The colors that divide (Pristina Insight)
On the 11th anniversary of Kosovo’s independence, how do our children now view their own national and ethnic identities? Symbols and images can act as powerful markers of identity. They are an important element of the way that a group, in a certain context, becomes ‘one.’ National flags, language signs, traditional ethnic and religious clothing, […]
Read More →Dusan Janjic: All leads towards an armed conflict in Kosovo (N1)
Great powers always have plan B, and unless the Belgrade and Pristina agreements come to an end, all leads towards the outbreak of localized armed conflicts in Kosovo, assesses Dusan Janjic from the Forum for Ethnic Relations, visiting regional broadcaster TV N1. Janjic assesses that the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina is in a deadlock, […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 17 February
• President Thaçi receives US Senators and Congressmen delegation (KTV)
• Kosovo is the most reliable ally of America, Haradinaj says (KTV)
• Russian aggression and returning ISIS fighters remain Kosovo’s top challenges, prime minister says (CNBC)
• Haradinaj and Veseli exacerbated at solemn session (KTV)
• On its independence anniversary, Kosovo faces harsh debate about its territory (KTV)
• Jevtic: Kosovo citizens have nothing to celebrate for (KTV)
Serbia between domestic tensions and regional responsibilities (Aspenia online)
Protests in Serbia against President Aleksandar Vucic and the conservative Serbian Progressive Party (SNS, Srpska Napredna Stranka) have grown in recent weeks without interruption. However, despite the street rallies, now extended well beyond Belgrade, the government remains in a stable position. President Vucic hinted at the beginning of January that he might call for snap […]
Read More →Haradinaj: We are blessed by our permanent ties to our American friends (media)
Several news websites report that Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj met today with a delegation of U.S. senators and congress members who are visiting Kosovo. “A morning of prayers with precious friends, a delegation of U.S. senators and congress members, together with many guests from Albania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Croatia. We are blessed by […]
Read More →”Billboards in North Mitrovica warn of 11-year-long occupation” (Tanjug, N1)
Billboards saying ‘11 years of occupation 17.2.2008-17.2.2019.’ appeared in the northern part of the divided town of Mitrovica, on the day when Pristina authorities are marking 11th years after Kosovo declared independence from Serbia. The northern part of the town is where the Serbs create a majority and whose local authorities are loyal to Belgrade. […]
Read More →Vucic: Support to Kosovo-Albania merging dramatically increasing among Albanians (TV N1, RTS, BETA)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said it was very important to him that everyone in Munich Security Conference was aware of how difficult the situation with Kosovo is, BETA news agency reports. Speaking after the participation in the Security Conference which gathered heads of states, governments, international organizations and other high-ranking representatives from all parts of […]
Read More →Vucic: Position of Serbia different and better, I am proud (Tanjug, B92, RTS)
Following the talks at Munich Security Conference, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic assessed that position of Serbia is better and different, than it was before, adding he is proud of that, Tanjug news agency reports. Vucic told RTS that the talks he had in Munich were difficult and good, pointing out that Belgrade-Pristina relations became one […]
Read More →Dacic: Albanians have nothing to rejoice about (BETA, B92)
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said, in relation to the 11th anniversary since the declaration of independence in Kosovo, that “Kosovo Albanians have nothing to rejoice about,” BETA news agency reported. He added, “the times when solutions were imposed by force are long gone”. Dacic told the journalists after visiting the memorial room “Kosmet […]
Read More →Jevtic on 17th February celebrations, dialogue platform and tariffs (B92, Tanjug, RTS)
Outgoing Kosovo Minister for Communities and Returns, Dalibor Jevtic said that Kosovo Albanians instead of celebrating 17th February should draw the line, Tanjug news agency reported. He added it should be seen what was resolved over the previous years, and what yet needs to be resolved. According to Jevtic due to the bad economy and […]
Read More →Serbia and Kosovo Are Preparing to Lay Wartime Disputes to Rest (Bloomberg)
Two decades into Europe’s biggest unresolved dispute, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic says it’s time for a deal on Kosovo. After Greece and the ex-Yugoslav region of Macedonia settled a country-name clash, international pressure is shifting to Vucic to work for a deal with Kosovan leader Hashim Thaci. That would allow both sides to join the […]
Read More →Djuric: This platform for Kosovo dialogue aims to ruin it (Tanjug, B92)
Marko Djuric said on Friday that the document adopted by Pristina was not a platform for the dialogue with Belgrade, but against it. The head of the Serbian Office for Kosovo and Metohija added that the document’s goal was to “collapse the dialogue.” “What they have adopted has nothing to do with intent to reach […]
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