B92: ”Albanians returned eight buses transporting Serbs from the south of Kosovo to a rally in Belgrade” (Tanjug)
Eight buses with Serbs from three Kosovo South municipalities, who were going to Belgrade for the “Future of Serbia” rally, were returned from the administrative crossing Konculj. The president of the temporary authority of the municipality of Vitina, Srdjan Nikolic, said that refusing to allow these buses to pass was justified by the fact that […]
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Committee’s resolution will call for Serbia to admit that it committed genocide (KTV)
Veseli calls on friendly countries to draft resolution to recognise Serbia as crime inflictor (KTV)
O’Connell: Agreement with Serbia shouldn’t be quick, but good (KTV)Djuric: No meeting between Kosovo and Serbia delegations in Berlin (Klan Kosova)Srpska Lista, Vetëvendosje and PDK will take part in early elections in north (KTV & RTK)
Veseli to Prosecutors: File charges against corrupt officials (Most monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova)
Haradinaj considers Kosovo’s ranking as 75th for freedom of speech encouraging (KTV)
Thaçi: No dialogue with Serbian side in Berlin (Klan Kosova’s summary of Zona e Debatit show)
Rakic, Vulovic, Jankovic and Todic mayoral candidates again (KIM)
Srpska Lista candidates for mayors in the four northern municipalities are Zoran Todic, Srdjan Vulovic, Vucina Jankovic and Goran Rakic, Radio KIM reports referring to Pristina-based daily Zeri. Srpska Lista submitted on Thursday its request to the Central Election Commission for the participation at the forthcoming extraordinary mayoral elections in the north. The elections are […]
Read More →Dacic: Serbia will never join anti-Russia sanctions (Tanjug, B92, TASS)
Serbia will not impose any restrictive measures on Russia despite pressure, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said. “The friendship between Russia and Serbia is already a tradition. Now our relations are at the level of strategic cooperation. That’s why Serbia never has and never will impose sanctions or other restrictive measures against Russia despite […]
Read More →Media Coalition: Journalists in Serbia exposed to threats, their safety at risk (N1, Beta)
The Coalition of journalists’ and media associations called on public on Thursday to defend professional media and journalists who had been exposed to insults, serious threats and whose safety was jeopardised, the Beta news agency reported. In its statement, the Coalition said that in the last several days only, some journalists were publicly lynched on […]
Read More →Gracanica: A dozen buses departed to Belgrade (KIM radio)
In Gracanica, in the early morning hours, many people gathered in front of the ETC market, which in an organized manner in buses departed to Belgrade, reports KIM radio. A dozen of buses are transporting people to the rally ”Future for Serbia”, organised today in Belgrade by the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), reports KIM […]
Read More →Media Freedom Vanishing in Some Balkan States, Report Warns (Balkan Insight)
The 2019 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders says media freedom is falling fast in Serbia and Albania – though the picture in some other countries in the region is more positive. The latest report by Reporters Without Borders published on Thursday noted significant declines over the past year in levels of press […]
Read More →Last Despatches: Kosovo Journalist Followed for Months, Then Shot (Balkan Insight)
The latest report in BIRN’s Last Despatches series, about journalists and media workers killed during and after the Yugoslavia wars, tells the story of Afrim Maliqi, who was shadowed by unknown men and then killed in 1998. “When we said goodbye to each other, he came back, tapped on the metal banister of the stairs […]
Read More →Moscow: Tirana’s aspirations towards Greater Albania cannot be ignored (RTS)
The Russian Foreign Ministry said it cannot ignore “a series of steps taken by the current Albanian leadership in connection with the consolidation of the Albanian factor within the regional policy of Tirana,” reported Radio Television of Serbia. The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama said in an […]
Read More →Soltes: I hope visa are lifted this year, people are leaving in search of better life (Indeksonline)
The European Parliament’s Rapporteur for Kosovo, Igor Soltes, told the news website today that he hopes Kosovo will finally get visa liberalization this year. “I hope it will happen this year, but everything depends on the member states and those that give the green light so that European institutions can continue their legal work in […]
Read More →“Region has not made good use of CEFTA” (Tanjug, B92)
The region has not made good use of CEFTA, aimed at making the Western Balkans a single economy and preparing the market for the EU, says Mirsad Jasarspahic. Political decisions such as (Pristina’s) introduction of taxes are among the reasons for this, the vice president of the Chamber of Economy of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina […]
Read More →Ahmeti: Berlin Summit will focus on Kosovo – Serbia dialogue (Klan Kosova)
Shpend Ahmeti, co-head of Kosovo’s delegation for talks with Serbia, said on Thursday that the upcoming Berlin Summit will focus on the Kosovo – Serbia dialogue. “There will be discussions on whether or not there is a new idea to find a solution. Discussions will focus on getting the two countries of the current stalemate,” […]
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