Dacic to TV Prva: “Whatever happens Serbs are to blame, we have no information” (Serbian media)
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic told Prva TV “for Pristina authorities the Serbs are always to blame.” Dacic added he has no information that would confirm accusations of the Kosovo FM Behgjet Pacolli who claims that diplomatic office of Pristina in Copenhagen was attacked by the Serbian citizens in Denmark. “Last night, hearing that […]
Read More →Vulin: Haradinaj “trying to provoke conflict with Serbs” (B92, RTS, Beta, Tanjug)
“The provisional Pristina institutions PM saying that the so-called ‘Kosovo Army’ could enter the north of Kosovo is a threat to the entire region’s peace,” stated Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin. He told the public broadcaster, RTS, that the Serbian Army was “confident, strong and capable of preserving peace and stability throughout the country.” Vulin […]
Read More →Serbia’s Interior Minister warns Kosovo Premier not to even think of violence (N1, Tanjug, Srna)
Serbia’s Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic warned the Kosovo Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj, not to even think of using force against Serbs in Kosovo, because Serbia will know how to respond. Commenting on Haradinaj’s statement that “Kosovo’s army would be deployed to the north if the border is threatened,” Stefanovic said that this clearly shows how […]
Read More →Vucic: Serbs from Kosovo requested a permission to leave all Kosovo institutions (N1, Serbian media)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that the representatives of the Kosovo Serbs, both from the south and from the north, asked from him to leave all the Kosovo institutions and added that he asked them to wait for an answer for a maximum of 45 days, in order to have the opportunity to speak with […]
Read More →Novosti: “Ramush fantasizes about squad of Serbs” (Vecernje Novosti, B92)
Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti in an article published on Monday, refutes claims of the Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, who said that around 40 Serbs from Pomoravlje region applied to join the Kosovo army. The daily further writes only two Serbs from the village of Gornje Kusce have applied. It also reported on a statement […]
Read More →Vucic urges Serbs in Kosovo not to join “Albanian army” (Tanjug, B92)
Albanians want to include as many Serbs from Kosovo Pomoravlje as possible into the Kosovo army, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday. And he urged the Serbs not to do that. Vucic made his comments after a meeting in the Raska Disctrict with officials of the Serb List, a political organization in Kosovo that gathers […]
Read More →“Thaci made promise to NATO in 2013 regarding North” (FRE, B92)
Hashim Thaci promised to NATO in 2013 that the KSF will not go to the north of Kosovo “without the consent of KFOR,” Radio Free Europe said it learned. NATO sources explained that there was an exchange of letters between the-then Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and former Secretary General Andreas Fogh Rasmussen. “Basically, then prime […]
Read More →Russia reacts on Britain accepting “Kosovo army” (RTS, TASS, Tanjug)
Commenting on a statement of British Ambassador to UN, Karen Pierce, who at the latest UNSC session on Kosovo said that “Pristina has a right to have an army,” Russian Embassy in London reacted assessing that the Great Britain and other Western states ignore the threat that forming of the so-called Kosovo army could represent […]
Read More →“Serbia-NATO action plan to be supplemented” (Tanjug, European Western Balkans)
The final stage of preparation is currently under way to adopt the second cycle of the Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) between Serbia and NATO, Tanjug news agency reports. It is the highest mechanism of NATO cooperation with partner countries, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia in charge of security issues Branimir Filipovic said. […]
Read More →PM Brnabic on Kosovo army, special police, dialogue (BETA, RTS)
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic has assessed that the formation of an army in Kosovo and a statement of a KFOR spokesperson “make a mockery of all agreements,” BETA news agency reports. Brnabic said that forming an army was contrary to UN Security Council Resolution 1244, the Brussels agreement, and the Kosovo Constitution itself, and […]
Read More →Vulin and Chepurin on security situation and cooperation (RTS, Tanjug)
Serbian Minister of Defense, Aleksandar Vulin met with the Russian Federation Ambassador to Serbia, Alexander Chepurin and discussed the current security situation as well as advancement of cooperation in the field of security, RTS reports. Minister Vulin thanked the Russian Federation for the full support to Serbia’s efforts to point out to the illegal establishment […]
Read More →Balkans face instability, minor conflicts, Daniel Serwer says (N1)
Peace in the Balkans is not in as much danger as it was in the 1990s but there are risks of instability, dissatisfaction and minor conflicts, Johns Hopkins University professor Daniel Serwer told regional broadcaster N1 on Tuesday. He believes there is no direct threat to peace in the region, adding that Kosovo has had […]
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