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Government "ready to provide legal guarantees" (Tanjug/B92)

BELGRADE -- Serbia is ready to provide all legal guarantees for the defense of Oliver Ivanović, Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Director Marko Đurić has told Tanjug. "Our position on the inadmissibility and the harmfulness of the six months of baseless custody for Ivanović without charge is known, and on the fact that previous guarantees of the government of the Republic of Serbia were ignored," Đurić said. It was reported late on Tuesday that Ivanović, a political leader of Serbs in northern Kosovo who was arrested in January, has now been indicted. "Off

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Drecun: Pristina should form its gov’t as soon as possible (Tanjug)

Chairman of the Serbian parliament’s Committee for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Milovan Drecun said Sunday that it was necessary for the executive government in Pristina to be set up as soon as possible as it was vital for the creation of the community of Serb municipalities (ZSO) and continuation of the Brussels process. "For us it is most important that the executive power is formed as soon as possible, so that we can finalize the creation of the community of Serb municipalities, as the ZSO is the condition of all conditions for a promising future of the Serb people in Kosovo-Metohija and long-ter

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Drecun: Pristina slows down the implementation of the agreement (Tanjug)

The Chairman of the Committee for Kosovo and Metohija of the Serbian Assembly, Milovan Drecun said that there are many questions that need to be open in the area of normalization of relations, but it is obvious that the intention of Pristina is to slow down the process, particularly when it comes to the Community of Serbian municipalities (ZSO). "The key question is when the executive power in Pristina will be formed.

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Progressive Club warns of decline in Serbs' rights in the region (Tanjug)

BELGRADE - In previous six years, a decline in the political rights of the Serb people in the region has been noted, and this trend has been particularly marked in the last two years, reads a regular report by the Progressive Club. “This is a consequence of the economic crisis, but also the political circumstances in Serbia and problems facing the Serbian society,” President of the Progressive Club Cedomir Antic said when presenting the report. Serbia is neglecting Serbs in the region, Antic said, and noted to illustrate his point that this is the

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National commission for UNESCO to be set by fall (Tanjug, RTS)

Serbia’s former ambassador to Turkey and the Vatican Darko Tanaskovic, who has been put forward as Serbia’s ambassador to UNESCO, said Monday that Serbia will set up a national commission for UNESCO. Due to its relatively unfavorable international position over the past decade, Serbia has not been able act timely and in the right way to protect its cultural and spiritual heritage in the province of Kosovo-Metohija and in neighboring states, Tanaskovic said on a talk show broadcast by the state-run RTS. He pointed out that it will be the key priority of his work during his term in office that

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PACE: Truth about Kosovo organ trafficking comes to light (Tanjug)

STRASBOURG - President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Anne Brasseur has welcomed a report by special prosecutor John Clint Williamson concerning an investigation into the 1999 Kosovo organ trafficking case, expressing satisfaction that “truth’s onward march continues also in this case.” “Although no final conclusions have as yet been presented, SITF (the EU Special Investigative Task Force) has found compelling evidence to file indictments against certain former senior officials of the (paramilitary organization called) Kosovo Liberation Army

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