Drecun: Pristina uses election to annul Serb majority will and additionaly raises tension (RTS, N1, Beta)
The head of the Parliamentary Committee for Kosovo Milovan Drecun said the decision to call local elections in the north of Kosovo was Pristina’s intention to void the majority’s will of the Serbs and “to install” individuals from the Serb nation, the Beta news agency reported on Wednesday. Speaking to the public service Radio Television […]
Read More →Pristina’s plan: Elections, riots, police incursion? (Politika, Tanjug, B92)
By scheduling elections for mayors of Serb northern municipalities, “Pristina is trying to destabilize Serbs.” This creates the danger of protests and violence, Belgrade-based daily Politika writes. Namely, if the Serb List, voted for by some 90 percent of Serbs in the last elections, decides to boycott the May elections, according to the Belgrade daily, […]
Read More →Representatives of Serbs from Kosovo to meet with Vucic (B92, Tanjug)
President Aleksandar Vucic and Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija chief Marko Djuric will meet with political representatives of Serbs from Kosovo. The meeting will be held at noon on Wednesday in the Palace of Serbia. Participants will then address the media, the president’s press service said. While visiting Mostar, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, on Tuesday, Vucic […]
Read More →Serbian military brass warns against “any coup attempts” (B92, Tanjug)
Serbia’s top military officials met on Tuesday in Belgrade for a session of the Collegium of the Minister of Defense and the Chief of the General Staff. According to announcements before the meeting, they discussed security situation in the country and its surroundings. The Serbian Army will not allow any attempts at a coup and […]
Read More →Union: Serbia’s army won’t go against its people, Def Min to be held responsible (Beta, N1)
The Union of Serbia’s army said late on Tuesday that because it was not satisfied with the work of Defence Minister Aleksandar Vulin, the military would not violently change the regime, but neither would it ever go against its people, the Beta news agency reported. The Union’s statement also called on the respective institutions and […]
Read More →Kosovo PM fires ethnic Serb minister for offensive language (AP, National Post)
Kosovo’s prime minister has fired a minister from the ethnic Serb minority for using “ethnically based” hate words to malign war-time victims of former Serb president, Slobodan Milosevic. In his Facebook page, Ramush Haradinaj wrote Tuesday that he had fired Local Power Minister Ivan Teodosijevic and that “in my Cabinet there is no place for […]
Read More →Kosovo Serb Minister Fired for Calling Albanians ‘Terrorists’ (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj sacked the Serb Minister of Local Government Administration, Ivan Teodosijevic, for describing ethnic Albanians as terrorists and fabricators of massacres during the war in Kosovo. Ramush Haradinaj announced on Tuesday that he has dismissed the Minister of Local Government Administration, Ivan Teodosijevic, a Kosovo Serb, for using hate speech. Haradinaj […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 09 April
Srpska Lista reacts after Todosijevic’s dismissal (KTV) Reçak residents disappointed that Government appointed ministers who deny the massacre (KTV) Kosovo, Serbia to reach best possible agreement (GazetaExpress) Kuqi: Partnership with US and EU must be preserved (RTK) Kosovo MP questioned as a suspect by Hague prosecutors (GazetaExpress) Vucic: Representatives of Serbs decide about elections in […]
Read More →Vetevendosje’s Haxhiu: Protests and motion of no confidence against government (media)
Vetevendosje MP Albulena Haxhiu told KTV today that there will be anti-government rallies and a motion of no confidence against the Haradinaj-led government. “Kurti [Vetevendosje leader] recently highlighted all the scandals of the Haradinaj government and now there is a new momentum to go out on the streets to stop Haradinaj. There are many reasons […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 10 April
• Haradinaj fires Minister of Local Government, Teodosijevic (media)
• Serbian List reacts to Teodosijevic’s dismissal (media)
• Veseli: EU to react to provocations by Serbia and Vucic (Koha)
• Serbian government reacts to dismissal of Serb Minister (RTK)
• Palmer: Serbia and Kosovo to negotiate best possible agreement (media)
• Daka: Organising elections in the north will not be a challenge (Epoka)
• Kuqi: We must safeguard our partnership with U.S. and EU (RTK)
• Bajrami: Constitution does not allow referendum on borders (Express)
• Kosovo takes part in security conference at UN HQ (RTV21/Kallxo)
• Kuci remained silent during his interview at The Hague (Bota Sot)
• Special prosecution addresses reports on “Gulenists” and lobbying funds (Koha)
• Hoxhaj: Kosovo became a board member of parliamentary network (media)
• Justice minister Tahiri condemns Prekaz killing (media)