Stoltenberg: The bombing was not taken lightly, but it was legitimate and necessary (Politika, Beta, N1)
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told Belgrade based daily Politika that peace and stability in Kosovo has been a priority for this alliance for past 20 years and that the UN mandate for the NATO peacekeeping mission remains unchanged. “For this region, a stable Kosovo is important. For 20 years, peace and stability in Kosovo […]
Read More →“Military parade was message to our friends, and enemies” (B92, Tanjug, TV Pink)
The military-police parade ”Defence of Freedom ” was a clear message to friends and enemies, everyone should interpret it as they see fit, says Aleksandar Vulin. Asked to comment on the claim made by some Western media that Serbia was engaging in “sabre-rattling” during a time of instability in Kosovo and Metohija, the defense minister […]
Read More →Will Serbian state leadership be banned to enter Kosovo? (KoSSev)
After Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj dismissed Deputy Minister of Justice Vesna Mikic, and Minister of Administration and Local Government Ivan Todosijevic because – as it was interpreted in Pristina – they “insulted the Racak victims“ and referred to the 1999 bombing of the-then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as “NATO aggression,“ Kosovo Foreign Minister Behgjet […]
Read More →20 years since NATO attacked Serbian broadcaster, killing 16 (B92)
20 years will have passed at 02:06 hours CET on April 23 since NATO airstrikes targeting Serbia’s public broadcaster, RTS, that killed 16 employees. This was the first case of a media outlet being declared a legitimate military goal. The attacks came as part of NATO’s 78-day war against Serbia waged in the spring of […]
Read More →Why are generations born after NATO bombing at risk? (B92, RTS)
A study has been conducted on a generation of children born after NATO’s aggression on Serbia in 1999. President of the Commission for Investigating Consequence of the NATO bombing Darko Laketic announced this on Thursday. He told the public broadcaster RTS that this research has been conducted together with the Batut Institute of public health, […]
Read More →Putin: Respect international law, remember Yugoslavia (B92, TASS, Sputnik)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again called for international law to be respected in order to avoid situations similar to the bombing of Yugoslavia. Putin, who spoke during plenary session of the International Arctic Forum in St. Petersburg, referenced NATO’s 1999 aerial war against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, i.e., Serbia and Montenegro. Responding […]
Read More →Serbian Center in Paris censors NATO aggression exhibition? (BETA, Prva TV, B92, Danas)
The director of the Serbian Cultural Center in Paris says the disputed exhibition marking 20 years since NATO started bombing Serbia “has not been removed”. Radoslav Pavlovic added that the exhibition has not been removed, but that some parts have been “rolled up.” “The exhibition is here, it’s interesting, but it’s aggressive in a certain […]
Read More →Vesna Mikic: Democracy in Kosovo is just an illusion (RTV Puls, KIM radio)
Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj dismissed Vesna Mikic yesterday from the post of the Deputy Minister of Justice, whereby he stated that there is “no room for individuals, regardless of their ethnicity in the Kosovo government and Kosovo institutions that can undermine a common Euro-Atlantic values,” reports KIM radio. Mikic responded, regarding her dismissal, that […]
Read More →Embassies: March 24 was the day when diplomacy failed (N1, FoNet)
We remember March 24 as the day when diplomacy failed and we sincerely regret the civilian casualties during the 1999 events, said the Joint Statement of Condolence of representatives of embassies of Canada, France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States of America State. “We share the pain with all […]
Read More →Children born in Serbia after NATO bombing prone to cancer, the commission says (Beta, B92)
“Children born (in Serbia) between 1999 and 2015 have been exposed to a toxic factor that caused them to be susceptible to malignant diseases.” An investigation by a commission set up to look into the consequences of NATO’s 1999 bombing of Serbia, presented on Tuesday, showed this. The commission’s president, Darko Laketic, told reporters at […]
Read More →President addresses gathering on anniversary of NATO attacks (B92)
President Aleksandar Vucic said in Aleksinac on March 24 that Serbia had one card it its hands today to openly say what it thinks, Beta reported. March 24 was day in 1999 when NATO started its bombing of Serbia, that lasted 78 days. “Serbia that was not killed, and never will be and that is […]
Read More →“Government hid truth about consequences of NATO’s bombing” (B92, Vecernje Novosti)
In anticipation of a national lab that will uncover the consequences of NATO’s bombing, a Belgrade daily writs that similar research has been done before. According to Vecernje Novosti, two large studies have been done to date – but “without any epilogue.” Namely, as soon as alarming data emerged, everything was swept under the carpet, […]
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