Church in Suvi Do village broken into again, house in returnee village Brestovik burglarized (KoSSev)
Kosovo police reported about two theft cases affecting the Serb community. A house belonging to the Serb returnee in the village of Brestovik, Pec municipality was burglarized, while the Serbian Orthodox Church of Saint Petka in the village of Suvi Do, Mitrovica North was broken into. The Church in Suvi Do village was broken into; […]
Read More →Progressive on paper, patriarchal in mindset (Prishtina Insight)
Despite quotas in place demanding equal representation, women remain vastly underrepresented in the Kosovo’s public institutions, violating the law and setting a dangerous precedent for the future. The cabinet of the Kosovo government consists of 21 ministers, 20 men and only one woman, Dhurata Hoxha, who leads the Ministry of European Integration. Likewise, within the […]
Read More →Serbian opposition condemns Vulin’s statement on delimitation – another criminal charge announced (BETA, KoSSev)
The statement of the Serbian Minister of Defense, Aleksandar Vulin that “delimitation with the Albanians should take place as soon as possible” caused an intense reaction among Serbian opposition on Sunday, BETA news agency reports. The Alliance for Serbia (SzS) assessed this announcement as “extremely dangerous and unacceptable,” while leader of the Dveri Movement, Bosko […]
Read More →Vulin: Delimitation with Albanians as soon as possible; Military Union files criminal charges against Vulin (FoNet, BETA, TV N1, KoSSev)
Serbian Minister of Defense, Aleksandar Vulin said that he is in favor of delimitation with the Albanians taking place “as soon as possible.” On the other hand, the Serbian Military Union filed criminal charges against Vulin for “endangering the territorial integrity and betraying the country, “ and requested his dismissal and arrest, Belgrade-based BETA news […]
Read More →Drecun: Albanian soldiers provocation for Serbs (TV Pink, Vecernje Novosti, Tanjug)
After Albanian soldiers toured Mitrovica North couple of days ago and the announcement that several hundreds of them would be deployed to the north of Kosovo, Chairperson of the Serbian National Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun said it represents an endangerment of the security of Serbian people there. Drecun told TV Pink […]
Read More →KFOR: No indication of violence in Kosovo’s north (N1, Vecernje Novosti)
The spokesperson for NATO’s peacekeeping force in Kosovo (KFOR), Vincenzo Grasso, said there are no indications that the situation in Kosovo’s northern part could turn violent and that the only destabilisation comes from “speculations” spread by certain individuals and some media. “KFOR is completely committed to protecting all people. That is where the cooperation with […]
Read More →Covic: Some evil is being prepared for Serbs in Kosovo (Telegraf, Tanjug, B92)
Former head of the Coordination Centre for Kosovo and Metohija Nebojsa Covic, believes that “some evil is in store” for Serbs in northern Kosovo. In his view, Pristina authorities, with the support of their foreign mentors, are planning to “round off their sovereignty in the whole territory of Kosovo and Metohija.” In an opinion piece […]
Read More →Vucic: If KFOR doesn’t protect Serbs – there are those who will (BETA, B92)
The presence of the Albanian army in the northern part of Mitrovica was “deliberate and planned,” the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said. The goal was to intimidate the Serbs in Kosovo and provoke Serbia, President Vucic said on Friday. Late on Thursday, the Serb List, a party representing Serbs in Kosovo, asked KFOR to […]
Read More →Djuric: We will knock on all doors to make Pristina revoke tariffs (BETA, TV N1, RTS)
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric said on Saturday that he spoke to US officials in Washington about ending the tariffs which Pristina introduced for Serbian products and said he will “knock on every door” in the world to present Serbia’s arguments. Djuric told Serbian public broadcaster that he spoke to […]
Read More →Talk of Shifting Kosovo’s Borders Sparks Concern (Spiegel)
Twenty years after the end of NATO’s intervention in the Balkans, the relationship between Serbia and its former province of Kosovo remains tense. Senior figures are talking about shifting Kosovar borders, setting a potentially dangerous precedent. These days, his statesman’s uniform fits the former rebel commander perfectly: bespoke shoes, dark suit, golden cuff links. Flanked by reverent-looking […]
Read More →Kosovo, copying Israel, sees itself as next startup nation (The Times of Israel)
Arta Shehu Zaimi, the co-founder of Labbox and jCoders Academy, teaches kids as young as 8 the basics of computer coding and robotics. Today, she five centers in Kosovo with more than 1,000 students. Rron Cena’s company, Formon, manufactures desktop plug-and-play 3D printers and sells them for only €599 (about NIS 2,400). And Platforma Akademia […]
Read More →Artisanal Food Shop Helps Kosovo War-Rape Survivors Earn Income — And Heal (NPR)
Every morning, B. wakes up at dawn to begin her day in a rural farming village in western Kosovo. She starts the fire, bakes fresh bread for the home, feeds her cow, then tends to her homemade dairy products that she prepares from a small room. “I’m restless, I have to do something,” B., 51, […]
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