Koci links Serbian elections to anniversary of Krelan killings in 1999 (Indeksonline)
Kosovo lawyer Arianit Koci who also represents the AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj wrote on Facebook that Serbian presidential elections are taking place on the day when 18 years ago Serb forces killed 86 civilians in the village of Krelan, Gjakova/Djakovica municipality. “While we mark today the 18th anniversary of the killing of 86 civilians in […]
Read More →Serbian Elections: 10 percent voter turnout by 10 o’clock (Kosovapress/Telegrafi)
Officials from the Serbian Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) announced that the voter turnout for presidential elections until 10 o’clock was 10.56 percent. The turnout in central Serbia by this time was 9.73 per cent, in Vojvodina 12.06 percent and in Belgrade 9.79. As for Kosovo, the OSCE spokesperson Senad Sabovic told Serbian media that the […]
Read More →Serbian PM the runaway favorite to become president (Reuters)
Serbians voted for a new president on Sunday with conservative Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic the runaway favorite despite opposition warnings about the extent of his domination over the Balkan country. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-serbia-election-idUSKBN1733VI
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 2 April
Serbian presidential elections underway in Kosovo, too (RTK)
Polling stations in northern municipalities open on time (Kosovapress)
Presevo Valley Albanians will not take part in Serbian elections (RTK)
Serbian elections in Kosovo: One polling station relocated (Klan Kosova)
Serbians go to the polls to pick new president (DW)
Prime Minister Aleksander Vucic is the frontrunner in a crowded field that includes a 25-year-old satirist. Serbia’s presidency is largely ceremonial, but critics worry Vucic would use the role to consolidate his power. http://www.dw.com/en/serbians-go-to-the-polls-to-pick-new-president/a-38253902
Read More →Dačić: And today provocations (RTS)
Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić says that Belgrade is trying to be constructive, but that Pristina constantly provokes, as it happened today with preventing people to go to the pre-election rally, and setting up the barricades. “What is this for?” asked Dačić at a news conference, adding that the elections in Kosovo are organized with the […]
Read More →Provincial board of SPS harshly condemns the roadblocks (TV Most)
Provincial Board of the Socialist Party of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija harshly condemned the roadblocks placed against those who were en route to Leposavić/Leposaviq. According to the statement, all of the roads south of the Ibar River are blocked by the provisional institutions of Kosovo and Kosovo Police Service in order to prevent the […]
Read More →Đurić: Roadblocks in Kosovo an attack on the freedom of movement of Serbs (Kontakt plus radio)
Vice President of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and Director of the Office for KiM Marko Đurić says that the barricades, placed this morning throughout Kosovo, were synchronized and were an organized action, and in fact are an attack on Serbs in Kosovo, their freedom of movement, and their right to elect. Đurić says that […]
Read More →Busses with supporters of SNS stoned and blocked (RTK2, Srna, Blic)
More than 60 buses carrying Serbs that were going for the SNS rally (organized for the the party’s candidate Aleksandar Vučić in the Serbian presidental elections) were stopped this morning in several places south of the Ibar. As daily Blic reports, the provincial committee of the Serbian Progressive Party reported that about 3 000 people […]
Read More →Vucic cancels Kosovo trip, “won’t take orders from Pristina” (B92)
Serbian PM and presidential candidate Aleksandar Vucic has announced that he would not travel to Kosovo where he was to hold a rally in Leposavic on Wednesday. “I will not take orders from them (Pristina) on whether I would arrive with Vulin, Stefanovic, or somebody else. You won’t see that movie,” he said late on […]
Read More →Serbian List: The opposition will experience an electoral debacle (KIM radio)
Serbian List says that some presidential candidates are trying to ensure the votes of Serbs in Kosovo and create the impression of prepared electoral fraud. “Of course behind these attempts is the desire to challenge the entire election process in Serbia, if these candidates do not like the results. Fortunately, in a democratic system such […]
Read More →Serbs in Kosovo blackmailed to vote for Vucic – opposition (B92, KIM radio)
The Dveri Movement claims that Serbs employed by Serbian institutions and public companies in Kosovo and Metohija are subjected to threats and blackmail. According to the opposition movement, whose leader Bosko Obradovic is a candidate in the April 2 presidential elections, these Serbs are pressured in order to support Aleksandar Vucic, the candidate of the […]
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