Serwer to Thaci: You cannot give to Vucic what he wants in the north (Express)
Daniel Serwer, former U.S. diplomat and Balkans analyst, during a security conference in Pristina on Thursday, argued against initiatives for border correction or land swaps between Kosovo and Serbia, the news website reports. “To your President [Thaci] I say this: Vucic [Serbian President] cannot give you what you want in southern Serbia, and you cannot […]
Read More →Serbia’s Minister of Culture wrote to UNESCO: Falsification of the Truth about the Orthodox Church in Novo Brdo (Serbian media)
Vladan Vukosavljevic, Serbia’s Minister of Culture and Information, warned UNESCO on Wednesday about the state of Serbia’s cultural heritage in Kosovo, following “the forgery of the historical facts about the Serb Orthodox St. Nikola’s church in Novo Brdo,” the FoNet news agency reported. In a letter to UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, Vukosavljevic listed “a permanent” […]
Read More →Long live Serbian-Russian friendship, President Vucic says (Beta, N1)
Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s President, said on Wednesday that his country and Russia had strategic and partner relations of mutual respect and understanding, the Beta news agency reported. During a celebration of the Russian Day at Moscow’s embassy in Belgrade, Vucic said that “every big day for Russia is equally big and important for Serbia.” He […]
Read More →Pristina honours, Belgrade mourns anniversary of Serbia’s withdrawal from Kosovo (Beta, N1)
The Kosovo authorities marked the 20th anniversary of the withdrawal of Serbian security forces at an event in central Pristina which was attended by former US officials and NATO commanders, while Director of the office for KiM Marko Djuric, a Belgrade official described the event as “the dance of the vampires,” the Beta news agency […]
Read More →Kosovo bus stoned while traveling through Serbia (Indeksonline)
The news website reports that a bus from Kosovo was attacked with stones while travelling through Serbia on its way to Slovenia. In the Batajnica neighbourhood near Belgrade, unknown persons threw stones smashing the front window of the bus with passengers from Kosovo. Serbian police went to the site and are investigating the incident. The […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 13 June
• Kosovo marks 20th anniversary of deployment of NATO troops (media)
• Albright: Kosovo is independent, deserves to be recognised by all (Koha)
• Haradinaj: Kosovo has the courage to reach agreement with Serbia (media)
• Clark: Putin can provoke crisis in Balkans whenever he needs this (RTK)
• Kosovo opposition leaders visibly absent at main ceremony in Pristina (Express)
• Paris summit question marks (Zeri)
• Serbian media: Kosovo – Serbia agreement by year’s end? (media)
• Kurti: Border correction and national unification don’t go hand in hand (Zeri)
• Police launch operation for fighting contraband in the north (Zeri)