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Serb politicians condemned violence in Kosovo (Vesti)

Outgoing Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo Slobodan Petrovic condemned the attack on the parochial house in Serbian part of Orahovac/Rahovec and all incidents in Kosovo which followed after the football match between Serbia and Albania was abolished. “Everything that took place is only an indicator that situation in Kosovo is still fragile, despite the fact that much time has been invested in reconciliation,” Petrovic said. The Mayor of North Mitrovica Goran Rakic said that incidents that took place following the same match are showing that Albanian community ha

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Journalists of KiM urge independent Serbian-language channel (Tanjug)

PRISTINA - The Journalists' Association of Kosovo-Metohija (DNKiM) stated in a release on Monday that, in its latest progress report for Kosovo, the European Commission (EC) omitted several important facts for the media community in Kosovo, such as the establishment of an independent Serbian-language channel. In its report, the Commission omitted “the completion of investigations into abductions, killings of and threats against journalists, and their inability to follow the work of public institutions due to lack of translation into Serbian”, noted the organization that brings together Serb j

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Djuric: Task force on return of displaced persons to Kosovo (Tanjug)

BELGRADE – Head of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric said Monday that a task force composed of representatives of relevant local and international institutions would be set up to deal with the issue of returns of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to Serbia's southern province. Djuric discussed the problem of IDPs from KiM with representatives of the OSCE, UNHCR, the United Nations Office in Belgrade, Office of the Personal Representative of the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union, the Serbian Commissariat

“Made in Kosovo” crisis has no European solution (Koha Ditore)

Augustin Palokaj says that no comparison can be drawn between the stalemate in Kosovo and the situation in Belgium when the country was left without a government for a period of time. Palokaj claims that in Belgium it was not unclear who should form the government and the question was only who could secure the parliamentary majority. At the same time, in there is a system in place in Belgium to make sure that nothing stalls as a result of no government being formed which is not the case in Kosovo where, according to Palokaj, everything has stopped.

Nikolic: Serbia suitable country for OSCE chairmanship (Tanjug)

BELGRADE - Serbia is a suitable country for OSCE chairmanship at a time when the search for a solution to the problem in Ukraine is underway, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said in an interview for the Russian national television and expressed the wish for the solution to be found soon. Ukraine is a friend to Serbia and it has not recognised the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo-Metohija, Nikolic said in an interview broadcast by the Saturday news show on the Russia-24 channel. Replying to the statement by the Russian newscaster that Serbia's position makes room for a dialogue

Session of the Assembly of Kosovo without the Serbian List (Vecernje Novosti)

Deputies of the coalition gathered around the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), today will continue inaugural session of the Assembly of Kosovo, but deputies of the Serbian list will not be present. Their attitude is that they will participate in those sessions for which they will receive a regular call from the official authority, while today's session was announced by certain party leaders. President of the Serbian list, Aleksandar Jablanovic yesterday asked Flora Brovina, the Assembly presiding, to schedule a continuation of the meeting as soon as possible, as required by Item 27 of the

Vukcevic: Further search of site near Djakovica expected (Tanjug)

BELGRADE - No remains were found at the first searched location in the village of Piskota near Djakovica, southwestern Kosovo-Metohija, which is believed to contain bodies of 20 Serb civilians killed in the prison camp of Likovac, Serbia's War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic told Tanjug on Wednesday. For now, by the first order of EULEX, 30 meters have been dug over and searched at the location that is the size of a stadium, but the search will continue, Vukcevic said, noting that the remains of (Albanian) victims were found in Rudnica near Raska in the seventh attempt. He noted that the