Dodik: Krim legally, while Kosovo illegally declared independence (Blic)
President of the Republika Srpska (RS) Milorad Dodik said in Banja Luka that one can not make parallel between the situation in Kosovo and the Crimea, because, as he says, Kosovo declared independence in illegitimate way, violating the UN Charter and Resolution 1244. Dodik said that such resolution guarantees the territorial integrity of Serbia, pointing […]
Read More →Crimea case does not change Russia’s position on Kosovo (RTS)
Professor of Political Sciences Predrag Simic said that the Crimean case will not change the position of Russia on non-recognition of the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo. The Russian embassy has issued a statement that Moscow still supports a resolution 1244, by which Serbia has sovereignty over Kosovo, said Simic for RTS. Western media and […]
Read More →Barani: Ivanović transferred in order to ‘escape’ from the prison (RTK2)
Halit Barani, the chairperson of the Human Rights Council from Mitrovica believes that Oliver Ivanović was transferred to prison in Mitrovica not because he was threatened in Pristina, but in order to ‘escape’ like 21 criminals who were allowed to ‘escape’ from prison in 1999, carried Zeri. Barani said that there was neither health related […]
Read More →The seal on declaration (Vecernje Novosti)
Serbian municipalities will not listen to Pristina, which requests them to amend adopted statues within 30 days and harmonize them with the laws of the provisional Kosovo institutions. Pristina requests from northern municipalities in Kosovo to amend their statues within 30 days and harmonize them with the laws of provisional Kosovo institutions, and if they […]
Read More →Office condemns usurpation of monastery in Zociste (Tanjug)
The Office for Kosovo-Metohija strongly condemned on Tuesday the usurpation of the land belonging to the Monastery of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Zociste, in the western part of the province, by one Albanian family and insults against monks at the monastery. “We condemn the last night’s trespass by unknown perpetrators on the church land […]
Read More →Stankovic congratulates Albanian community (Tanjug)
Zoran Stankovic, chairman of the Coordination Body for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, congratulated on Tuesday the Albanian national minority and the Party for Democratic Action led by Riza Halimi on their electoral success, underlining that voting in elections is the right way to improve the life of people in southern Serbia. “I […]
Read More →Putin: Crimean leadership follow “Kosovo precedent” (Tanjug)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the Crimean leadership declared independence based on the “well-known Kosovo precedent”, which was created by the western countries themselves. The Crimean leadership followed the well-known Kosovo precedent, which the western counterparts had set themselves. In the situation clearly similar to that in Crimea they recognized as legitimate […]
Read More →Vulin: Musliju’s statement – threat to territorial integrity (Tanjug)
A statement by Jonuz Musliju, leader of the Movement for Democratic Progress (PDP), that if Russia annexed Crimea, the municipalities of Presevo and Bujanovac should be given the right to join Kosovo, poses a threat to the territorial integrity of Serbia, warns Aleksandar Vulin, Serbia’s outgoing government’s minister without portfolio in charge of Kosovo-Metohija (KIM). […]
Read More →Instead of resignation, Muja suspends his mandate (Koha Ditore)
Mayor of Prizren Ramadan Muja decided on Tuesday to suspend his mandate until the Court for Appeals brings the decision on his case. “Convinced on my innocence, I have decided to suspend my mayoral activities in the municipality until the Court of Appeals brings the verdict on my appeal to the Basic Court,” says a […]
Read More →Kosovo and Serbia agree on permanent buildings at the border (Kosova Sot)
The technical teams of Kosovo and Serbia discussed on Tuesday in Brussels about implementing the Border Management Agreement and technical protocol. A press release informs that the main subject of the discussions was on reaching a conclusion on building permanent facilities at six border crossings: “The final agreement on the locations of these buildings and […]
Read More →Police analysing information on assassination against Ahmeti (Koha Ditore)
The paper reports on the front page that Kosovo police are analysing information about an alleged plan to assassinate Pristina mayor Shpend Ahmeti. A week ago, a citisen informed police that he overheard a conversation between a few men in a Pristina restaurant about giving a sum of money to assassinate Ahmeti and to purchase […]
Read More →Bazo: KAF with NATO’s blessing (Koha Ditore)
General Jeronim Bazo, chief of the General Staff of Albania’s Armed Forces, said during his visit to Pristina on Tuesday that the establishment of the Kosovo Armed Forces (KAF) requires NATO’s blessing. “This is a very important moment. I am very happy because I am visiting during a period that is interesting and challenging and […]
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