“Confidential report: Albanians testify about organ trade” (RTS, Tanjug, B92)
The chair of the Serbian Assembly Committee for Kosovo has presented a confidential, so far unpublished report, where eight Albanians testify about human organ trade in Kosovo, B92 reports. The Albanians in question were members of the co-called KLA (“Kosovo Liberation Army”), Milovan Drecun, a member of the Serbian National Assembly from the ranks of […]
Read More →Balje: Kosovo ready to have army (KP/Koha)
Duda Balje, MP from the 6+ parliamentary group representing Turkish and Bosniac community said Kosovo is ready to have its own army. “I think we are ready as a country to form an army and we have gone through all necessary procedures,” Balje said.
Read More →PM suggests Serbia could intervene if Kosovo sets up full army (Reuters)
Serbia’s prime minister suggested on Wednesday that any creation of a standing army in Kosovo could provoke a military intervention by Belgrade, two decades after Kosovo Albanians’ uprising against Serbian rule. https://reut.rs/2SuCUBb
Read More →Tensions Soar in the Balkans Over Plans for Kosovo Army (AP/VOA)
Serbia sought support from allies Russia and China on Tuesday in opposing the formation of a Kosovo army, warning that a military in its former province could lead to renewed clashes in the Balkans. https://bit.ly/2QfWNzu
Read More →Serbian Leader Meets With Russian, Chinese Envoys Ahead Of Kosovo Army Vote (RFE)
Serbia’s president sought to rally opposition to a coming vote by Kosovo to establish an army, as he met with Russian and Chinese ambassadors in Belgrade. https://bit.ly/2UkNPiH
Read More →NATO Chief Warns Kosovo Over ‘Ill-Timed’ Army Plans (RFE)
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has expressed concerns about Kosovo’s plans to transform the Balkan country’s lightly armed security force into a national army, calling the step “ill-timed.” https://bit.ly/2QBp9Dw
Read More →In the Balkans, winter cheer is darkened by a toxic smog (AFP)
Winter is here and coal is burning, enveloping the Balkans in a toxic smog and turning its cities into some of the most polluted on the planet. As hundreds of nations gather in Poland for the UN’s COP24 climate summit this week, residents in this corner of Europe are wondering when their governments will do anything […]
Read More →Kosovo authorities slam reports Pristina airport is closed to civilian traffic (RFE)
Kosovo authorities have refuted statements from the Serbian civil aviation claiming that Pristina International Airport is closed to civilian traffic. Yesterday, Serbian civil aviation sent an e-mail to an air company planning to fly to Pristina saying the traffic license cannot be granted as Pristina airport is only open to military, official, or humanitarian purposes. […]
Read More →Serbian List: Ghosts of political past are undermining Serbian unity (TV Most, N1)
At a time when the Serbian people face the biggest crisis ever, and when the Pristina’s decision to block the distribution of Serbian medicines, food, press and other necessities are ghettoizing the Serbian people; when the survival of Serbs is most directly threatened by forming of some kind of Kosovo army, the ghosts of the political […]
Read More →Resolution calling for Haradinaj-led government resignation does not pass (Zeri)
Kosovo MPs did not pass today resolution proposed by opposition parties Vetevendosje and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) calling on the government of Kosovo to resign and call new elections following the postponement of the visa liberalisation decision and other developments which opposition claims harmed Kosovo’s international standing. Of 72 MPs present in the […]
Read More →Discussion about army, Serb inhabitants worried but will not leave Kosovo (Radio KIM)
“Laws on transformation of Kosovo Security Forces into an army will be adopted on December 14,” Constitutional Law Professor Riza Smaka told Radio KIM. On the other hand, Bojan Teofilovic from the Centre for Peace and Tolerance thinks that forming an army is almost impossible without constitutional amendments. Serb inhabitants said they are worried, but […]
Read More →Fatherland Movement: Protests resemble requiem not demonstration (KoSSev)
Fatherland Movement from Kosovo and Metohija said in a press release that everyday protests organized by the Srpska Lista Crisis Headquarters in the north are “without energy, dispirit and apathic,” KoSSev portal reports. They urged Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic “not to hide behind the Serbs’ protests,” but to introduce reciprocity and that way fights against […]
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