Kosovo Serb political landscape: Rada Trajkovic (KoSSev)
The essence of my politics is to break taboos, not to politically expose myself. I don’t think I will win Serb votes and support, but it is my job to unravel the politics of this evil.
Zyberaj: We will not tolerate Belgrade’s threats to Serbs; Office for KiM: Serbs are victims of political violence (KoSSev)
''The October 6th elections are the elections of the Republic of Kosovo and its citizens,'' so Belgrade officials will not be allowed to campaign and threaten Serbs in Kosovo – adviser to the outgoing Kosovo Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli, Jetlir Zyberaj announced today. On the other hand, the Office for KiM assessed this ban as ''Pristina’s absolute fear of Serb political unity''.
The Office for KiM: Kozarev escorted to Konculj, Kosovo Police chasing after Petkovic ( KoSSev)
The Deputy Director at the Office for KiM Dusan Kozarev was forced to leave Kosovo on Friday – the Kosovo Office announced, reported portal KoSSev.
Kozarev was stopped on the road between Ranilug and Novo Brdo and then escorted to Konculj on the grounds that ''the representatives of the state bodies of Serbia are not welcome in the Kosovo elections''.
Milunovic and Rajcic expelled from the CI SDP (Kontakt plus radio, KIM radio, KoSSev)
KiM radio reports that the Vice President of the CI SDP Ksenija Bozovic announced on Wednesday that councillors Dusan Milunovic and Igor Rajcic from this initiative can only act as independent councillors as of that day. She explained that they were expelled from the CI SDP because they had violated the Statute of this civil initiative,
RTK: Serbian List slogan contrary to the law; Serbian List: We will not change the video (KoSSev)
The slogan of the Serbian List’s pre-election video – „When Serbia calls, I give my vote“ – is unacceptable for Radio Television of Kosovo, as it is contrary to the law on Kosovo public service broadcasting but also to the law on general elections, RTK election campaign chief, Lorik Arifaj told KoSSev.
Arifaj added that he informed Serbian List about this, suggesting that they replace the word ''Serbia'' with ''Kosovo'' so that the video could be broadcast.
RTK election campaign chief and the editor in chief for the channels 1, 3 and 4, Lorik Arifaj said that they received a request from the
North Mitrovica covered in Serbian List posters; Trajkovic at the site of Ivanovic’s murder (KoSSev)
The pre-election campaign for the upcoming extraordinary parliamentary elections in Kosovo began at midnight.
North Mitrovica is covered with the Srpska Lista posters which focus on the ballot number 135 and the name of the party. At the same time, the Freedom (Sloboda) coalition started its campaign in the North today, but with a different approach. One of the coalition’s two independent candidates, Rada Trajkovic visited the site of Oliver Ivanovic’s murder this morning.
KoSSev: Pre-election marking of territory
On the eve of the pre-election campaign for the Kosovo extraordinary parliamentary elections, the territories are being marked with national symbols, both Serbian and Albanian.
The campaign for the early Kosovo elections begins tomorrow, but it has gained momentum ever since Kosovo Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj resigned in July.
The latest toolkit in the showing off of patriotic feeling and national sentiments are flags.
Pantovic: Podujevo detainees almost completely isolated after police officers from the North were detained in the same facility (KoSSev)
The Serbs and non-Albanians detainees of the new prison complex in Grdovac near Podujevo have been in near total isolation for four months without any contact with the outside world – a lawyer from North Mitrovica, Ljubomir Pantovic said at a press conference in Zvecan.
The measure came into force after police officers from the north of Kosovo, who were arrested in May during the Kosovo Police action against corruption, organized crime and a smuggling network, were brought to this facility.
Albanian flag placed on the roof of the school in Gracanica (KoSSev, KIM radio, Kontakt plus radio)
An Albanian flag was placed this morning at an annex of a building under construction, which houses King Milutin Elementary School, as well as Medicine high school and Engineering and Traffic high school, Director of the Engineering Traffic High School told KoSSev portal.
"It was placed this morning when the workers came, so we got organized. The students took poles of construction material, wanted to deal with about fifteen young Albanians who work for that someone.
Dodik: North of Kosovo to remain in Serbia with Republika Srpska joining Serbia as well (KoSSev, TV Prva)
The President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik announced in Belgrade today that one of the possible solutions of the Kosovo issue is for the four municipalities in the north of Kosovo to remain in Serbia with Republika Srpska also joining the Republic of Serbia. ''If that is the solution, I will not oppose it,'' he told Belgrade's TV Prva, which was then picked up by Belgrade media.