Marko Jaksic: We’re coming to Belgrade on April 13 (Danas)
Marko Jaksic, lawyer, former councillor of the CI SDP – Oliver Ivanovic in North Mitrovica municipality and one of the organizers of the “#1 in 5 million protest” in this city confirmed to the Belgrade based daily Danas that the “citizens who participate in protests in Kosovo will come to Belgrade on April 13”. On […]
Read More →Drecun: London’s warning political maneuver (Tanjug, Dnevnik)
A warning London has sent to the British citizens saying they should not travel to the north of Kosovo resembles more a political maneuvre that has something else in its background, and not security threats, interlocutors told Tanjug news agency. They also noted if British services have such information, they should share it with Belgrade, […]
Read More →COM KFOR: Irresponsible rhetoric is concern (RTS, Jedinstvo)
KFOR Commander Major General Lorenzo D’Addario in an interview to Jedinstvo weekly said nothing indicates that the incidents could happen in Kosovo, adding KFOR is fully committed to implementing its mandate in line with UN SC Resolution 1244. General D’Addario noted the only concern is caused by rhetoric used by all sides, since it creates […]
Read More →Rakic: Vucic’s message is our greatest protection (Beta, Politika, N1)
President of the Serbian List, Goran Rakic says that the biggest support to the Kosovo Serbs was “a clear message” of the President of Serbia President Aleksandar Vucic who said he would not allow the expulsion of Serbs (from Kosovo). Goran Rakic told the Belgrade based daily Politika that with help from Serbia, Kosovo would […]
Read More →Drecun: “KFOR is silent – but what’s Albanian army doing in Kosovo?” (TV Pink, B92, Tanjug)
“A joint exercise by the Albanian army and the so-called KSF in Kosovo and Metohija is intended to intimidate the Serb people,” Milovan Drecun said. And these are preparations for a possible provoking of violence in the north of Kosovo and Metohija (KiM), the chair of the Serbian National Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija […]
Read More →Stoltenberg: NATO does not plan to reduce presence in Kosovo (RTV Puls, Prva TV)
NATO has plans to neither reduce presence of its forces nor KFOR Mission in Kosovo, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told Serbian Prva TV, adding the reason of NATO presence in Kosovo is to protect all the people and the Serbian community. Asked why the pogrom against the Serbs in Kosovo happened in March 2004, […]
Read More →KFOR denies knowledge of Pristina’s plans (Tanjug, B92)
KFOR is not aware of Pristina’s alleged intention to raid northern Kosovo and takes over the Trepca (mining complex), claims KFOR spokesperson Vincenzo Grasso. Commenting on media reports that KFOR knows about Pristina’s plan, the spokesperson of this military mission calls on everyone to refrain from provoking unnecessary tensions by placing unverified information that causes […]
Read More →Drecun: Serbia will not leave its people at Pristina’s merciless (RTS)
Chairman of the Serbian National Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun told RTS that in a case of a massive violence taking place in Kosovo, and if KFOR can not or does not want to react, Serbia would not leave its people at Pristina’s merciless. Speaking for the RTS news edition, Drecun also […]
Read More →Serbian FM: Don’t come for Trepca, don’t play with fire (Tanjug, B92)
All international factors have been told clearly that any military intervention undermining the Brussels deal with NATO and KFOR would cause Serbia’s reaction. Serbian Foreign Minister and First Deputy PM Ivica Dacic said this on Wednesday. “Everyone knows well that no one must play with fire and expect Serbia not to react. Serbia will react,” […]
Read More →Dacic: Serbia warned NATO, we will react if Serbs are attacked (TV Pink, Tanjug, B92)
There is no unified appeal by the international community to Pristina to revoke the tariffs on goods from Serbia, and that is why they remain in force, Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic told TV Pink. He added the US has been interested in the tariffs to be revoked and the dialogue to continue, because […]
Read More →Blic: Albanians preparing to invade Trepca, KFOR knows it? (Blic, Tanjug, B92)
Kosovo authorities plan to have special police units storm in and take over the Trepca (mining complex) plant in the north of Kosovo and Metohija. That is according to a report in Belgrade-based daily Blic, carried by Tanjug on Wednesday. The daily said Kosovo Albanians would in that way infiltrate into the majority Serb part […]
Read More →No military option for Kosovo right now, Serbia’s army chief says (N1, Beta)
The Army of Serbia’s Chief-of-Staff General Milan Mojsilovic said on Tuesday that the situation in Kosovo was “extremely complex”, but that Belgrade did not consider any military option right now, the Beta news agency reported. Speaking to the state RTS television, Mojsilovic described the situation in Kosovo as “full of tensions and unilateral moves.” “The […]
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