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COM KFOR: Irresponsible rhetoric is concern (RTS, Jedinstvo)

By   /  26/03/2019  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  Comments Off on COM KFOR: Irresponsible rhetoric is concern (RTS, Jedinstvo)

KFOR Commander Major General Lorenzo D’Addario in an interview to Jedinstvo weekly said nothing indicates that the incidents could happen in Kosovo, adding KFOR is fully committed to implementing its mandate in line with UN SC Resolution 1244. General D’Addario noted the only concern is caused by rhetoric used by all sides, since it creates […]

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U.S. concerned over delay in appointing CEC representatives (RTK)

By   /  26/03/2019  /  Articles from Kosovo media  /  Comments Off on U.S. concerned over delay in appointing CEC representatives (RTK)

The U.S. Embassy to Kosovo has issued a press release to express concern with regards to the delay in appointing representatives of the Central Election Commission (CEC). “We are concerned with the more than year-long delay in appointing ten representatives to the Central Election Commission (CEC).  The failure to make appointments has left the CEC unable […]

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Paraguay will not recognize Kosovo – President Benitez (Serbian Government, B92, Tanjug)

By   /  26/03/2019  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  Comments Off on Paraguay will not recognize Kosovo – President Benitez (Serbian Government, B92, Tanjug)

First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic spoke on Monday in Asuncion with President of Paraguay Mario Abdo Benitez. According to the Serbian Government, they discussed “bilateral relations of the two countries, which they described as friendly.” They also spoke about the possibilities for improving cooperation in the areas of mutual interest, with […]

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Srpska Lista reacts to Mikic’s dismissal (Radio kontakt plus)

By   /  26/03/2019  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  Comments Off on Srpska Lista reacts to Mikic’s dismissal (Radio kontakt plus)

“Decision to replace deputy justice minister Vesna Mikic over her personal stance on the NATO aggression against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia expressed on social networks which absolutely reflected the truth, represents a continuation of political appointments of private and suitable Serbs in Pristina institutions by Haradinaj, Thaci and Veseli,”  Srpska Lista said in a […]

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Vesna Mikic: Democracy in Kosovo is just an illusion (RTV Puls, KIM radio)

By   /  26/03/2019  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  Comments Off on Vesna Mikic: Democracy in Kosovo is just an illusion (RTV Puls, KIM radio)

Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj dismissed Vesna Mikic yesterday from the post of the Deputy Minister of Justice, whereby he stated that there is “no room for individuals, regardless of their ethnicity in the Kosovo government and Kosovo institutions that can undermine a common Euro-Atlantic values,” reports KIM radio. Mikic responded, regarding her dismissal, that […]

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Vucic: Early parliamentary elections “either in June, or next year” (Tanjug, B92)

By   /  26/03/2019  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  Comments Off on Vucic: Early parliamentary elections “either in June, or next year” (Tanjug, B92)

Serbian President and ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) leader Aleksandar Vucic says no final decision has been made on holding parliamentary elections. Elections will take place either in June, or in the spring of 2020, Vucic announced late on Monday, after a meeting of his party’s presidency, B92 reported. He said that the final decision […]

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Raska-Prizren Eparchy on misunderstanding with TV Most (TV Most)

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Raska-Prizren Eparchy Bishop Teodosije sent a letter to TV Most in which a misunderstanding that occurred on Sunday at Saint Demetrious Church in Mitrovca North was clarified, TV Most reports. In a letter the Bishop Teodosije noted there is a rule applicable in all Serbian Orthodox Church eparchies and it says that all media activities […]

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Life sentence given for Donjeta Pajazitaj’s murder (Pristina Insight)

By   /  26/03/2019  /  Development/Humanitarian  /  Comments Off on Life sentence given for Donjeta Pajazitaj’s murder (Pristina Insight)

In less than a month, the Kosovo justice system has issued its second life sentence for a woman’s murder on Monday, finding Naser Pajazitaj guilty of the murder of his cousin, Donjeta Pajazitaj, in November 2015. The Basic Court in Peja issued a life sentence on Monday for the murder of Donjeta Pajazitaj by her […]

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Kocijančič: Kosovo to abolish the taxes, so the dialogue could be continued (European Western Balkans)

By   /  26/03/2019  /  International  /  Comments Off on Kocijančič: Kosovo to abolish the taxes, so the dialogue could be continued (European Western Balkans)

Spokesperson of European Commission Maja Kocijančič said the EU along with US and other countries once again called out the Government of Kosovo to abolish the taxes imposed on the goods coming from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina adding that this measure distracts the dialogue and Pristina’s path towards EU. https://bit.ly/2TzTHCW

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Kosovo PM Fires Serb Official for NATO ‘Genocide’ Remark (VoA)

By   /  26/03/2019  /  International  /  Comments Off on Kosovo PM Fires Serb Official for NATO ‘Genocide’ Remark (VoA)

Kosovo’s prime minister has fired a deputy justice minister from the ethnic Serb minority after she described NATO’s intervention 20 years ago as an act of “genocide” on Serbia. Ramush Haradinaj said Monday he fired Vesna Mikic because of her “unacceptable” comment in a Facebook post. On Sunday, Belgrade commemorated the 20th anniversary of the […]

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Kosovo Deputy Minister Dismissed Over ‘Genocide’ Comment About NATO (RFERL)

By   /  26/03/2019  /  International  /  Comments Off on Kosovo Deputy Minister Dismissed Over ‘Genocide’ Comment About NATO (RFERL)

Kosovar Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has fired the country’s deputy justice minister, an ethnic Serb, after she called NATO’s 1999 bombing campaign of then-Yugoslavia a “planned genocide.” Haradinaj dismissed Vesna Mikic on March 25, saying in a statement that there is “no place” in his government and other institutions in Kosovo for individuals to “denigrate […]

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Kosovo Fires Deputy Minister for ‘NATO Genocide’ Comment (Balkan Insight)

By   /  26/03/2019  /  International  /  Comments Off on Kosovo Fires Deputy Minister for ‘NATO Genocide’ Comment (Balkan Insight)

Deputy Justice Minister Vesna Mikic was sacked after describing the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, a military intervention to help Kosovo Albanians, as “genocide against a sovereign state”. Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj fired Deputy Justice Minister Vesna Mikic on Monday for her comment accusing NATO of ‘genocide’ on the 20th anniversary of the start […]

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