Father Sava Janjic: No one has right to renounce Kosovo (Radio kontakt plus)
Abbot of Serbian Orthodox Church Visoki Decani Monastery Sava Janjic said Kosovo is an area that no one has the right to renounce, while those who remain silent over that would carry a burden of a curse. Abbot Janjic made these remarks in Podgorica, at presentation of the Serbian Orthodox Church new Memorandum on Kosovo […]
Read More →SOC Bishop Grigorije: Delineation would bring nothing good (BETA, B92, Blic)
Serbian Orthodox Church, Bishop of Dusseldorf and Germany Grigorije assessed that delineation with Kosovo would bring nothing good to anyone, BETA news agency reported. “I have no even a glimpse of faith something like that would bring any good to anyone. On the other side many misfortunes and miseries would affect already afflicted people,” Bishop […]
Read More →Novosti: “Ramush fantasizes about squad of Serbs” (Vecernje Novosti, B92)
Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti in an article published on Monday, refutes claims of the Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, who said that around 40 Serbs from Pomoravlje region applied to join the Kosovo army. The daily further writes only two Serbs from the village of Gornje Kusce have applied. It also reported on a statement […]
Read More →The US is looking for someone like Holbrooke for Kosovo (Danas)
Representatives of diplomatic circles comment for the Belgrade based daily Danas that it is no surprise that US career diplomat Philip Reeker will replace Wess Mitchell, acting Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia. Interlocutors of Danas argue that America has firmly resolved to “push” the whole process of resolving the Kosovo issue, as well […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Germany reconfirms support for Kosovo (media)
Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj hailed today the statement of the German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas that his country would continue supporting Kosovo. In a Facebook post, Haradinaj said he was pleased to share Germany’s statement of support for Kosovo through Foreign Minister Maas who states that reforms carried out in Kosovo “are impressive […]
Read More →Hydroelectric plans for the Lumbardhi spark controversy (Prishtina Insight)
Local governance and environmental activists stand together against the construction of hydropower plants on the Lumbardhi river in Peja. This week saw an outburst of reactions toward plans to build a series of hydropower plants, HPPs, on the Lumbardhi river in Peja. See at: https://prishtinainsight.com/hydroelectric-plans-for-the-lumbardhi-spark-controversy/
Read More →Doomed to failure: Yet more irregularities over Kosova e Re (Prishtina Insight)
The Kosova e Re plant will be built in violation of Kosovo’s Environmental Impact Assessment law, on top of other violations that have been raised before and never addressed. New information obtained by BIRN has revealed that another violation has been made by the Kosovo government regarding the Kosova e Re Power Plant (KRPP). On […]
Read More →Beqiri: Ruling coalition is surviving day by day (Indeksonline)
Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) Secretary General, Ismet Beqiri, said in an interview to Radio Urban FM today that the idea for border correction between Kosovo and Serbia is a dangerous game and that the LDK finds it unacceptable. “We favor dialogue but not on land swaps and to please [Serbian President] Vucic,” he said. […]
Read More →Opposition leader to try to persuade Washington to stop supporting Vucic (TV N1, Danas, KoSSev)
The Chairman of the opposition Alliance for Serbia (SzS), Vuk Jeremic, announced he will officially visit the US next week to “remove the danger” of Washington preventing the change of authorities in Serbia, TV N1 reports. Jeremic warned that Kosovo might get a seat in the UN by the end of this year. He also […]
Read More →Kosovo is US aircraft carrier on ground, says German politician (B92, Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti, Dnevnik, TV Most, KIM radio)
German politician Willy Wimmer says Kosovo as a state has been planned since the late 1980s – and its only purpose is to be the “US aircraft carrier on the ground”. In an interview for Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti, which recalled that Wimmer said back in 2000 that Kosovo was “America’s need to dominate […]
Read More →French Minister: EU not ready for enlargement (Politika, Beta, N1, Blic)
The current situation in the European Union does not allow enlargement under the satisfactory condition, Nathalie Loiseau, French Minister for European Affairs said ahead of her visit to Belgrade, the Beta news agency reported on Monday. She said the May election would be crucial for the future of the EU. French Minister added her country […]
Read More →Simic: Speculations that there is agreement between Belgrade and Pristina (Danas, TV Pink)
Srpska Lista Deputy Chair Igor Simic told TV Pink that media reports saying, “there is an agreement between Belgrade and Pristina on delineation and division of properties are speculations,” Danas daily reports. Simic noted at this moment the dialogue process is blocked, and there are “two realities in Kosovo,” “one in which Pristina politicians are […]
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