Vučić: We are nullifying Priština’s decisions (B92)
The Serbian Government has decided to nullify “all and any legal effects of all and any acts or actions” of institutions in Priština regarding Trepča. Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić said that this means that the Government largely accepted the proposals of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija with the aim of “keeping Trepča in operation.” […]
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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: We are annulling Pristina’s decisions” Trepca issue not going to Security Council (B92)
• Nikolic: No more concessions to Kosovo Albanians (Blic)
• Djuric: Albanians unified, and we mediate over Trepca (B92/TV Prva)
• Serbia will prevent implementation of the Law on Trepca (RTS)
• Opposition demands urgent session of the Kosovo Committee (RTS/Tanjug)
• Patriarch Irinej: Kosovo is not just geography, Kosovo is our Jerusalem (TV Pink/B92)
• Kocijancic: Mutually agreed topics to be discussed in Brussels (Tanjug)
• Slovakian Embassy: Most important to continue Brussels dialogue (Politika)
• Serbian-Russian military exercise at Batajnica airport (Politika/FoNet)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Izetbegovic: SDA Collegium decided to ask CEC to annul elections in Srebrenica and Stolac (TV1)
• Grujicic: Unacceptable threats and electoral engineering (Srna)
• Covic meets Moore, Moore announces opening of temporary field office of OSCE in Stolac (FTV)
• Coalition ‘Bijeljina Pobjedjuje’ plans protest in Bijeljina for Tuesday because of alleged election theft (RTRS)
• Interrogation of suspects in referendum case ‘Dodik et al.’ starts before B&H Prosecutor’s Office (RTRS)
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Serbian gov’t annuls all legal consequences of Pristina’s acts (media)
The Serbian government on Tuesday decided to annul all the legal consequences of acts and actions by the interim self-government institutions in Pristina regarding the factual and legal position of the Trepca mining complex, PM Aleksandar Vucic said. “We were compelled to make such a decision as we want Trepca to continue to operate,” he […]
Read More →The Government of Kosovo: Serbia’s annulling of Kosovo’s legal acts, a vain action (Koha Ditore)
The government of Kosovo considers that Serbia’s reactions with regards to the Trepça Law are vain and pointless. To the authorities in Pristina, claims of the Prime Minister of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić that he will annul Pristina’s decisions related to Trepça, do not have any judicial or practical impact. The Government of Serbia has announced […]
Read More →Osmani: Invite SLS in the Government, remove Serbian List from the coalition (Indeksonline)
Kosovo Assembly MP from the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Vjosa Osmani, advised the government to breach the coalition with the Serbian List and replace it with the other Serb party Serbian Liberal Party (SLS), which currently has five MPs at the Assembly. In an interview for Indeksonline, Osmani said that the Serbian List is […]
Read More →NISMA: Thaçi’s call for solving of crimes, a false slogan (RTK)
In a statement to the media, Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), said that Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi’s appeal for resolving all crimes committed in Kosovo during and after the conflict is nothing more than a false slogan definitely not aimed at establishing rule of law in Kosovo. “This is an attempt to distract the public from […]
Read More →Kosovo President Demands Prosecutors Probe War Crimes (Balkan Insight)
President Hashim Thaci sent letters to Kosovo prosecutors urging them to take action to resolve a series of crimes against both ethnic Albanians and Serbs during and after the war in 1999. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-s-president-asks-for-justice-on-war-crimes-10-10-2016
Read More →Kosovo Police Director Denies Serbian ‘Terror’ Charges (Balkan Insight)
Nehat Thaci, the Kosovo Police director in the Mitrovica area who was arrested last month by Serbia, denied charges accusing him of staging a terrorist attack on a Serb family in 1999. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-police-director-denies-serbian-terror-charges-10-10-2016
Read More →Nitaj: Even if Serbian List leaves, AAK not interested to enter coalition (Gazeta Express)
The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) spokesperson, Muharrem Nitaj, told the news site that even if the Serbian List leaves the ruling-coalition, the AAK will not accept any possible invitations to enter this coalition. However, Nitaj said “the current government has failed and the AAK cannot be part of it.” He stressed that […]
Read More →Belgrade warns Brussels of Trepca issue (Tanjug, Politika)
The Serbian government has sent a letter to Brussels explaining all the harmful consequences of the Kosovo Assembly decision on the Trepca mining complex, Politika reports. It was the first step relying on legal and political instruments and democratic, parliamentary and extra-parliamentary methods aimed at protecting Serbia’s property in Kosovo, the daily reported. A Serbian […]
Read More →Jevtić: We will send an appeal to the Constitutional Court about the Trepča (KIM radio)
Kosovo Minister for Return and Communities Dalibor Jevtić says that the Serbian list will prepare an appeal which will be referred to the Constitutional Court with an explanation why they consider the adoption of the law on Trepča as violation of the constitution and certain laws. According to Jevtić’s words, the Serbian List will use […]
Read More →Antić expects Vučić to propose a solution on Trepča (N1, RTS)
Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antić says that he expects from Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić to announce proposal for a solution to the problem of Trepča at today’s session of the Government of Serbia. Antić says that Vučić will try to find solutions that will the best protect the interests of Serbia in this […]
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