Poposki: Brussels agreement improved our relations with Serbia (Blic)
Development of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, along with Brussels agreement, influenced on relaxation of relations of Serbia toward Macedonia, said Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki. He said to Politika that two open issues between Serbia and Macedonia, relations between Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) and unrecognized Macedonian orthodox church (MPC), and different positions toward […]
Read More →Hateful Message on Kosovo Church Condemned (Balkan Insight)
An anti-Serbian slogan scrawled on the walls of a church in Kosovo has been condemned by a local priest. BIRN Belgrade A slogan reading “The only good Serb is a dead Serb” has appeared in Albanian on the walls of a Serbian Orthodox Church in the Kosovo town of Gjakova. Sava Janjic, Archdeacon of the […]
Read More →Kosovo May Lose EU Green Energy Grant (Balkan Insight)
EU official says Kosovo’s failure to close high-polluting power plant puts EU funds set aside for that purpose at risk. Nektar Zogiani BIRN Pristina Radica Nusdorfer, manager of trade and economic issues at the EU Office in Pristina, said the EU cannot “forever” keep open funds allocated for the closure of the Kosovo A power […]
Read More →US Blames Serb Hardliners for North Kosovo Violence (Balkan Insight)
As Pristina and Belgrade strive to normalize relations between each other, a US State Department report said Serb hardliners had tried to block those efforts in northern Kosovo. The Human Rights Practices Report for 2013 published this week by the State Department said: “Important human rights problem during the year centered on Kosovo Serb hardliners’ […]
Read More →Association of Serb municipalities after general elections in Kosovo (RTK)
The Association of Serb majority municipalities will most probably be established after this year’s parliamentary elections in Kosovo. While parties are implementing the agenda of talks without setting a timeframe for the association, sources in Kosovo’s Government told Radio Kosova that Pristina has asked the European Union, as facilitator of talks, to come up with […]
Read More →Protest against giving away land to Decan Monastery (Telegrafi)
The League of Kosovo Historians “Ali Hadri”, the branch in Decan/Decani, has announced a peaceful protest against the initiative to give away land to the Decan Monastery. The Vetevendosje Movement in Decan will reportedly join the protest against the German project memorandum on the properties of two enterprises “Apik” and “Iliria”. The peaceful protest will […]
Read More →Serb hardliner burns Kosovo flag in Belgrade (Koha)
Nemanja Sarovic, deputy leader of the Serbian Radical Party, set on fire the Kosovo flag in Belgrade on Thursday. Sarovic said his act was a response to the Serbian Government “which is a traitor and was settling political scores with our party”. Sarovic burned the flag in front of the Palace of Justice and was […]
Read More →Constitutional Court recoils in front of politics (Vesti)
Constitutional Court rejected the proposal of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija to assess the constitutionality of a range of acts brought on the territory of Kosovo and Metohija, which refer to managing of a property to which Serbia is entitled to, and informed the public about it only few days ago by publishing its […]
Read More →Borchardt: 400,000 Euros collected in the Fund for the Kosovo North (Blic)
EULEX Chief, Bernd Borchardt said to the Mitrovica based Radio Kontakt Plus that, so far, 400,000 euros were collected in the Fund for the Kosovo North and reiterated that the EULEX Customs officers and Border police officers are present at the crossings in northern Kosovo. In addition, there is also video surveillance through which is […]
Read More →Office for Kosovo condemns desecration of the church (Beta)
Government of Serbia’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija yesterday condemned desecration of the Orthodox church in Djakovica/Gjakovë, where anti-Serbian graffiti were written, and requested from international community to react in order to stop hatred against Serbs. Inscription ‘Only dead Serb is a good Serb’ is placed on the wall of the church in Djakovica/Gjakovë. Office’s […]
Read More →Vucic pledges to help in restoring Banjska monastery (Tanjug)
BANJSKA – Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic visited Banjska monastery in northern Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) on Thursday and pledged to help renovate the sanctity. The government will aid the restoration of the monastery, Vucic said, adding that among the reasons for his visiting the monastery was his wish to thank Bishop of Raska and […]
Read More →Mayor dissatisfied with extension of detention (B92, Tanjug)
Mayor of northern Kosovska Mitrovica Goran Rakić has protested in the strongest terms against a decision to extend the detention of Oliver Ivanović. Rakić said the continued detention of the leader of the Civic Initiative SDP (GI SDP) was “without grounds.” Rakić urged for acceptance of the Serbian government’s guarantees that Ivanović will be available […]
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