UN will support search for missing persons (Klan Kosova)
The news website runs a press release issued by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) which notes: “On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, stated that ‘our thoughts are with the families and friends of persons still missing […]
Read More →Kelmendi: We’ll cooperate with VV, only if LDK gets Prime Minister post (media)
Ramiz Kelmendi, MP from the Democratic League of Kosovo, said today that the LDK-AKR-Alternativa (LAA) coalition is determined as much as the Vetevendosje Movement (VV) not to cooperate with the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) in forming a new government. Kelmendi said that cooperation between the LAA and VV is possible if the LDK gets […]
Read More →Thaci: August 30 reminds of us our responsibility toward missing persons (media)
Kosovo President, Hashim Thaci, said today that August 30, the International Day on Missing Persons, is a reminder of the grave wound of Kosovo’s society and the responsibility of state institutions and political leaders on the matter. “Our whole society needs to engage in resolving this issue as soon as possible. I remain committed to […]
Read More →One month detention for suspect of war crimes (RTK)
The Basic Court in Prizren has approved the request of the Special Prosecution to detain for one month Bogdan Mitrovic, suspect of war crimes committed in Sopi village. “The defendant is suspected of cooperating in committing war crimes against the civilian population on 02.04.1999, in Sopi village, where 32 unarmed civilians were killed by the […]
Read More →Kocijancic gives details on tomorrow’s meeting between Thaci and Vucic (Indeksonline)
European Commission Spokesperson, Maja Kocijancic, informed that the Presidents of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci and President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, will meet tomorrow in Brussels. She said that the two leaders will be exchanging opinions on the resumption of the dialogue for normalization of the relations in function of the July agreement, for the start of […]
Read More →Why Kosovo’s Serbs Cannot Become Political Kingmakers (Balkan Insight)
By: Krenar Gashi The Kosovo Serbs ought to have real leverage in the country – but for a variety of reasons, they are not realising this potential. In my comment earlier this month, Fixing What’s Wrong with Kosovo Politics, I argued that Kosovo’s political crisis is a combination of a local power struggle and inadequate […]
Read More →O’Connell: Government should engage more on the fate of the missing (RTK)
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Kosovo, Ruairi O’Connell, has requested on the International Day of the Disappeared, has requested to enlighten the fate of the missing persons in Kosovo. “On International Day of the Disappeared, I salute the courage, dignity and determination of families to find truth and justice. I feel their pain […]
Read More →International Day of Missing Persons, gatherings in Gracanica and Pristina (Serbian media)
On the occasion of the International Day of Missing Persons, gatherings would be organized in Gracanica and Pristina today. As it was announced, gathering in Gracanica would start at 11.00, while in Pristina this day would be marked by laying flowers at the monument dedicated to the missing persons nearby the Kosovo Assembly. Milorad Trifunovic, […]
Read More →“Everyone knows about KLA crimes, but sometimes it’s not enough” (N1)
Journalist of Radio-Television of Vojvodina Ljubica Gojgić assesses in a show “Dan uživo” of regional TV N1 that from the political assessment will depend which names will be found on the first indictments of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, N1 reports. Since the beginning of July, when the Rules of Procedure and Evidence have been adopted, […]
Read More →“Internal dialogue important, Albanians obsessed with Vucic” (KIM Radio)
“For remain of the Serbs in Kosovo and our right to that territory, it would be dangerous if there is no internal dialogue and if we pretend not having any problems,” said former Editor-in-chief of the Serbian daily Politika and a journalist Ljiljana Smajlovic, RTV KIM reported. Smajlovic, who also used to be the President […]
Read More →Vucic: Mitrovic’s arrest consequence of secret indictments (Tanjug, RTV KIM, Kontakt plus radio)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, said that the arrest of Bogdan Mitrovic by the Kosovo police in Suva Reka is beyond any doubt a policy of intimidation, Serbian media reported. Vucic also said this arrest is a message to Serbs that they should not try to visit their homes, let alone to come and live there. […]
Read More →Raskovic-Ivic: Vucic should not go to Brussels (Kontakt plus radio)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, should refuse to travel to Brussels until arrested Bogdan Mitrovic is released from detention, said Sanda Raskovic-Ivic, former president of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and MP in the Serbian Parliament. According to Raskovic-Ivic, Vucic’s travel to Brussels, following the Mitrovic’s arrest would represent “humiliation” of the Serbian citizens “in […]
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