Georgia thanked for backing Serbia’s territorial integrity (B92, Srbija.gov.rs)
First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic was on a bilateral visit to Georgia on Wednesday, where he met with Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani. Dacic emphasized the importance of good and friendly relations between the two countries and its people, expressing satisfaction with successful cooperation in all areas of mutual interest, the government announced. […]
Read More →Leaving Kosovo: Legal Migration Upsurge Causes Depopulation Fears (Balkan Insight)
Gent, aged 26, and Almir, 23, two friends from Kamenica in Kosovo, tried to deliver the documents needed to obtain a working visa to Croatia every day last week, from Monday until they finally managed to get a place in the queue amid the crowds outside the Croatian embassy in Pristina on Thursday. After precisely […]
Read More →Kosovo Election Commission Rejects Main Serbian Party Candidates (Balkan Insight)
Scheduled local elections in four northern mainly Serbian districts of Kosovo were thrown into crisis on Wednesday when the Central Election Commission, CEC, failed to certify candidates from the main Serbian party in Kosovo, Srpska Lista. The candidates did not receive the necessary support from the CEC, meaning their candidacies have been rejected. CEC members […]
Read More →Serbian List filed complaint related to Central Election Commission decision (Radio kontakt plus, RTK)
The Serbian List filed the complaint to the Election Complaints and Appeals Panel (ECAP) following the decision of the Central Election Commission that failed to certify candidacy of Serbian List’s candidates running for mayoral elections in northern Kosovo municipalities, RTK reports. ECAP is a higher instance to take decisions, following the ones made by the […]
Read More →Kosovo orders house arrest for women repatriated from Syria (France 24)
Over 20 women repatriated from Syria to Kosovo have been put under house arrest for one month while they are investigated for links to the Islamic State group, a statement said on Thursday. The 26 women placed under house arrest are among a group of around 30 flown back to Pristina on Saturday alongside 74 […]
Read More →In Kosovo, a Teenage Girl’s Rape Case Stirs a #MeToo Fury (The New York Times)
In February, a local news website in Kosovo published a shocking story: A teenage girl had allegedly been raped and abused for two years, first by a teacher and then by a local police officer, who forced her to have an abortion after she became pregnant. In a Balkan region where gender-based violence has been […]
Read More →Vehicle and tractor belonging to Serb stolen in Kuzmin village (Radio KIM)
A vehicle and a tractor belonging to Grujica Simic were stolen last night in the village of Kuzmin, nearby Kosovo Polje, Radio KIM reports. “I was awake and went out last night around 23.00 hrs and everything was ok. When I got up this morning I went out and found an empty garage,” Simic said. […]
Read More →After five months newspapers arrived in northern Kosovo (Radio KIM, Radio kontakt plus)
After five months the daily newspapers from Serbia can be purchased at kiosks this morning in northern Kosovo, Radio KIM reports. Zvezdan Mihajlovic from KIM Beokolp company which is distributing the newspapers told Radio kontakt plus that additional 100 percent tariffs, Pristina introduced last year on goods from central Serbia, were paid, however the price […]
Read More →Unlike others, China doesn’t pressure Serbia, President Vucic says (Tanjug, B92, RTS)
It’s important for Serbia to cooperate with China as it’s a great power, which, unlike others, doesn’t exert pressure on our country, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in Beijing. Speaking at a panel organized by China’s Communist Party ahead of the Second Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, Vucic stressed that cooperation between people should […]
Read More →“Include names of NATO’s RTS victims on CPJ list” (Tanjug, B92)
The Trade Union of Journalists of Serbia (SINOS) wants 16 RTS employees killed by NATO to be included on the list of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). SINOS said in a statement that the night when NATO bombs killed 16 media workers in their workplace marked the beginning of the practice of unprovoked military […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 24 April
• Srpska Lista considers its non-certification a political attack (KTV)
• Srpska Lista appeals CEC decision at ECAP (RTK)
• Spahiu: Elections in north can’t happen without Srpska Lista (RTK)
• Ambassador Heldt: I wonder what wisdom of CEC decision is (RTK)
• 19 Kosovo women returned from Syria put under house detention (Gazeta Express)
• Kosovo Special Prosecutor’s Office: Trajkovic’s testimony was not crucial in the arrest and detention of two suspects, as Serbian politicians claim (Kossev)
• LDK reacts to appointment of Ngadhnjim Kastrati as RTK General Director (Klan Kosova)
• Chief Prosecutor Beka: I will speak to journalists despite Rules of Procedure (KTV)
Hoyt Yee: Berlin meeting is not crucial, but something new will happen (Gazeta Express)
Former United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia, Brian Hoyt Yee, said today that the meeting between Serbia and Kosovo presidents, Aleksandar Vucic and Hashim Thaci, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emanual Macron on April 29, is not crucial to the process of the dialogue, but it is […]
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