Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric said this morning in the RTS morning news that it was necessary for Pristina to abolish taxes in order for dialogue to resume and any kind of normalization of relations to start.
Djuric said that when it comes to the change of government in Pristina, Serbs have nothing to look forward to.
Commenting on allegations that Independent Liberal Party (SLS) could become part of the Kosovo Government in the upcoming period, outgoing Minister for Communities and Returns and Deputy Prime Minister Dalibor Jevtic said that SLS is already part of the government, and the issue of allocation of ministers’ post is a question for the Kosovo Prime Minister, RTK2 reports.
He added “that those criticizing Serbian List (SL) should go out and visit the people on the ground and before throwing a stone at somebody, they should also say what they had done.”
“There is a possibility that the Independent Liberal Party (SLS) will be part of the Kosovo Government again,“ SLS president, Slobodan Petrovic told RTK a day before the 13th anniversary of the party.
Petrovic said the SLS gave concrete results during their two terms in the Kosovo government. He underlined it was not easy to survive on the political scene, but that he is proud of the results achieved and the trust of the citizens of Kosovo. He, however, also mentioned the “pressures exerted upon his party”.
The newly-appointed Minister of Interior, Ekrem Mustafa, is the seventh Kosovo minister to be prosecuted by the authorities, KoSSev portal writes referring to the Kosovo media reports.
Next to these seven ministers, two deputy ministers, some members of the Kosovo Assembly and a number of Kosovo mayors have also been charged with various offenses – abuse of office, possession of weapons, illegal employment, and now – causing a traffic accident.
Vice President of the Serbian List Igor Simic says to RTK2 that at the moment, there is no possibility for the Serbian List to return to the ruling coalition.
Simic adds that all media reports on this are pure speculations.
Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo does not ask for financial help from the Kosovo Government, but to pay the rent for using the premise owned by the Serbian Orthodox Church in Pristina, where Kosovo Anti-Corruption Agency is seated, Abbot of Visoki Decani Monastery Father Sava Janjic told Radio Free Europe.
According to Radio Free Europe, Kosovo Government told them they have completed that obligation. The premise used by the Anti-Corruption Agency according to cadastral records belongs to the Serbian Orthodox Church Saint Nikola Temple in Pristina.
The Management Team for the establishment of the Association/Community of Serbian Municipalities, performs its task of preparation of the Statute of the ZSO in
line with its mandate, entrusted through the Brussels agreements and the draft text will be presented, as it was foreseen, in Brussels, to the implementation boards of Belgrade and Pristina, and then within the high-level dialogue, press release of the Management Team reads.
The Serbian list is not returning to the Kosovo government, as some Pristina media speculate, because all the reasons for our absence from the provisional authorities in Pristina have not been removed, announced Igor Simic, the Serbian List spokesman.
"There was no discussion about renewal of our activities in the government, nor did anything change from the moment we left the ruling coalition," Simic was categorical.
The government of Ramush Haradinaj is rocking increasingly while the opposition increasingly demands the calling of early elections due to the difficult political and economic situation in Kosovo, reports Serbian media.
According to the Serbian media, Haradinaj received a response from the opposition that intends to unite and launch overthrow of the government instead supporting the government's platform on dialogue with Serbia.
The Association of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) will be established, outgoing Minister for Communities and Returns, Dalibor Jevtic said, adding Srpska Lista is ready for new parliamentary elections, KIM Radio reports today.
Jevtic made these remarks at a gathering organized in the House of Culture in Klokot municipality, following the meeting with Klokot mayor Bozidar Dejanovic. Jevtic said that the Association of Serb Municipalities is not political, but a life issue.