The Serbian list asks international community to bring Pristina to reason (Kosovo online)
”The Serbian List strongly condemns the brutal intrusion of armed special police forces in the north of Kosovo and considers it an attempt to destabilize the situation and intimidate the Serb people in North Mitrovica, ” reads the Serbian List statement on the morning action of the Kosovo Police special units in Mitrovica. Portal Kosovo […]
Read More →Council of Europe discusses ROSU intrusion into northern Kosovo (Tanjug, B92)
On behalf of the Serbian Parliament delegation, Dubravka Filipovski stressed that Serbia strongly supports fight against corruption and organized crime At the meeting of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly in Strasbourg, an exchange of views was held on the intrusion of ROSU members into northern […]
Read More →Dacic: Dialogue on resuscitation (Blic, N1)
Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said yesterday that the dialogue with Pristina was on resuscitation and that the continuation depends on the “reanimator”, that was, those who should inhale a life into it, reported Belgrade based daily Blic. At a news conference after meeting with Miroslav Lajcak, Dacic said that Pristina had the goal of obstructing […]
Read More →NGO Human Centre Mitrovica condemns use of force in north of Kosovo, comments on KFOR (Radio kontakt plus)
Non-governmental organization Human Centre Mitrovica in the strongest terms condemned the excessive use of force against citizens in the northern municipalities by Kosovo police ROSU unit, Radio kontakt plus reported. “As a civil society organization it is our task to support the building of democratic society along with institutions that should carry out their duties […]
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 →Srpska Lista officials left Belgrade, heading back to Mitrovica North (Tanjug, B92, RTS, Prva TV, Vecernje Novosti)
Srpska Lista officials and representatives who were in Belgrade yesterday to attend the Serbian Assembly session on Kosovo and Metohija have left Belgrade and head back to Mitrovica North, Tanjug news agency reported. Meanwhile, RTS said citizens of Mitrovica North started to gather at city centre over intrusion of ROSU unites While TV Prva and […]
Read More →Strpce: “Who gave the order for empty-handed people to be beaten?” (KoSSev)
The residents of Strpce, who have been protesting for more than six months against the construction of a mini hydroelectric power plant, held a protest at the „Obe Reke” on Saturday again. The protest, attended by 150-200 people, ended peacefully – unlike yesterday’s protest during which Kosovo police used excessive force, injuring approximately twenty people, […]
Read More →Members of ROSU detained and released members of the Mountain Rescue Service in Kosovo (Blic, Tanjug, KIM radio)
The Mountain Rescue Service of Serbia confirmed to news agency Tanjug that the instructors of that service were detained on Sunday evening in Kosovo. Tanjug was told earlier by the Office for Kosovo and Metohija that eight members of the Mountain Rescue Service (GSS) were detained while returning from Brezovica, after they conducted a three-day […]
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, […]
Read More →Armed Albanian formations cannot enter North – Dacic (Tanjug, B92)
Foreign Minister and First Deputy PM Ivica Dacic says no armed formations of Albanians can enter northern Kosovo without the consent of KFOR. Dacic added, speaking on Monday, that this agreement that had been reached with NATO should be translated into a directive that everyone in the field should respect – “in order to avoid […]
Read More →“Rosu can go to north without KFOR approval, KFS can’t” (B92, Beta)
KFOR spokesperson Vincenzo Grasso says special units Rosu can enter the north of Kosovo without the permission of KFOR. In an interview with the newspaper, Grasso said that “the special operations unit, which can be armed with long rifles” belongs to the Kosovo police and as such has the mandate to enforce the law throughout […]
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