Refugees in Montenegro Plan Return to Kosovo (Balkan Insight)
Hundreds of refugees who fled Kosovo during the late 1990s and are now living in Montenegro say they are ready to go home if the authorities in both countries assist them. The head of the Montenegro’s Directorate for Refugees, Zeljko Sofranac, said on Monday that at least 700 people from Kosovo, mostly from the Pec/Peja […]
Read More →Đuric: Today we are defining our struggle (KIM Radio)
With the sound of Serbian anthem and with Serbian flags décor first joint session of the Kosovo Serb-majority municipalities was held in Graačanica/Graçanicë today at 10:00. Introductory speech was presented by the head of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đuric, with reflection on 17 March. “We gathered in Gračnica to get […]
Read More →Nikolic’s plan for Kosovo (Vecernje Novosti)
Three parts in Kosovo Key points of the plan: Final status solution; widest possible autonomy of the province; there won’t be amendment of the Constitution; referendum on Kosovo is not needed and the plan would be observed as an obligation while signing the agreement on normalization of relations with Pristina. Platform for Kosovo and Metohija, […]
Read More →Situation in the north tense, Serbs impede building of Albanian houses (Telegrafi)
Rebuilding of the Albanian houses at Kroi i Vitakut neighborhood in Mitrivica, was impeded today by dozens of Serb people. Kosova Press has learned that this group of Serb individuals has attacked at around 09:30 an excavator of “Euro Ndertimi” company, which was used to build six Albanian houses at this neighborhood. Some of the […]
Read More →Vucic: European path depends on dialogue with Kosovo Albanians (RTK2)
European future of Serbia depends on how successful we will be in negotiations with Pristina in Brussels, and those are the most difficult talks, said Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic. Vucic said that government is doing everything it can in order to progress on the European path and opening of chapters in negotiations with the […]
Read More →Families seeking the right for truth and justice (KIM Radio)
The Association of Families of Kidnapped and Missing, on the anniversary of the March pogrom, marked seventeen years since the beginning of killing and kidnapping of Serbs in Kosovo. In front of the monument MISSING in Gracanica, representatives of the Association of Kidnapped and Missing persons reminded that still it is not known the fate […]
Read More →UNS and DNKiM: 11 years without an apology (KIM Radio)
Recalling that on 17 March was marked anniversary of the pogrom in Kosovo, UNS (Association of Journalists of Serbia) and DNKIM (Association of Journalists from K&M) pointed out that after 11 years RTK did not publicly apologize for the false news that have served as a trigger for the violence and pogrom. “The reason for […]
Read More →Anti-Serb pogrom in Kosovo commemorated (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – With a series of Remembrance Day events, Serbia is commemorating on Tuesday the March Pogrom in which Kosovo-Metohija’s ethnic Albanians killed eight and wounded 170 Serbs 11 years ago, expelling 4,000 others. The association of Kosovo-Metohija Serbs organised a memorial service for the pogrom victims in St. Mark’s Church in Belgrade, and the […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 17 March
• Institutions agree about further support for Kosovo youth (Klan Kosova)
• Acting Chief State Prosecutor apologizes for his accusations (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Wilkinson: EULEX had political agenda to prosecute ‘big fish’ (KTV)
• Amendment of Criminal Code aims to grant amnesty to officials that conceal their property (KTV)
• Court dismisses request for gender quota in Government (Klan Kosova)
• LGBT community members feel discriminated (TV21, Klan Kosova)
UNMIK Headlines 18 March
• Serbs, talks for creation of Association without Pristina’s consent (Koha)
• A special Ombudsperson for the special court (Zeri)
• Jahjaga: The diaspora should invest in Kosovo (dailies)
• Former EULEX investigator: The mission had a political agenda (dailies)
• Witness: €250,000 for the assassination of Xhavit Haliti (Koha)
• Panama to help Kosovo (Zeri)