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Kosovo police fire tear gas in protests against Serb minister (AFP)

Police in Kosovo fired tear gas to disperse groups of stone-throwing protesters Saturday as thousands took to the streets of Pristina to demand the dismissal of a Serb minister accused of insulting the ethnic Albanian majority. The clashes erupted at the end of a rally in the capital at which some 7,000 people, according to police, called on the government to fire Labour and Social Welfare Minister Aleksandar Jablanovic, one of three Serb ministers in Prime Minister Isa Mustafa's cabinet. Around a hundred demonstrators threw stones, smashing several windows of the government building and of

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Five indicted in Kosovo on terrorism charges (Reuters)

Five people in Kosovo have been indicted on terrorism charges for fighting in Syria, trying to buy assault rifles and assaulting two Christian missionaries from the United States in 2013. The indictments coincided with a vote in parliament on introducing prison sentences for waging war abroad, as the predominantly Muslim Balkan country seeks to confront the threat posed by radical Islamists returning from Syria and Iraq. Security agencies estimate that between 100 and 200 Kosovars have enlisted with Islamic State.

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Vucic has no time to meet Nikolic over Kosovo platform (Danas)

According to Danas’ source close to the Serbian Government, due to obligations and planned visits it is not likely that the Prime Minister of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, will find time to hear a solution for Kosovo, before his trip to Brussels on 9 February, which has been prepared far from the eyes of the public by the President of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolic. “Until 9 February the Prime Minister will have four official visits abroad. After his visit to Finland, Vucic will travel to Vienna, than Sweden and in the end to Stuttgart.

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Đurić: Protests in Kosovo reflection of dissatisfaction of population (N1)

The director of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić said in an interview to TV N1 that mass protests in Kosovo actually hide general dissatisfaction of people who live there. “Socio-political situation in our southern province is very complex, 15 years Albanian leaders live from nationalistic rhetoric, and stories about independence,” said Đurić and added that for all these years nothing has been done economy-wise. “40.000 Serbs are left without jobs and without any compensation in so far privatized enterprises, 60% of young in

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The other side of dialogue results (Koha Ditore)

Koha Ditore’s Brussels based correspondent, Augustin Palokaj, writes that many officials in Brussels and other capitals make many statements and praise results reached by the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. “One gets the impression that this dialogue not only resolved the vital issues for the people of Kosovo, but it also saved the world from the third world war. The bitter truth stands in the fact that this dialogue has resolved a few problems, however it caused more obscurity and illusions,” writes Palokaj.

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Kosovo police fire teargas in anti-government protest (Reuters)

Kosovo police fired teargas on Saturday evening to disperse thousands of protesters throwing stones at a government building in a demonstration called by ethnic Albanian opposition parties. It was the biggest protest seen in Pristina since Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008. The ethnic Albanian parties are seeking the resignation of a minister, Aleksandar Jablanovic from the Serb minority, who earlier this month called some ethnic Albanians savages.

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Ljajic: We'll guard the property in Kosovo (Vecernje Novosti)

Serbia has the greatest interest to impose the issue of protection of its property in Kosovo on the agenda of the upcoming talks with Pristina. Said Rasim Ljajic to Vecernje Novosti, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, Telecommunications and Tourism: - Pristina will try in every way to avoid this issue, and the part of the international community. But Belgrade has invested heavily in building infrastructure and businesses in Kosovo.

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I share Nikolic’s concern (Politika)

We have a president with the same constitutional authority that had Milosevic and Tadic. Nikolic's position in the political relations is weaker because he is not head of the largest party, while Milosevic and Tadic were. I do not know what is the idea of President Nikolic and on what refers a new platform on Kosovo. As the Prime Minister told me, so far he and the president did not discuss about what is actually meant when it comes to this platform. There is no dispute about that in Serbia there are talks about it.

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Italy to support Kosovo towards the EU (Koha)

The President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, was received today in Rome by the Acting President of the Republic of Italy, Mr. Pietro Grasso. Jahjaga and Grasso discussed the overall development in Kosovo and the region, as well as special emphasis was paid to the Kosovo’s European integration, the commitment on internal reforms, the rule of law and economic cooperation between Kosovo and Italy. Jahjaga highly praised the help that Italy has given and continues to give to Kosovo, especially the support provided through KFOR and EULEX.

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