One-sided panel on war crimes in Kosovo at US Congress (RTS)
Foreign Affairs Committee of the United States House of Representatives, lower chamber of the US Congress on Tuesday evening organized a panel on war crimes in Kosovo during the conflict in 1998 and 1999, RTS reports. The members of the panel were representatives of the Kosovo Albanians only, so the discussion was rather one-sided, RTS […]
Read More →Two decades since NATO bombing of Nis-Express bus in Luzane (Gracanica-online, KoSSev, KIM Radio, Radio kontakt plus, RTV Puls, TV Most)
Brother and sister, Nikola (17) and Marija (15) Petrovic from Gracanica died along with their grandmother on May 1, two decades ago, when NATO bombed Nis-Express bus on the Pristina-Nis highway in Luzane, Serbian media in Kosovo report. The two teens and their grandmother were on their way back from Prokuplje to Gracanica. No one […]
Read More →Djuric: Berlin summit revealed “intentions of leaders and states” (Tanjug, B92)
Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric on Thursday “thanked the organizers of the summit in Berlin on behalf of the ruling party (SNS) and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.” Speaking in a news conference in Belgrade Djuric said that Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel prepared the summit “in a very serious way and gave […]
Read More →Momcilo Trajkovic: Vulin’s statement is a catastrophe, it is for criminal responsibility (N1)
Momcilo Trajkovic from the Serbian National Forum of Kosovo and Metohija told the regional broadcaster N1 that the statement by Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin about the delimitation in Kosovo is a catastrophe, and that it is for a criminal responsibility. “This division opens problems. What means division for us, 80,000 below the Ibar river? Where […]
Read More →KoSSev editor in chief: Instead with journalism, we are dealing with fake news and fighting for security (N1, KoSSev)
Who is standing behind the social networks profiles exclusively devoted to attacking opposition politicians and the media that are critical towards the government? Anonymity on the Internet makes finding an answer to this question impossible while simultaneously increasing the number of pages dedicated to fake news and hate speech campaigns. Facebook page “Zemun je nas […]
Read More →Dacic: They can make any threats they like, we have our interests (Prva TV, Tanjug, B92)
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister and First Deputy PM Ivica Dacic said on Tuesday there can be no agreement with Pristina without Belgrade’s consent. And Serbia will protect the interests of the people and the state, he told Prva TV a day after the meeting on Kosovo in Berlin, called by Germany and France. “They can […]
Read More →“Tirana dictates, Thaci and Haradinaj want ‘Greater Albania’” (TV Pink, Tanjug, B92)
“Kosovo Albanian leaders Haradinaj and Thaci are under strong western influence, but Tirana is dictating the events with the goal of creating ‘Greater Albania’.” Chairman of the Serbian National Assembly’s Committee on Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun said this on Wednesday. He told TV Pink everything that has been done so far, including the formation […]
Read More →Bosnia should stay out of Kosovo issue, Serbian FM Dacic said (Tanjug, B92)
“Denis Zvizdic’s saying that a change of borders means opening Pandora’s box is meaningless and ridiculous,” Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said. Instead, Dacic continued, recognitions of Kosovo opened Pandora’s box – and now “no one is asking Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) how this issue will be resolved.” “We don’t care what they think, who’s asking them […]
Read More →Vulin: If EU doesn’t want Serbia – there are those who do (TV Pink, Tanjug, B92)
Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said if the EU does not want Serbia in its ranks, “there are those who do.” There are other alliances and other nations who want to cooperate as equals, Vulin added. “We are not condemned to Europe. The EU is Serbia’s strategic orientation, but not at the price of begging,” […]
Read More →Kosovo war survivors address US congress (Prishtina Insight)
Vasfije Krasniqi-Goodman, a wartime rape survivor, was among the speakers addressing the US House of Representatives on Tuesday, appealing for an end to impunity for war crimes and human rights abuses in Kosovo. Wartime sexual violence survivor and activist, Vasfije Krasniqi-Goodman, was among the speakers addressing the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US House […]
Read More →Kosovo War Rape Victim Urges US Congress to Seek Justice (Balkan Insight)
Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman, an outspoken survivor of rape during the Kosovo war, testified at the US House of Representatives’ foreign affairs committee that Washington should do more to hold Serbia accountable for wartime crimes. Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman, one of the first women in Kosovo to speak publicly about being a wartime rape victim, testified at […]
Read More →Latest Western Balkans summit fails to ease tensions between Kosovo, Serbia (Balkan Insight)
Leaders of Kosovo and Serbia have agreed to restart dialogue about a range of disputes between the two countries, but failed to reach any concrete conclusions during an EU-backed Western Balkans summit in Berlin on April 29. According to the German government, Serbia and Kosovo will move forward with implementing existing agreements, with both sides […]
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