Gracanicaonline portal: Situation difficult for journalist reporting on Serbian language
Based on the Law on the Use of Languages, Albanian and Serbian have equal status in Kosovo institutions. However, in practice very often this law is not applied, reports Gracanica based portal gracanicaonline.info. The journalists who follow the work of the Assembly are faced with a big problem because they do not have a translation if […]
Read More →Moscow: UNMIK to protect SPC rights in Kosovo (Serbian media)
During the weekend, all Serbian media quoted a statement from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the property of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) in Kosovo, where it was said that the situation is concerning and that the practice of usurpation of the property continues. The Ministry listed, as an example, the Church of […]
Read More →Action of the Kosovo Police special forces in Gnjilane region, Serbs arrested (RTS, Blic, RTV Puls)
Serbian media this morning reports about the action of the special units of the Kosovo police in the Gnjilane region. Media reports that Kosovo police raided the premises of the Cultural and Educational Center “Bozidar Mitrovic Sandor” in Silovo near Gnjilane. Radio television of Serbia (RTS) reports that three Serbs were detained in action. Kosovo police […]
Read More →Priluzje: A young Serb stabbed, an assailant arrested (Serbian media)
A 23-year-old Serb, whose initials are N.D., was attacked and seriously wounded late last night in the village of Priluzje in northern Kosovo. Serbian media based in Kosovo is reporting this, adding that the young Serb was taken to the hospital in northern Mitrovica with stab wounds. The victim’s brother was also injured when he […]
Read More →Journalists of Serbian and Albanian media editions: Language barrier, lack of information exchange, cooperation is necessary (Kossev)
To what extent is there currently cooperation between journalists in Kosovo, primarily those from Serbian and Albanian newsrooms; what are the biggest obstacles to cooperation; how it can be improved – those were the topics for the Serbian and Albanian journalists to discuss in North Mitrovica during a recent open working meeting. The discussion was […]
Read More →UNMIK chief calls the authorities to investigate incidents in Kosovo (Serbian media)
UNMIK chief Zahir Tanin urged all competent authorities yesterday to step up efforts to combat impunity and bring perpetrators to justice “as a cornerstone for improving dialogue and building trust among communities.” Tanin said this on the occasion of frequent ethnically motivated incidents, Serbian media reports. According to him, in a democratic society there is […]
Read More →Poll: 8% of Serbians for recognition of Kosovo (Serbian media)
Eight per cent of those who took part in the poll said they supported recognizing Kosovo; seven per cent want all negotiations to be abandoned, while six per cent think Belgrade should withdraw its signature from the Brussels agreement, Tanjug reports. A Faktor Plus poll commissioned by the Belgrade based news agency Tanjug shows that […]
Read More →“Journalists in Kosovo are working in very difficult conditions” (Kontakt plus radio, RTK2)
The media in Kosovo are faced with politicization, non-implementation of laws by institutions and intimidation of journalists, with an increase in self-censorship, according to the association of journalists. “Journalists in Kosovo are working in very difficult conditions; they are not protected by anyone, especially the institutions. What is particularly worrying is the increasing of non-collegiality. […]
Read More →Speaking Out Remains Dream for Kosovo’s Serbian Media (Balkan Insight)
Like the communities they serve, Kosovo’s Serbian language media are financially dependent, fragmented – and torn between rival political influences. “We work in a time and a place where democracy and the right to hold a different opinion are still not fully accepted as a given, which makes a journalist’s work extremely difficult,” says Budimir […]
Read More →The fight against corruption is a priority, but only in Albanian language (Kossev); US Embassy: Our omission, we will provide translation (RTK2)
Yesterday began the celebration of the Anti-Corruption Week in Kosovo by the press conference of the ambassadors of the Quintus countries. Journalists of the Serbian media who followed this event were left without the translation, reports Kossev. In Kosovo, for the second year in a row, a week dedicated to the fight against corruption is […]
Read More →Simic: Changes to the Law guarantee the rights of the SPC in Kosovo (Serbian media)
The members of the Kosovo Assembly adopted in principle a proposal for a Law on Religious Freedom, which for the first time clearly and legally guarantees that the Serbian Orthodox Church will remain in Kosovo in its full form, report the Serbian media. – It is significant that the law states that the Orthodox Church […]
Read More →Filling out the forms again and again (Vesti, Kontakt plus radio)
Vesti portal reports that the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) recently uncovered another murder of a journalist in Kosovo, commentator of the RTV Pristina, Kristo Gegaj, who was killed in Istok in 1999. His name has not been recorded so far in any of the lists of killed journalists, and the number of killed […]
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