Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaking at a news conference today said there is serious work in the investigation of Oliver Ivanovic’s murder and that he thinks the Serbian side has the name of the murderer, RTS reports.
After two days of closure, shops in the north of Kosovo and Metohija were open today, Serbian national broadcaster RTS reports. As a sign of protest against 100 percent tariffs Pristina imposed on goods from central Serbia, all shops, restaurants, bakeries and petrol stations were closed for two days.
UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) has neither confirmed nor denied the information that international arrest warrant has been issued for Srpska Lista Deputy Chair, Milan Radojicic under suspicion of involvement in the murder of Oliver Ivanovic.
Asked by Voice of America if it is true that the international arrest warrant was issued through UNMIK, Spokesperson of the Mission Sanam Dolatshahi said communications between UNMIK and Pristina authorities regarding Interpol, as well as between UNMIK and Interpol is confidential.
Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) Raska-Prizren Eparchy issued an urgent appeal to all SOC eparchies and humanitarian organizations to collect humanitarian aid regarding the latest situation in the north of Kosovo, Radio kontakt plus reported.
Foreign policy commentator of Belgrade-based daily Politika and military analyst Miroslav Lazanski told RTS if Washington pressures Pristina to move towards compromise solution then a way out of the current situation is possible. According to him Europe showed infirmity regarding Kosovo. Lazanski added that Americans publicly say one thing, while the other thing is being done behind the scene.
Speaking for RTS morning program Lazanski assessed the situation in the north of Kosovo as complex saying, “Pristina did not spend the time sleeping.”
All shops, restaurants and business premises in the north of Kosovo and Metohija remain closed since yesterday RTS reports. The Association of Businessmen would decide how long it would last. As said earlier they were not able to run their businesses for more than seven months due to the tariffs Pristina imposed on the goods from central Serbia.
Radio kontakt plus conducted interviews with Mitrovica North residents to hear their stances on the current situation in the northern Kosvo, where all shops, restaurants, pharmacies, petrol stations and market remain closed for the second consecutive day.
“These are tricks by both Belgrade and Pristina. And we shall see who will get the profit. What about workers, what about people, what about goods and who will pay for the goods if they get rotted. What about farmers who have their products but cannot sell them? Shame,” one of the citizens said.
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric said the arrest warrant for Milan Radojicic and indictment against Ivan Todosijevic are messages to the Serbs that any their resistance is hopeless, given that even local Serb leaders cannot avoid Pristina’s highhandedness.
Srpska Lista (SL) said today that Pristina by raising indictment against former Kosovo Minister of Local Self-Governance Administration Ivan Todosijevic over his statement on Racak continues pressure on the Serbian population in the north of Kosovo, BETA news agency reports.
SL said that “Pristina has raised an indictment and once more demonstrated the force and institutional violence in order to discipline the Serbian people.”
“Institutions should do their job and the most important is that the murderer of Oliver Ivanovic, whoever it might be, faces the justice,” Deputy leader of Civic Initiative Freedom, Democracy, Justice (GI SDP) Ksenija Bozovic said commenting on the media reports regarding international arrest warrant issued for Milan Radojicic, RTV KIM reports.
Bozovic also noted she heard about the alleged international arrest warrant from the media, however she has no details.