the political provocation by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama who stated in Belgrade earlier in the day that Serbia should recognize Kosovo's independence.
Popov: Rama abused visit to Belgrade
BELGRADE - Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama abused his visit to Belgrade for personal promotion and inter-political purposes, Director of Centre for Regionalism NGO Aleksandar Popov stated on Monday.
Vucic: Serbia's territorial integrity cannot be questioned
BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic stated on Monday that Kosovo-Metohija is a part of Serbia and underscored that the country's territorial integrity cannot be called into question.
Vučić: Meeting with Rama was "not easy"
Vučić: Meeting with Rama was "not easy"
BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vučić said on Monday the one-on-one meeting with his Albanian counterpart Edi Rama had lasted longer than planned and "has not been easy at all."
But he added that he believed that problems the two sides shared could be solved.
Serbian, Albanian PMs clash on Kosovo on historic visit
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic openly clashed with his Albanian counterpart Edi Rama over Kosovo during a fence-building visit Nov. 10, the first to Belgrade in 68 years by an Albanian leader.
Vucic visibly got angry at a press conference after Rama called on Serbia to recognise the "irreversible reality" of Kosovo's independence.
Vucic: Meeting with Rama was not easy at all
BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday the one-on-one meeting with his Albanian counterpart Edi Rama had lasted longer than planned and had not been easy at all, but that he believed that problems the two sides shared could be solved.
Speaking at a news conference in Belgrade, Vucic thanked Rama for accepting his invitation and visiting Serbia.
Kirby aware of political sensitivity of Albanian PM's visit
BELGRADE - Serbia has taken on itself the initiative to build the best possible relations with all neighboring states, and will continue to do so in the future, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said on Monday during a meeting with U.S. Ambassador Michael Kirby.
Vucic, Rama face-to-face meeting begins
BELGRADE, Nov 10 (Tanjug) - The prime ministers of Serbia and Albania Aleksandar Vucic and Edi Rama have started their face-to-face meeting in Belgrade on Monday, after which the delegations of the two countries will hold a plenary session.
The session will be followed by the signing of intergovernmental agreements, and a joint press conference by the two prime ministers.
Billboards in support of Vucic appear in Serb municipalities
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Billboards in support of Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic announcing his visit to Serbia's southern province next month appeared in all Serb municipalities in Kosovo-Metohija on Monday morning.
Albania Energy Regulator Rapped Over Procurements
Following a complaint that Albania's electricity distribution company, OSHEE, colluded with two electricity traders - EFT A.G and GSA - to rig the outcome of import tenders, the Competition Authority has called on the energy regulator, ERE, to change the way monthly and yearly tenders are held.
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