Janjic: Calling for a boycott of elections in northern Kosovo would be a risky move (Beta, Danas)
President of the Ethnic Relations Forum, Dusan Janjic says that the decision to call the elections for the presidents of the four municipalities in northern Kosovo is a deliberate political move based on the Kosovo election law, and at this moment it is difficult to predict how things will develop. Janjic told Belgrade based news […]
Read More →Thaci calls elections, Belgrade silent – what does it mean? (BETA, Tanjug, Prva TV, TV Most, B92)
Hashim Thaci on Monday called elections for mayors of four Serb municipalities in northern Kosovo and Metohija. For now, Serbia has not reacted, while the Serb List expects consultations with the President Aleksandar Vucic tomorrow, Serbian media report. Journalist Milivoje Mihajlovic thinks that by calling these elections, Thaci expects this to cause unrest – a […]
Read More →“Conditions for holding elections do not exist” (Radio KIM)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci announced extraordinary mayoral elections in northern Kosovo on 19 May. Deputy Leader of Civic Initiative Freedom, Democracy, Justice (GI SDP) Ksenija Bozovic thinks that conditions for holding elections do not exist, while RTV Mir Director Nenad Radosavljevic said elections are yet another game that may cause instability, Radio KIM reports. “A […]
Read More →Radakovic: Elections in northern Kosovo are test (Radio kontakt plus)
Director of the Advocacy Centre for Democratic Culture (ACDC) Dusan Radakovic told Radio kontakt plus that the elections in northern Kosovo, which were called by Kosovo President Hashim Thaci for May 19, are a test (taking the pulse) of the Serbian community and opined that Serbs should not boycott them. He noted the upcoming elections […]
Read More →“Serb Minister should be dismissed” (media)
Several news websites report that Ivan Teodosijevic, Minister for Local Government in the Kosovo Government, made “a discriminating and shameful” statement on the 20th anniversary of NATO air raids. Teodosijevic wrote on a Facebook post: “The reason behind the aggression over our country was the so-called humanitarian catastrophe in Kosovo. The massacre in Recak was […]
Read More →Simic: Consultations with Vucic over extraordinary mayoral elections in northern Kosovo (Danas, RTS)
Vice President of Srpska Lista Igor Simic told RTS that representative of the List would meet tomorrow with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic over extraordinary mayoral elections in the northern Kosovo. “We would always consult with official Belgrade and make decisions in line with the interest of the Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija,” Simic said. […]
Read More →EU might lose Serbia because of Russia and China – diplomats (Danas)
Sooner or later the EU must accept Serbia and other Western Balkans states as its members, since it is the only way to “preserve” these countries from the influence of other stakeholders, foremost Russia and China, diplomatic sources unofficially told Belgrade-based daily Danas. They noted “the enlargement is the only tool at the Union’s disposal […]
Read More →EU has not abandoned Western Balkans, diplomats say (N1, Beta)
The European Union is not investing strong efforts to resolve the Kosovo-Serbia problem and stimulate reforms in the Western Balkans, but it still wants to stabilize the region, the Beta news agency was told at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg. Diplomatic sources told the news agency that the EU’s strategic goal is […]
Read More →Roma Abazi family: The way we are living – this is not life (KoSSev)
Roma people marked their International Day yesterday. Throughout the Balkans, pushed on social margins, and not being integrated in regional societies, this vulnerable community face poverty, stigmatization and an unpredictable future. The KoSSev team visited the Abazi family from the Roma community living in North Mitrovica on the eve of International Romani Day in order […]
Read More →Kosovo Leader Orders Snap Ballot in Four Serb-Majority Areas (Bloomberg)
President Hashim Thaci called for early elections in Kosovo’s most tense area, four northern municipalities with Serb majorities whose leadership quit last year during a diplomatic clash between the Balkan neighbors. At odds with the central, mostly ethnic Albanian government, the officials from the northern districts resigned after Pristina imposed a 100 percent tariff on […]
Read More →The Balkans Impact Austria Directly (CorD)
Any solution (for Kosovo) needs to have support of the mayor powers, particularly the permanent members of the Security Council. We have an interest in being in close partnership with the United States regarding the Western Balkans and to have their support in encouraging in this important process – Sebastian Kurz. See the interview at: […]
Read More →Kosovo Calls Extraordinary Elections in Serb-run North (Balkan Insight)
President Hashim Thaci announced local elections in four Serb-majority municipalities in Kosovo to replace mayors who resigned last year – amid doubts about whether the leading Kosovo Serb party will participate. President Hashim Thaci on Monday announced that early local elections will be held in May in the four Serb-majority northern municipalities of Kosovo. “Taking […]
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