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Family of Oliver Ivanovic “won’t be returning to Kosovo” (B92, BETA, Tanjug, Blic)

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Citizens were offering condolences on Thursday morning in front of a church in Belgrade for the slain Serb politician from Kosovo Oliver Ivanovic. Accepting the condolences were members of Ivanovic’s family, including his window Milena Popovic-Ivanovic. Oliver Ivanovic will be buried later in the day in the Alley of Distinguished Citizens in Belgrade’s New Cemetery. […]

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Moscow calls out Albanian PM on “Greater Albania ambitions” (B92, Serbian media)

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Recent statements by Albanian Prime Minister Albania Edi Rama are “fully in accord with the widespread Greater Albania ambitions.” The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said this in a comment by the Information and Press Department “regarding statements by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on the Macedonian parliament passing the Law on the Use of […]

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Haradinaj: No alternative to dialogue (media)

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Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, said the Kosovo delegation in talks with Serbia had a more than three-hour long meeting with EU officials in Brussels and discussed the structure of dialogue in the past and the future as well as the current state of implementation of agreements reached in the process. In a Facebook […]

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Ex-KLA Officials Deny Knowing of 1998 Killings (Balkan Insight)

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Former senior KLA officials told the trial of Deputy Prime Minister Fatmir Limaj that they knew nothing of the fate of two civilians – allegedly executed as collaborators with the Serbian regime in 1998. The trial has continued this week before the Gjakova/Djakovica Basic Court of former KLA commander and current Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister […]

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Murder Puts Serbia-Kosovo Dialogue in Doubt (Balkan Insight)

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Following the brutal slaying of Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic, analysts from both Serbia and Kosovo fear for the future of the EU-led dialogue, which was already in trouble. Serbia has put the EU-led dialogue with Kosovo on hold until the murdered Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic’s killers are found. Meanwhile, analysts from both Serbia […]

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Petritsch: Ivanovic’s killing puts into question Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Klan Kosova)

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Former EU envoy for Kosovo, Wolfgang Petritsch said in an interview for the Vienna-based Die Presse paper that the killing of the Kosovo Serb political leader, Oliver Ivanovic, puts into question the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue. He said he knew Ivanovic personally and added that he was one of the persons who sincerely tried to find a […]

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“Torched car belonged to deceased Serb from Austria” (B92, RTS, NMagazin, Blic)

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Police Director Vladimir Rebic has confirmed that a torched car suspected of being used in the murder of Oliver Ivanovic belonged to a Serb from Austria. Ivanovic was shot dead from a moving car on January 16, in northern Kosovska Mitrovica. According to reports, this car was later found torched near the scene. Rebic added […]

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He was a rare voice of moderation among Kosovo’s Serbs. Now, Oliver Ivanovic’s slaying may fuel new tensions in the Balkans (The Washington Post)

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The slaying of Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic on Tuesday put a spotlight on new tensions in the Balkans, years after a violent conflict divided the region. Considered a moderate politician, Ivanovic was reportedly shot several times near his office in Mitrovica, a Serb-run city in northern Kosovo. His death had immediate repercussions, as political […]

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UNMIK Headlines 18 January

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• Another failed attempt to revoke special court (media)
• Delawie warns of grave consequences if law on special court is repealed (dailies)
• President Thaci welcomes Belgrade’s aid in resolving Ivanovic murder (media)
• Vucic allowed to visit Kosovo (Zeri/Kosova Sot)
• Bosch: Vucic, don’t shed crocodile tears for Ivanovic (Koha)
• Another Kosovo Serb politician receives death threats (Indeksonline)
• KFOR: Vulin cannot threaten Kosovo, we are here (media)
• Analysts: Suspension of dialogue harms Kosovo (Zeri)
• Pacolli rallying support for Kosovo’s CoE membership (Koha)
• Juncker: All border disputes in the Balkans must be resolved (Epoka)

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