Condemnations of the attack on Serbian journalists (KIM Radio, RTK2))
Civic Initiative Srpska (CI Srpska) most sharply condemned the attack on the RTK2 Serbian journalists’ crew, Aleksandar Jovanovic and Bojan Kosanin, and RTS cameraman Vladimir Milic, during yesterday’s protests in Pristina. “Threats and attacks on journalists prove to which extent media freedom is jeopardized in Kosovo despite all efforts invested by Serbs in building the […]
Read More →The other side of dialogue results (Koha Ditore)
Koha Ditore’s Brussels based correspondent, Augustin Palokaj, writes that many officials in Brussels and other capitals make many statements and praise results reached by the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. “One gets the impression that this dialogue not only resolved the vital issues for the people of Kosovo, but it also saved the world from […]
Read More →“Serbia’s property can’t be taken without asking” (B92)
The Serbian government is “acting responsibly over the Trepca case and other property issues in Kosovo and Metohija, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said. “Everyone must understand that they cannot take away everything from Serbia without asking anything,” Tanjug quoted him as saying on Sunday. “Compromises will have to be made in solving property issues […]
Read More →Serbian reporters attacked in Pristina (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK) and Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) reporters have been attacked during ethnic Albanian protests in Pristina. In Saturday’s demonstrations in central Pristina, the ethnic Albanian protesters demanded the dismissal of Aleksandar Jablanovic, Kosovo’s minister for return and communities, and a law converting Trepca Mines into a public enterprise […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 25 January
• PM Mustafa responds to opposition parties (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Abrashi: Government is accountable to Assembly, not to opposition parties (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Attack against RTK2 crew condemned (TV21)
• Vllahiu refutes media reports about Jahjaga’s resignation (TV21)
UNMIK Headlines 26 January
• Jablanovic and Trepca protests to continue on Tuesday (Zeri)
• Government to discuss Jablanovic’s resignation with him (Kosova Sot)
• Jahjaga to take up post of intelligence chief? (Lajmi)
• Reports that Jahjaga will lead intelligence agency are untrue (Bota Sot)
• Tahiri travels to Brussels to coordinate Pristina-Belgrade meeting (Zeri)
• Lavdrim Muhaxheri killed (Gazeta Blic)
Ratel: EULEX to reopen cases of missing Serb journalists (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – Deputy Chief Prosecutor at Kosovo’s Special Prosecution Office Jonathan Ratel has pledged that EULEX will reopen all cases of kidnapped and murdered journalists in Kosovo-Metohija, the Journalists’ Association of Serbia (UNS) has said in a release. A delegation of UNS representatives met with Ratel at the EULEX headquarters in Pristina Friday for exchange […]
Read More →The association of missing persons will not attend protests (Zeri)
The Association of the Families of Missing Persons in Kosovo declared that they will not attend any protest organized by political parties, and called on family members of the missing not to be manipulated by politicians. Members of the Association called on Prime Minister Isa Mustafa to dismiss the Minister for Communities and Returns Aleksandar […]
Read More →Kosovo police fire teargas in anti-government protest (Reuters)
Kosovo police fired teargas on Saturday evening to disperse thousands of protesters throwing stones at a government building in a demonstration called by ethnic Albanian opposition parties. It was the biggest protest seen in Pristina since Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008. The ethnic Albanian parties are seeking the resignation of a minister, Aleksandar […]
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