Janjic: Calling for a boycott of elections in northern Kosovo would be a risky move (Beta, Danas)
President of the Ethnic Relations Forum, Dusan Janjic says that the decision to call the elections for the presidents of the four municipalities in northern Kosovo is a deliberate political move based on the Kosovo election law, and at this moment it is difficult to predict how things will develop. Janjic told Belgrade based news […]
Read More →FM Dacic reacts to “evil in store for Serbs in Kosovo” article (Tanjug, B92)
Serbia has been pointing out to a real problem of Pristina possibly resorting to a military conquest of the north of Kosovo. This coincides with Pristina starting to apply some unreasonable decisions, Foreign Affairs Minister and First Deputy PM Ivica Dacic said, Tanjug news agency reports. Reacting to Nebojsa Covic’s opinion piece – who said […]
Read More →KFOR: No indication of violence in Kosovo’s north (N1, Vecernje Novosti)
The spokesperson for NATO’s peacekeeping force in Kosovo (KFOR), Vincenzo Grasso, said there are no indications that the situation in Kosovo’s northern part could turn violent and that the only destabilisation comes from “speculations” spread by certain individuals and some media. “KFOR is completely committed to protecting all people. That is where the cooperation with […]
Read More →Drecun: The British have placed the north under intensified observation and interfere with the mobile telecommunications (KoSSev)
After the British government sent a warning to its citizens not to travel to municipalities in the north of Kosovo due to risks of security incidents, thus causing intense reactions in the public, the UK government in Pristina issued a statement that the British embassy ”advised against all but essential travel to the northern municipalities […]
Read More →Tourist organisation Outdoor In: British Embassy is inflicting irreparable damage to tourism and economic development of northern Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica Sever)
Radio Kosovska Mitrovica has published a press release of the tourist organisation “Outdoor In” in which they have pointed out that the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office has issued an instruction to British tourists traveling to Kosovo to avoid municipalities with Serb majority in the north of Kosovo – Kosovska Mitrovica, Leposavic, Zubin Potok and […]
Read More →Alliance for Serbia and Srpska Lista differently on pressure against participants in “One in Five Million” protests (KoSSev)
Opposition Alliance for Serbia (SzS) accused yesterday evening Srpska Lista and Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) of uttering threats of violence and dismissal of people from northern Kosovo who expressed dissatisfaction over Vucic’s policy in “One of Five Million” protest walks, KoSSev portal reported. The Alliance also said the Raska-Prizren Eparchy Bishop Teodosije is subjected to […]
Read More →Volleyball teams banned to enter Kosovo, Djuric, Srpska Lista react (RTS, Tanjug, KoSSev)
Two volleyball teams “Bukovica” from Ivanjica and “Ribnica” from Kraljevo were banned to enter Kosovo on Sunday, at Brnjak crossing point, Serbian media reported. The teams were supposed to play matches within Regional League West in Zubin Potok. Their hosts were teams from Gracanica and Lipljan. This is yet another in a series of bans […]
Read More →Serbia’s Interior Minister warns Kosovo Premier not to even think of violence (N1, Tanjug, Srna)
Serbia’s Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic warned the Kosovo Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj, not to even think of using force against Serbs in Kosovo, because Serbia will know how to respond. Commenting on Haradinaj’s statement that “Kosovo’s army would be deployed to the north if the border is threatened,” Stefanovic said that this clearly shows how […]
Read More →The US is looking for someone like Holbrooke for Kosovo (Danas)
Representatives of diplomatic circles comment for the Belgrade based daily Danas that it is no surprise that US career diplomat Philip Reeker will replace Wess Mitchell, acting Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia. Interlocutors of Danas argue that America has firmly resolved to “push” the whole process of resolving the Kosovo issue, as well […]
Read More →Trajkovic: Serbia must not recognize Kosovo (Danas, NIN, N1)
Serbia cannot recognize the independence of Kosovo, because if it does, neither region nor Serbia will receive anything, said president of the European Movement in Kosovo Rada Trajkovic to the Belgrade based weekly NIN and estimated that this would lead to destabilization of Serbia, reports Belgrade based daily Danas. She said that in Kosovo, in a […]
Read More →Vucic: “Rosu can go to North under two conditions; rest are lies” (B92, Tanjug, TV Pink)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told on Tuesday the pro-government TV Pink that “the only and real truth” is that Pristina’s Rosu units can enter the north of Kosovo only under two conditions. And these are KFOR’s permission, and the consent of the Serb community, Vucic said. “That’s the whole truth, the only truth. Whoever says otherwise, […]
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