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Resignations of four northern mayors (RTS)

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Following the extraordinary sessions of the Serb majority municipal assemblies in northern Kosovo, mayors of Mitrovica North, Leposavic, Zvecan and Zubin Potok have resigned, Serbian national broadcaster RTS reports. The reason is, as Mitrovica North Mayor Rakic ​​said discriminatory policy of Pristina. Courts in these towns also stopped working. The bodies/authorities under the Pristina administration […]

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Court employees in Mitrovica also suspend their work (TV Most)

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Employees of the Court in Mitrovica North have decided to suspend their work in solidarity with citizens who are protesting in four municipalities in northern Kosovo. In a letter sent to the President of the Cour, it is said that in the past week, the decision of Kosovo government has introduced a political embargo that […]

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Serbs protest in Mitrovica North – Brothers and sisters, no turning back from here (Serbian media)

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Serbs protested on Tuesday in Mitrovica North against what they see as Pristina’s disgraceful moves, and the arrests of Serbs in this northern Kosovo town, Serbian media report. The protest was attended by a large number of citizens of the northern part of the town, who were first addressed by the now former mayor, Goran […]

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Milovic: Democratic acts of northern mayors (Radio KIM)

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Leader of Civic Initiative “For our Zvecan” and municipal councilor Dragisa Milovic, supported the decision of the four mayors to submit resignations, and termed their act as democratic, KIM Radio reports. Milovic added he supports these acts, because he was never supportive “of turning out in elections called by Pristina.” “Unfortunately, six years after we […]

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Drecun on KFOR’s activities (Tanjug, B92, TV Pink)

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Chairman of the Serbian Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun warned that KFOR activities do not contribute to the stabilization of the situation, Tanjug news agency reported. He urged the command of this military mission to explain why last night around 20 trucks came to the base near Mitrovica South. “The behavior of […]

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Silvana Arsovic released following interrogation (RTS)

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Kosovo police released Silvana Arsovic today after she gave the statement about the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, RTS reports. The Kosovo police investigative unit took Silvana Arsovic to Pristina on Monday, and remanded her to 48-hour in detention.

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U.S. Urges Kosovo To Remove Newly Imposed Tariffs On Serbia, Bosnia (Radio Free Europe)

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged Kosovo to rescind the tariffs placed on imports from Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina and to work with Belgrade to “deescalate tensions.” Pompeo made the call during his meeting with Kosovar President Hashim Thaci in Washington on November 26, according to the U.S. State Department. Kosovo on November 21 […]

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Serb Mayors in Kosovo to Resign Amid Tensions (Balkan Insight)

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The Serb mayor of North Mitrovica resigned in protest over Pristina’s tariff hike on Serbian imports, with the mayors of the three other Serb-majority municipalities in NorthKosovo expected to follow suit. The Serb mayor of North Mitrovica, Goran Rakic, told an extraordinary session of the local assembly in the northern Kosovo town on Tuesday that […]

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Veseli calls for calmness in the north (RTK)

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The President of the Assembly of Kosovo Kadri Veseli said the decision of the four mayors of northern Kosovo municipalities to resign from their positions was hastened and called on all citizens in the north to restrain, react calmly and balanced towards the recently created situation. “Resignation of the mayors of four northern municipalities of […]

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Srpska Lista condemned police detention of Silvana Arsovic (RTV Puls)

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By latest arrest and ungrounded detention of our co-citizen Silvana Arsovic, who is known as a true friend of murdered Oliver Ivanovic, institutional violence and pressure against the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija continue, Srpska Lista said in a press statement, RTV Puls reports. The aim of this ungrounded arrest is an attempt to divert […]

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Shala: As long as I’m Minister, no product “Kosovo i Metohija” will enter Kosovo (media)

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Kosovo’s Trade and Industry Minister, Endrit Shala, said today in Pristina that as long as he is minister, no product with the label “Kosovo i Metohija” will enter the territory of Kosovo. Shala did not want to comment on the recently-introduced 100-percent tax on Serbian and Bosnian goods, but called on Kosovo’s consumers to buy […]

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“Silvana’s destiny more important than mayor’s resignation” (Radio KIM)

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Civic Initiative Freedom, Democracy, Justice (GI SDP) municipal councilor Marko Jaksic did not take part in today’s extraordinary session of Mitrovica North, because he is waiting for an end of Silvana Arsovic’s hearing at the police, Radio KIM reports. The prosecutor started her interrogation at 10.00 this morning, and previously she was sent to 48-hour […]

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