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Drecun: Albanian soldiers provocation for Serbs (TV Pink, Vecernje Novosti, Tanjug)

After Albanian soldiers toured Mitrovica North couple of days ago and the announcement that several hundreds of them would be deployed to the north of Kosovo, Chairperson of the Serbian National Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun said it represents an endangerment of the security of Serbian people there. Drecun told TV Pink he has no confirmation that several hundreds of Albanian soldiers would be deployed as part of KFOR, however he did not exclude possibility of that to happen. “I think KFOR Commander, NATO and UN are aware that would be a grave destabilization of th

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Dacic: The former US administration is preventing a compromise solution for Kosovo (Vecernje Novosti, N1, SRNA)

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivica Dacic told Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti that the bearers of the former US administration for 20 years prevent the achievement of a compromise and mutually acceptable solution for Kosovo, quote Serbian media.

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BBC reporter: Serbia today similar to what it was 20 years ago (BBC Serbia, TV N1)

NATO bombing of the then Yugoslavia has been an embarrassing deviation which everyone is ashamed of today, John Simpson, a BBC reporter told British public broadcaster’s office in Belgrade on Wednesday. Simson, who was covering the NATO intervention in 1999 aimed at stopping Belgrade's forces from, as they said, repression over ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, said it was “an unpleasant experience” from the beginning to the end, which “is forgotten today.” He said the bombing was far away from being successful as the world leaders had hoped for, and according to him, it ended with help from Mosco

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NATO biggest donor to Serbian Defence Ministry (BETA, TV N1)

NATO member states are the biggest donors to the Serbian Defense Ministry, the Institute for European Affairs said on Thursday citing figures from the ministry, BETA news agency reported. The highest donations for the ministry in 2018 came from the United States, the Institute said in a press release. The Institute asked Defense Ministry for information related to donations and was told that the total value of equipment donated in 2018 was EUR 2,516,252 including 2,375,352 worth equipment from the US.

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Vulin says bombing of Serbia killed international law (BETA, TV N1)

Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said that NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999 killed international law, adding that Serbia recovered but the international law had not, BETA news agency reported. Vulin made these remarks at the opening of the round table “NATO Aggression – Causes and Consequences” and noted that Serbia “has survived thanks to its army, police and people”. “International law has died. Permanently and surely.

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Haradinaj deposed deputy minister from Srpska Lista over Facebook comment on NATO bombardment (KoSSev, TV N1)

Deputy Minister of Justice from Srpska Lista, Vesna Mikic was deposed of her function today, because of her Facebook post on NATO bombardment, TV N1 reports referring to KoSSev portal. The portal reported Mikic on her Facebook profile wrote yesterday “that the NATO campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia came after a decade long fight against Albanian terrorists,” adding “that NATO has committed premeditated genocide.” Following Mikic’s status, one of the PDK MPs in the Kosovo Assembly, Ganimete Musliu requested Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj to depose her, which happened today

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Moscow: NATO aggression on Yugoslavia “black stain” (Serbian media)

Serbian media reported on a statement of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs saying that “aggression of NATO member states on Yugoslavia in 1999 represents a black stain that shall always remain on the reputation of North-Atlantic Alliance.” The statement of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry can be seen at: http://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/3583602  

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64 percent of Serbian citizens wouldn't accept NATO's apology – poll (BETA, B92)

79 percent of Serbian citizens are opposed to their country joining NATO. And 64 percent would not accept the western military alliance's apology for the 1999 bombing, BETA news agency reported on Friday.

This is according to a public opinion poll conducted by the Institute for European Affairs NGO, on the occasion of the upcoming 20th anniversary of the start of NATO's aggression against Serbia.

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