One of the candidates for the post of the director of Radio Television Kosovo 2 (RTK2), which broadcasts in Serbian language, Darko Dimitrijević has sent an open letter to the RTK managing board, where he highlighted a range of irregularities in the process of election of the director of RTK2 and requested annulment of the entire election procedure.
In June, will be two years since the last parliamentary elections in Kosovo, where Serbs voted for the Serbian list which represents them in the Kosovo Assembly. During this period the Serbian MPS have been faced with many challenges, but these days, the Law on the Army of Kosovo is one of the current challenges, the adoption of which would open the door to formation of the Armed Forces.
Top officials of Kosovo's Government, starting from the President and the Prime Minister, once again intensify the issue of transformation of the Kosovo Security Force into the Armed Forces.
Representatives of the Serbian List argue that no-one talked with them about the formation of the army of Kosovo. They add that the stand of the Serbian list remains the same, i.e. that they are against the transformation.
Minister for Communities and Returnm, Dalibor Jevtic, and representatives of the Serbian list condemned the attack on the TV Most crew. Jevtic said that many incidents went unpunished and that this means that somebody has to urgently answer on this and all other unsolved attacks. “I am disappointed by the fact something like this happened in Kosovo. Again the journalists are targets of those who are not ready to accept the fact that Serbs should live and work freely in Kosovo.
After releasing of the usurped property in Urosevac / Ferizaj and Pristina, Prosecutor Aleksander Lumezi said that action was executed at the request of prosecutors' offices in these municipalities. Head of the Directorate for investigation of corruption in Kosovo Police, Major Shaip Havolli, stated that the action of releasing illegally occupied property will be extended to the Kosovo north.
Mir Radio Television and Radio Television of Mitrovica organized a debate "Academic Bridges" which was attended by professors from the University of Pristina and Mitrovica North. And this time, representatives of these universities have different priorities. Thus, representatives of Serbs say that the Bologna Declaration is a failure, while the representatives of the Albanians complain about the insufficient budget.
Serbs in Orahovac/Rahovec have been targeted by burglars for months. On Monday evening livestock of the owner Vladimir Moravcevic was damaged and almost a flock of pigeons was stolen and few ornamental chickens. Locals are complaining on the work of the police while they claim that they perform their work responsibly.
During the election campaign for the Serbian parliamentary elections, some leaders of political parties visited Kosovo, while entry into Kosovo for others like the President of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS), Vojislav Seselj and the Chief of the Serbian General Staff, Ljubisa Dikovic, was denied in advance. The reasons, as Petrit Selimi, the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Government of Kosovo, says, are that they are war criminals and that they will never enter Kosovo.
Two nights ago, in the village of Preoce, around 8 pm, unknown persons verbally and physically attacked two girls, sisters aged 12 and 14 years, their parents told the RTK2. A month ago in Gracanica, a girl (9 years) was attacked. However, both cases were not reported to the police.
The Church of saints Cosmas and Damian, in the returnee village of Novake, was again targeted by hooligans.
The door of the church was broken and money taken, according to the representative of the village, Spasa Andrijevic.
In just one year, the church was broken into twice, and some time ago the bell was stolen from the Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian.
The case was reported to the Kosovo police.