Kosovo in US report: Attacks on Serbs, Oliver Ivanovic (Serbian media, B92)
The US State Department’s annual report, presented by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, states that attacks against Serbs are one of Kosovo’s problems. Namely, the part of the report dedicated to Kosovo states that the problems are attacks on ethnic minorities, including by the security forces, as well as endemic corruption in the ranks of […]
Read More →Jevtic comments on US State Department report: Problems of Serbs finally pointed out (Radio kontakt plus)
Outgoing Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Communities and Returns, Dalibor Jevtic said the State Department report on human rights finally pointed out the real problems of the Serb community in Kosovo, their situation and issues related to the return of displaced persons, Radio kontakt plus reported. Jevtic stressed the things have been finally […]
Read More →Djuric: Pristina’s platform “commits premeditated murder of dialogue” (FoNet, TV N1, TV Pink)
Pristina’s platform on the dialogue on normalization of relations with Belgrade hammers the last nail in the talks’ coffin and commits “premeditated murder of the dialogue,” Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric said, FoNet news agency reported today. Djuric added Serbia and its people had been under intense pressure because of […]
Read More →Djuric: Pristina’s platform prevents lasting normality and stability (BETA, Danas, TV Pink)
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, Marko Djuric said today that dialogue platform of the Kosovo Assembly on negotiations with Belgrade, prevents lasting normality and stability, BETA news agency reported. “How can we talk based on that platform?” Djuric asked, adding “that a toxic environment has been created in Kosovo and the State […]
Read More →Dacic: Mogherini’s statement does not mean change in format of negotiations (RTS, Tanjug)
The statement of EU High Representative Federica Mogherini that the UN Security Council would have to verify the Belgrade-Pristina agreement does not mean there would be a change in the format of the negotiations, Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic told RTS. Dacic added there are no negotiations at all, and Pristina “may hang its […]
Read More →McAllister: It is the most important that Belgrade and Pristina return at negotiation table (RTS, RTV)
The European Union has mediated and will continue doing so in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, European Parliament Rapporteur for Serbia David McAllister told the Radio Television of Vojvodina. He made these remarks after asked to comment on the EU Hight Representative Federica Mogherini statement that the final agreement between Belgrade and Pristina would have to be […]
Read More →Ankara Indicts Six Turks Deported from Kosovo (Balkan Insight)
Turkey has indicted the six Turkish nationals who were controversially deported from Kosovo in March 2018 for their alleged links to the exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara says leads a “terrorist movement”. Turkish news agency Anadolu reported on Wednesday that the prosecution is demanding sentences ranging from 16 years and six months to 28 […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 14 March
• UK calls on Kosovo leaders to remove import tariff (Zeri)
• State delegation complains that tariff is damaging dialogue (Koha)
• Three top delegations came and left, tariff remains in force (Zeri)
• Haradinaj: Dialogue was derailed long before tariffs were introduced (media)
• Haradinaj: Kosovo committed to long-term partnership with U.S. (Zeri)
• KFOR refutes Vucic: There are no plans to intervene in the North (RTK)
• Fajon: I have great trust in Mogherini (RTK)
• Government, opposition call on President to nominate CEC members (media)
• U.S. State Department identifies violations of human rights in Kosovo (Epoka)
• Citaku: Proudly shared stories of amazing women from Kosovo at UN (media)
New “One in Five Million” protest in Gracanica on Saturday (Radio KIM)
The third “One in Five Million” protest walk is scheduled to take place in Gracanica, on Saturday 16 March, Radio KIM reports. As it was announced the protest walk would start at the main square and end at Milos Obilic Monument. An organizer of the protest Branislav Markovic called upon Gracanica inhabitants, but also Serbs […]
Read More →KFOR denies knowledge of Pristina’s plans (Tanjug, B92)
KFOR is not aware of Pristina’s alleged intention to raid northern Kosovo and takes over the Trepca (mining complex), claims KFOR spokesperson Vincenzo Grasso. Commenting on media reports that KFOR knows about Pristina’s plan, the spokesperson of this military mission calls on everyone to refrain from provoking unnecessary tensions by placing unverified information that causes […]
Read More →Slobodan Petrovic writes open letter to Aleksandar Vucic, Srpska Lista reacts (KoSSev)
The leader of Independent Liberal Party (SLS) Slobodan Petrovic wrote an open letter to the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic following Vucic’s claims that Petrovic allegedly voted in favor of the Kosovo platform for dialogue with Serbia and the formation of the Kosovo army as well as that he has organized “One in Five Million” protests […]
Read More →Americans meeting with Vucic, want to build highways (Tanjug, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will on Thursday receive representatives of the Bechtel-Enka Consortium. The meeting is expected to be attended by US and UK ambassadors to Serbia. The American-Turkish company is interested in infrastructure projects in Serbia, and as previously reported by the website of the Government of Serbia, representatives of the consortium were particularly […]
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