President Vucic “hopes they won’t start killing our people” (Tanjug, B92)
After Pristina’s decision to increase taxes for the Serbian goods by 100 percent, representatives of Serbs from Kosovo came to Belgrade and met President Vucic, B92 reports. During the meeting President Vucic said they would not be left in the lurch. “We have prepared something for you, to let you know what we can do […]
Read More →Kocijancic calls for lifting taxes, restraint from provocations (Tanjug, RTS)
EU Spokesperson, Maja Kocijancic said today that stance of Brussels regarding increased Kosovo taxes for the goods from central Serbia “is clear and consistent.” The EU “clearly expects” Pristina to revoke the measures and “both sides” to show restraint from provocations, Tanjug news agency reported. Kocijancic also rejected all the comments from Pristina, alleging that […]
Read More →Russia reacts to Pristina’s decision to increase taxes (Tanjug)
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reacted today on Pristina’s decision to increase taxes by 100 percent for the goods from central Serbia, Tanjug news agency reported. The Ministry said, that the EU should influence the Kosovo authorities. “It is about Pristina starting a trade war, in line with ethnic cleansing policy, given that the Serb […]
Read More →PM Haradinaj writes to ambassadors about import tariff (media)
Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj said he has written to the head of the EU Office in Kosovo Nataliya Apostolova and all ambassadors accredited to Kosovo and explained the reasons that led the government decide to introduce a 100 percent tax on import of goods from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Haradinaj said he […]
Read More →Vucic: Burning of Serbian goods worst kind of Nazism, they even stopped oxygen (for hospital) (B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic commenting on the burning of Serbian goods in Kosovo, said that the worst kind of Nazism is in place, B92 reports. He made these remarks in a meeting with the Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija in Belgrade today, saying nowhere else but in Kacanik could be seen burning of the […]
Read More →AAK: Dialogue to be interrupted, reciprocity measures to apply (RTK)
Ahmet Isufi, caucus of the Assembly group of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), said today at the Assembly session that being that Serbia is continuing with measures against Kosovo, “our country should interrupt the dialogue, request compensation for all war damages and apply reciprocity measures.” He added that these measures should be […]
Read More →Kosovo police confiscates Serbian licence plates, station commander refuted news (RTK2, Radio kontakt plus)
Kosovo police members confiscated Serbian licence plates in the villages of Ranilug and Veliko Ropotovo, populated by the Serb community, RTK2 reports today. According to unofficial information, police in plain clothes stopped the vehicles with Serbian licence plates, gave traffic tickets to the drivers and sent them to the magistrate. One of the witnesses confirmed […]
Read More →US senator informed of intimidation of Serb KSF members (Koha)
Kosovo Security Force Minister Rrustem Berisha and Kosovo Security Force Commander Rrahman Rama had a meeting with the US Senator Jeanne Shaheen, member of the US Senate on Armed Services and informed her about the KSF transition process and the challenges ahead. The Kosovo officials also expressed their concern with the cases of intimidation against […]
Read More →Goran Rakic: Humanitarian crisis in Kosovo and Metohija looming (RTS)
Decision of Pristina authorities to increase taxes by 100 percent for the goods from central Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, entered into force yesterday, immediately after its adoption, Serbian media report. Representatives of Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija will discuss this with the President of Serbia during the meeting that was scheduled today. Chairperson of […]
Read More →12 Serbian NGOs, mostly from northern Kosovo react to “harmful measures of Pristina” (Social media)
Twelve Serbian non-governmental organizations, mostly from northern Kosovo issued a press statement reacting to the Pristina decision to increase taxes by 100 percent on the goods from central Serbia. Signatories of the statement include YEC Sinergija from Mitrovica North, New Social Initiative from Mitrovica North, Advocacy Center for Democratic culture (ACDC) from Mitrovica North, “Omladina […]
Read More →KLA veterans support government’s decision on imports from Serbia and Bosnia (media)
Kosovo Liberalisation Army veterans have called on the government of Kosovo not to revoke the recently introduced 100% import tax on goods from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and exercise reciprocity in all fields. In a statement to the press, the KLA veterans’ associations said the government of Kosovo should have taken the step much […]
Read More →No newspapers from central Serbia in north, milk from reserves (KoSSev, TV N1)
Decision of Pristina authorities to increase taxes by 100 percent for the goods from central Serbia started to affect local Serbs’ shops in Mitrovica North, since milk and daily newspapers haven’t reached them today, KoSSev portal reports. Some newsstands still carry weekly and monthly editions of newspapers from Belgrade, while in some stores milk from […]
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