A large group of RTS crew members travelling to Mitrovica North was held up at Jarinje crossing point yesterday RTS reported. According to RTS its convoy with equipment has been waiting at Jarinje for 20 hours despite paperwork dully submitted. After the delay the convoy entered Kosovo.
Meanwhile, KoSSev portal reports that both Kosovo police and customs claimed they are “not responsible.“
The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) marked the 21st anniversary of the abduction of two Radio Pristina journalists with a demand to EULEX, UNMIK and war crime prosecutors in Serbia and Kosovo to renew their investigations into the murders and abductions of journalists and media staff in Kosovo.
Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) and Association of Journalists of Serbia in Kosovo condemned publishing of the text on RTK 1 and RTK 2 portals, which included the information about the private life of Sputnik journalist Brankica Ristic, and demanded apology as well as resignations of these portals’ editors, Radio KIM reported.
Shaban Berisha (47) received three-month suspended sentence and EUR 200 fine over demolishing the memorial plaque dedicated to the missing journalists Djuro Slavuj and Ranko Penezic, while ethnic motives were excluded from the verdict, Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) said in a statement.
The verdict made by the Basic Court in Djakovica is not given to us yet, so it remains unclear if the prosecution gave up on the qualification of a criminal act as ethnically motivated, although the suspected person admitted it was a reason to demolish the plaque, UNS added.
The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) and the UNS in Kosovo are demanding that the Draft Law on Kosovo Public Service be withdrawn from the procedure, as it foresees the abolition of guaranteed funding for the Second Channel of Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK2 - the Serbian language channel), reported Serbian media in Kosovo.
Journalist of Belgrade-based Prva TV Zoran Maksimovic was attacked near Zubin Potok, this TV station has said, adding the members of the Kosovo police stopped him and damaged his car Radio KIM reports. According to Maksimovic, a vehicle belonging to Prva TV was completely damaged in the shooting by the Kosovo police and general chaos that occurred.
NATO's bombing 20 years ago of Serbian public broadcaster RTS, killing 16 employees, was a barbaric act for which there is not a single justification. Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said that late on Monday during an international conference dubbed, "End of Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists," B92 reports.
A suspect, Shaban Berisha (47) confessed he eradicated by an excavator, a memorial plaque dedicated to the missing journalists Djuro Slavuj and Ranko Perenic, on 30 January 2019, Djakovica police report said. The report also said the act was “ethnically motivated,” Radio KIM reports.
“The police carried out an investigation on 4 February 2019 and discovered that the plaque was intentionally removed by an excavator and thrown away 20 meters from the spot, it was placed (…). The suspect and an excavator have been identified,” police report added.
The Journalists’ Association of Serbia (UNS), through its Kosovo branch requests the Kosovo police and the Prosecutor’s Office to determine who is behind the attacks on the sites of ''Slobodno Srpski'' and Media Centar from Caglavica.
The sites were hacked following the Journalists’ Association of Serbia in Kosovo posthumously awarded the ''Beli Bozur '' award to Oliver Ivanovic for the best cooperation with the media and journalists.
There are no daily Serbian newspapers in Kosovo today either, Tanjug news agency reports.
Zvezdan Mihajlovic from “KIM Beokolp” company, responsible for distribution of the Serbian newspapers in Kosovo, told Tanjug news agency that Kosovo customs officials did not allow transport of the newspapers through Jarinje crossing point, due to allegedly irregular documentation.