Kandic to Thaci: Allow the Serbs from Gjakovica to visit the church (NMagazin, Danas, N1, Press, B92, Blic)
The founder of the Humanitarian Law Center, Natasa Kandic, called on Kosovo President Hashim Thaci to allow Serbs from Djakovica to visit the church this year. “On this occasion, please personally engage so that the Serbs from Djakovica on August 28, 2018, visit the church and their homes and them not to be exposed to […]
Read More →Jevtic: The displaced still have no possibilities to return (NMagazin, Kontakt plus radio)
Each year on June 20 the United Nations, United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and countless civic groups around the world host World Refugee Day events in order to draw the public’s attention to the millions of refugees and Internally displaced persons worldwide who have been forced to flee their homes due to war, conflict and […]
Read More →Brezovica: Collective centres two weeks without electricity (KIM Radio)
Internally displaced persons living in collective centres in Brezovica are without electricity for two weeks, Milan Janjic confirmed to KIM Radio, adding there are no indications electricity supply would be restored any time soon. Electricity was cut off to the four collective centres two weeks ago, over unpaid electricity invoices. Milan Janjic internally displaced person […]
Read More →Collective centres in Brezovica without electricity again (KIM Radio)
The electricity in collective centres in Brezovica was cut off over unpaid debts from 10 years ago, KIM Radio reported. There are around 300 displaced persons living in the four collective centres in Brezovica. Milan Janjic, displaced person from Urosevac told RTV KIM the electricity was cut off this morning around 9.00. Every month Commissariat […]
Read More →Albanians from Petric near Klina blocked access to Holly Trinity Church (Radio Gorazdevac, Radio kontakt plus)
Around 50 Albanians blocked with vehicles access to the Serbian Orthodox Church Holly Trinity in the village of Petric, disallowing displaced Serbs from this village to mark today’s holiday, the church is named after, Radio Gorazdevac learned. High number of Kosovo Police members is also present on the spot. A group of displaced Serbs from […]
Read More →Dejan Slavic in detention up to 30 days (KIM radio, RTS, Blic, Politika, Vecernje Novosti)
The Basic Court in Pristina ordered detention up to 30 days to Dejan Slavic from Obilic on suspicion of allegedly committing a war crime against the civilian population during the Kosovo conflict, reports Serbian media. Lawyer Nebojsa Vlajic, defense attorney for the arrested Slavic, told RTS that he received the court’s decision on detention and […]
Read More →Serb properties in Kosovo destroyed and taken over, perpetrators remain unpunished (RTS)
Serbian national broadcaster, RTS continues its serial “Pravo na sutra” focusing on usurped Serb properties in Kosovo, featuring some of the cases. According to RTS, more than a million of land plots in Kosovo and Metohija are usurped. There are assessments saying that more than 35.000 residential units were destroyed. While displaced Serbs from Kosovo […]
Read More →Serb properties in Kosovo, thousands of cases still open (RTS)
Kosovo Assembly members adopted some time ago a law on taxation, stipulating owners of usurped properties in Kosovo will not pay taxes until they are able to use their properties again, Serbian national broadcaster RTS reported. Displaced Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija are facing property issues for many years. While some of them managed to […]
Read More →Rakic, Djuric reactions on protest in Đakovica (Radio Mitrovica, TV Most, RTV Pink, RTS)
“At a time when Orthodox Christians around the world are preparing to celebrate the day of birth of Jesus Christ, Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija are denied the right to rejoice in Christmas, to hold their ceremony/prayers and to bring in the Christmas Log,” Mayor of Mitrovica North, Goran Rakic said in a press statement, […]
Read More →Kozarev: To provide conditions for return of displaced (Tanjug, Novosti)
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Deputy Director, Dusan Kozarev said that conditions for sustainable return of internally displaced persons from Kosovo over the last two decades were very bad, Serbian media reported. Kozarev made these remarks on Friday, at the meeting of “Skopje Initiative” in Podgorica, supported by the UNHCR and OSCE Mission in Kosovo. […]
Read More →Darko Tasic got one month detention (Kontakt plus radio)
Darko Tasic, displaced Serb from Prizren, arrested in Brnjak on Wednsday, was sent to one month detention, following the proposal of the EULEX Special Prosecutor for war crimes, Paul Flynn, Kontakt plus radio reported. Tasic is suspected of committing the war crime against the civilian population, as he as reserved member of the police with […]
Read More →Jevtic: To establish ASM as agreed (KIM Radio)
Kosovo Minister for Communities and Returns said in a meeting with the Slovenian Ambassador in Pristina, Bojan Bertoncelj that concrete steps are missing in resolving the minority issues, among them the most important is the establishment of the Association of Serb Municipalities (ASM), KIM Radio reported. “The beginning of the establishment of the ASM opens […]
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