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Kosovo protests for International Women’s Day (Prishtina Insight)

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Angry but unwavering, the organizers of Marshojme S’Festojme, or ‘We march, we don’t celebrate,’ are as ready as ever to lead the annual march held on International Women’s Day on Friday. March 8 marks International Women’s Day, and the collective Marshojme S’Festojme, We March, We Don’t Celebrate, are mobilizing once again to lead the protest. […]

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Can Kosovo embrace a feminism for the 99 per cent? (Prishtina Insight)

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The feminist movement in Kosovo has experienced a revival, but it remains to be seen if it is ready to join global efforts to reinvent its politics entirely. It is an undeniable fact that in the past few years the feminist movement in Kosovo has experienced a radical awakening: from campaigns against catcalling to marching […]

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Selakovic says Serbian president will react rationally to Pristina platform (RTS, N1, FoNet)

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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will respond to Pristina’s negotiation platform in a rational manner, the president’s general secretary Nikola Selakovic told the Radio Television of Serbia (RTS). General Secretary Nikola Selakovic said that Vucic’s response would be “rational, serious, responsible and firm”. He added that the president had been warning about the platform for five […]

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Council for National Security meets after Pristina platform (BETA, Tanjug, RTS, B92)

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The session of the Serbian Council for National Security, convened by President Aleksandar Vucic, started a little after 08:30 hours CET on Friday in Belgrade. The meeting is attended by Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, security agency BIA chief Bratislav Gasic, First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic, Defense Minister Aleksandar […]

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No parallels between Bosnia and Pristina-Belgrade talks, says US Ambassador to BiH (N1, Beta)

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The US does not consider that the ongoing talks between Serbia and Kosovo have anything to do with Bosnia, the newly appointed US Ambassador to Sarajevo, Eric Nelson, said on Thursday in his first press conference after taking office, N1 reported. “The US position is clear that there is no parallel between the negotiations taking […]

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Raska-Prizren Eparchy in strongest terms condemns desecration of memorial in Velika Hoca (Radio kontakt plus)

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Raska-Prizren Eparchy in the strongest terms condemned the vandal act in Velika Hoca during which a cross placed on a monument dedicated to the murdered and kidnapped Serbs from Orahovac area was demolished, Radio kontakt plus reported. This latest attack indicates that the situation in Kosovo and Metohija has largely deteriorated, mainly due to the […]

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Court in Pec acquitted returnee Milorad Zajic from Klina (Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti)

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The Basic Court in Pec has acquitted the Klina returnee Milorad Zajic, who was accused of committing a war crime against the civilian population in the village of Dusevic during the conflict in Kosovo. The court found prosecution did not substantiate the indictment and also revoked the measure of house arrest in which Zajic spent […]

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Vllasi: Annexation of Presevo valley to Kosovo not realistic (N1, Beta)

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Albanian political analyst Azem Vllasi said that the annexation of the Presevo valley to Kosovo is not a realistic option. Vllasi, a senior communist official in Kosovo during the 1980s, said that the annexation of that part of southern Serbia is something that everyone in Kosovo wants. He told Pristina-based KTV that President Hashim Thaci’s […]

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Third anti-government protest in northern Kosovo (N1, KoSSev)

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For the third time, about a hundred of Kosovo Serbs gathered in the divided town of Mitrovica for #1in5million protests and walked to the place where their opposition leader Oliver Ivanovic was riddled with bullets on January 16, 2018, the portal KoSSev reported. They were joined for the first time by activists of the Popular […]

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“Russia, US, France have secret Kosovo deal? Not serious” (Sputnik, B92)

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“Moscow denies the reporting of Kosovo media that Russia, France and the United States have allegedly agreed on recognizing Kosovo.” This has been stated at a press briefing held by the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Maria Zahkarova. “Your answer is contained in your question: ‘Albanian language Kosovo media, citing […]

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Serbia-Russia trade reaches USD 3.6 billion annually (B92, Tanjug)

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Serbian-Russian bilateral trade volume has been on a rise over the past several years and the goal is to reach the 2008 level of 4 billion dollars. Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister and First Deputy PM Ivica Dacic said this Thursday, adding that the 2018 trade volume had been 3.6 billion dollars – 500 million more […]

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OSCE Broadcast 07 March

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• Ruling and PSD MPs vote Law and Platform on Dialogue (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Hoti: Only new elections can pull Kosovo out of institutional chaos (RTK)
• Djuric: Platform marks end of Dialogue (RTK1)
• Switzerland: Border revision never worked throughout history (KTV)
• OSCE: Violence against women dominates societies in Albania and Kosovo (Kosovo portals)
• Mitrovicë/Mitrovica Municipality intends to demolish cultural heritage facilities (KTV)

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