Serbia-Kosovo Media Wage War Over Tax Hike (Balkan Insight)
Serbian media on Thursday accused Kosovo of resorting to “war” and economic “cleansing” following its decision to hike import taxes to 100 per cent – while Kosovo media supported the measure, adopted in retaliation for Belgrade’s role in Kosovo’s failed Interpol membership bid. https://bit.ly/2DBHeuk
Read More →Veseli: We won’t allow Kosovo to be violated by Serbia (media)
Kosovo Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, told a press conference in Pristina today, that the recent actions by Kosovo’s authorities are aimed at stopping the destructive approach of Serbia’s leaders vis-à-vis Kosovo. Veseli said the decisions of the state of Kosovo are legitimate, legal and transparent and should in no way be interpreted as decisions aimed […]
Read More →Interior Minister: Police enforcing the law, arrests made in connection to Ivanovic’s murder (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s Minister of Internal Affairs Ekrem Mustafa said they remain committed in supporting the Kosovo Police carrying out its constitutional duties in the field of law enforcement. In a Facebook post, Mustafa said that on the order of the Kosovo Special Prosecution, the Kosovo Police arrested several persons suspected of involvement in the murder of […]
Read More →Voting on opposition resolutions on dialogue with Serbia postponed (Kallxo)
Kosovo Assembly has not voted in today’s session on two resolutions proposed by opposition parties regarding dialogue with Serbia. Dardan Sejdiu from the Social Democratic Party (PSD) said they requested the voting on their proposed draft resolution be postponed for some other time and that they would make efforts to reach agreement with other parliamentary […]
Read More →Thaci and Vucic’s plan for Kosovo’s partition underway (Gazeta Express)
The news website reports that “what is happening in the northern part of Kosovo bears the seal of the President of Kosovo. He wants the north in a tense situation by all means and this is his first response to the Kosovo government’s decision to introduce a tax on Serbian goods”. “Everyone was waiting for […]
Read More →Jevtic calls for peace and restraint (RTS)
Serbian List Deputy Chair, Dalibor Jevtic called for peace and restraint. Speaking for RTS morning program Jevtic said the aim of the Serbs is not conflict but a stable situation. Jevtic stressed that those who gave the order and killers of Oliver Ivanovic should be found, but it is “an interesting moment” that ROSU units have […]
Read More →“Situation in Mitrovica North is quiet, citizens should not fall for provocations” (Telegrafi)
Bashkim Cimili, deputy chair of the Mitrovica North municipal assembly, told the news website that the situation there is currently quiet and called on citizens not to fall for provocations. Cimili said there have been no problems or incidents so far. He also said that Serb citizens have announced a protest for today and called […]
Read More →“Import tax not to be lifted until fate of missing persons is determined” (media)
Association of missing persons in Podujeve/Podujevo has reacted to the government of Kosovo’s decision to impose a 100 percent tax on goods imported from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina saying it gives a glimmer of hope to the families of missing persons in the search for their loved ones. “Although the families of missing persons […]
Read More →KFOR: We knew something yesterday; Serbian media: Mitrovica North citizens disturbed (Tanjug, B92, TV Prva, Kontakt plus radio)
Vincenzo Grasso, KFOR spokesman, told TV Prva that KFOR was informed that four people were arrested in Kosovo, but that there is no accurate information about where they are. “The Kosovo police arrested several people in connection with the murder of Oliver Ivanovic. We were informed that four people were arrested and I’m not sure […]
Read More →RTS: Crisis Staff meeting of the four municipalities in the North at 10 am
In a live broadcast, Radio Television Serbia reports on the announcements of blockades in the town of Rudare in the municipality of Zvecan, closure of the administrative crossing of Jarinje in the municipality of Leposavic, and that the leadership of the municipality of Zubin Potok made a decision on closing all shops from 12 to […]
Read More →Drecun: “Indicator of possible new violent actions of Pristina in north” (RTS, Tanjug, B92)
Intrusion and arrests that Kosovo police ROSU members carried out this morning in Mitrovca North is a dangerous move, that deteriorates the situation, Chairperson of the Serbian Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun told RTS. He added, this could be an indicator of new possible violent actions of Pristina in the north of […]
Read More →Army, security chiefs, president meet after Rosu incursion (Tanjug, TV Prva, B92)
An unscheduled closed session of the Serbian Government was held in Belgrade on Friday morning due to the incursion of a Kosovo police unit into the north of Kosovo, reports Serbian media. President Aleksandar Vucic has had extraordinary meetings with the army and police chiefs this morning. Other security services, as well as commanders of […]
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