Pristina’s plan: Elections, riots, police incursion? (Politika, Tanjug, B92)
By scheduling elections for mayors of Serb northern municipalities, “Pristina is trying to destabilize Serbs.” This creates the danger of protests and violence, Belgrade-based daily Politika writes. Namely, if the Serb List, voted for by some 90 percent of Serbs in the last elections, decides to boycott the May elections, according to the Belgrade daily, […]
Read More →Thaci calls elections, Belgrade silent – what does it mean? (BETA, Tanjug, Prva TV, TV Most, B92)
Hashim Thaci on Monday called elections for mayors of four Serb municipalities in northern Kosovo and Metohija. For now, Serbia has not reacted, while the Serb List expects consultations with the President Aleksandar Vucic tomorrow, Serbian media report. Journalist Milivoje Mihajlovic thinks that by calling these elections, Thaci expects this to cause unrest – a […]
Read More →“Conditions for holding elections do not exist” (Radio KIM)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci announced extraordinary mayoral elections in northern Kosovo on 19 May. Deputy Leader of Civic Initiative Freedom, Democracy, Justice (GI SDP) Ksenija Bozovic thinks that conditions for holding elections do not exist, while RTV Mir Director Nenad Radosavljevic said elections are yet another game that may cause instability, Radio KIM reports. “A […]
Read More →Dacic: I also warn Serbian citizens do not go to Britain (RTS, Tanjug, B92)
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic has responded to a UK advisory to its citizens not to travel to northern, predominantly Serb, part of Kosovo, “because of crime.” Dacic said on Thursday that he, too, is warning the citizens of Serbia not to travel to the UK because of major political instability in that country, […]
Read More →After Brits, Germans advise against traveling to north of Kosovo (Tanjug, B92)
After the Embassy of Great Britain issued a statement advising its citizens not to travel to the north of Kosovo due to the crime there, Germany did a similar thing, Tanjug news agency reported. Namely, German Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a warning to its citizens not to travel to the northern municipalities of Zubin […]
Read More →North of Kosovo trusts neither Serbian nor Albanian politicians (RFE, Danas)
Around 88 percent of citizens in the four northern Kosovo municipalities, where the majority Serb population is residing, does not trust any Serb politician in Kosovo, while 99 percent does not trust any Albanian politician, Radio Free Europe reports today. This is according to the survey conducted by Mitrovica North Non-Governmental Organization Aktiv, which in […]
Read More →Northern Kosovo residents: Investments not visible on ground (RTK2)
RTK in Serbian language in an article published yesterday pointed out investments in the four northern municipalities are made from three separate budgets: Government of Kosovo, Government of Serbia, and the Development Fund for the North, while there are different organizations and EU countries, that are also investing there. However, residents of Mitrovica North say […]
Read More →Bojic: Security situation stable (Radio kontakt plus)
Chief of Kosovo Police Regional Operations in the North Zeljko Bojic told Radio kontakt plus security situation in the north of Kosovo is stable and police undertakes all the measures to keep it as such. Radio kontakt plus also said some of the Mitrovica North citizens the radio interviewed said they are concerned due to […]
Read More →“Northern Kosovo isolated island” (KIM Radio)
Economy in the northern Kosovo is isolated from the rest of Kosovo and central Serbia, representing an island with around 3.000 enterprises and very unfavorable commercial structure. These remarks were made during the presentation of a study on the state of the economy in the north of Kosovo, following the signing of the Brussels agreement, […]
Read More →Austrian vice-chancellor: Kosovo undoubtedly part of Serbia (B92, Beta, Tanjug, Politika, RTS)
Kosovo is without a doubt a part of Serbia, says Austrian Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache. In an interview for Belgrade-based daily Politika ahead of his visit to Serbia, Strache said it would be desirable if northern Kosovo had the right to “self-determination or autonomy” – and that it would be wrong to pressure Belgrade to recognize […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 23 June
Daka believes certification of elections will conclude this month (Express)
Quint wants a government with stable majority (Zeri)
Main Kosovo parties refuse to give speaker’s post to Serbian List (Zeri)
Mogherini and Hahn write to Hoxhaj (Epoka)
Trump with first decision on Balkans: extends “black list” (Bota)
Northern municipalities still not integrated into Kosovo system (Koha Ditore)
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