Hodzic: ”One more difficult situation has hit citizens in northern Kosovo” (KIM radio, Slobodno Srpski)
Minister of Administration and Local Government in the Government of Kosovo Adrijana Hodzic expressed concern over the situation that occurred during and after the Kosovo Police action on Tuesday, 28 May, when arrested persons suspected of smuggling, abuse of office and corruption, reports KIM radio, quoting Slobodno Srpski (Free Serbian) show with Hodzic. “It is […]
Read More →Grasso: KFOR cannot give information on behalf of others (Danas)
KFOR Spokesperson Vincenzo Grasso told Belgrade based daily Danas that there is a lot of discussion about whether an information is given but one can check that during the interview for TV Prva, he said that “everyone was informed”, which meant that the information was previously disclosed. He added that KFOR cannot provide the information […]
Read More →Vulin: Thaci’s statement is the killing of dialogue (KIM radio, TV Pink)
Statement by Hashim Thaci that Community/Association of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) will not be formed is the best test for the authority of the European Union, said Aleksandar Vulin, Serbian Minister of Defense, reports KIM radio, quoting Belgrade based TV Pink. According to Vulin, if this statement goes without sanctions, it will mean that the EU […]
Read More →Sessions devoted to laying the oath of four mayors in the North of Kosovo have been cancelled (Blic, Srna)
The sessions of the municipal assembly Zubin Potok, northern Mitrovica, Zvecan and Leposavic, were cancelled, reports daily Blic, quoting Srna agency. Mayors were supposed to take oath and take over duties in the four Serbian majority municipalities in the North. “Sessions are cancelled until further notice, and about the reasons for the cancellation will be […]
Read More →Vucic: ”Goal of Pristina is arrest of the commander Zeljko Bojic” (Serbian media)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said today to journalists, after visiting the military gymnasium in Belgrade, that the ultimate goal of Pristina is the arrest of Kosovo police commander for northern Kosovo Zeljko Bojic, Serbian media reported. He said that yesterday’s Pristina’s incursion of Kosovo police special forces in the north of Kosovo and the arrest […]
Read More →The barricade in Zupce village breached, the shooting continues, wounded two Serbs (B92, Vecernje Novosti, Tanjug)
Vecernje Novosti unofficially learn that in the municipality of Zubin Potok currently the most difficult situation. The barricade, set up by the Serbs in the village of Zupce, was breached. B92 reports that ROSU members now are heading towards the village of Varage, according to Novosti’s sources. Tanjug agency reports that two Serbs were slightly […]
Read More →Djuric: Western countries found strange way to congratulate (Tanjug, B92)
Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric thinks the “Quint’s” statement was as “a strange way to congratulate on a clean and convincing victory.” The “Quint” countries are the US, Germany, Italy, the UK, and France, and their statement concerned Sunday’s local elections in four Serb municipalities in northern Kosovo, won by the Serb […]
Read More →Elections in the north: Voting not possible with Serbian IDs (KoSSev)
Voting in today’s extraordinary elections for mayors is only allowed with Kosovo’s ID cards, the President of the Central Election Commission, Valdete Daka announced at a media press conference, Indeksonline reported. The KoSSev portal received the same information in the field. At yesterday’s conference held by the coalition of NGOs monitoring elections – Democracy in […]
Read More →Statement by Ambassador Apostolova on the elections in four northern municipalities in Kosovo (EU Office)
“Transparent, inclusive and credible elections offering a meaningful choice of candidates are the cornerstone of democracy. The EU expects all stakeholders involved in the upcoming extraordinary mayoral elections in four municipalities in northern Kosovo to respect the integrity of the electoral process. The EU underlines the importance of following up and implementing the EU election […]
Read More →A deputy minister’s vehicle torched in Zubin Potok (KoSSev, Kontakt plus radio, RTK2, KIM radio)
A vehicle belonging to the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Welfare in the Kosovo government and member of the Serbian lIst, Milos Perovic was torched early this morning in the center of Zubin Potok. Kosovo Police spokesperson for the Region North lieutenant Branislav Radovic told KoSSev that the vehicle was set on fire early […]
Read More →President Vucic warns that Pristina wants to move against Serbs (RTS, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has told public broadcaster RTS that the Kosovo authorities want to arrest 26 police officers from northern Kosovo, and another 15 people. According to him, the excuse for the arrests would be that they had participated “in corruption, and the like.” Vucic also told RTS that “the vicious circle in Kosovo […]
Read More →”Money spent in northern Kosovo is supporting the leaders and not the people” (KIM radio)
”Where were the millions of euros invested in the north of Kosovo?” was a topic of a debate held on Tuesday in Media Centre in Caglavica, reports KIM radio. Some panelists claimed that there was a detailed report for each euro invested, and that citizens were informed about everything else, others feel that neither councilors […]
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