Overall,Vucic seems to realize thatSerbia is unable to avoid a break with Rus,but he doesn’t wanttobe seen as the1who precipitated it.Thus,he plays for time in the hope thatSerb's ties withR will be cut indirectly,as an inevitable by-product of theEU’s actions®ardless ofBelgrade’s position.
Dragan Šormaz, 1of the leaders of the pro-presidentialSerb Progressive Party,recently advocated sanctions:‘Serbia should be part of a modern,free,democratic,technologically advanced Euro-Atlantic world.Everything else is a lie&a deceit.Serbia made many mistakes in the1990s,&today it has no right t
Former German Chancellor Merkel visited Serbia 6 times during her time in office, Kosovo 0 times. (Apart from a brief stop at the airport in 2011.) Chancellor Scholz starts his Balkans tour with a visit to Kosovo's capital Prishtina, where he will spend more time than in Serbia.
France's Balkan policy is scandalous! The country is blocking visa liberalization for Kosovo, commencement of EU accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania, and now Paris is also rejecting Kosovo's application for membership in the Council of Europe.
5/12 Kosovo’s government says it will apply for membership in the European rights watchdog the Council of Europe, seizing an opportunity after Russia quit the body.”