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Sava Janjic to be declared ‘persona non grata’ in Kosovo (KIM Radio)

Director of the Department for Public Communication at the Kosovo Ministry for Diaspora Lorik Pustina wrote on his Twitter account that “Sava Janjic should be declared 'persona non grata’ in Kosovo.  Pustina believes that it should be done because of "spreading ethnic hatred and intolerance." In a separate tweet, this official of the Kosovo government has also requested cease of all negotiations with Serbia.

Sava Janjic: No time for emotions, but for dialogue (Dailies)

After the rejection of Kosovo's admission to UNESCO, Abbot of Visoki Decani Sava Janjic said that it is not the time for emotions, but for a dialogue establishment. As he said, now is the time for serious work on a possible dialogue adding that those people who refuse dialogue don’t have good intentions. "If you ask me who won I will give you a clear answer - the chance for a fair dialogue and confidence-building won, not political pressure," said Janjic on Twitter.

Abbot Janjic: Entry of Kosovo to UNESCO is political settlement (Radio Kontakt Plus) 

The abbot of Visoki Decani monastery has said that countries that support Kosovo's UNESCO membership do so "for the sake of settling political interests, considering the fact Kosovo had to recognize the court for the crimes of the KLA and the Community/ Association of Serb municipalities. In an interview given to daily Politika, Janjic stressed that it was "completely unjust for all Serb shrines and spiritual heritage to become collateral damage."

Abbot Janjic: Political decision of UNESCO (RTK2)

Abbot of Visoki Decani Monastery Sava Janjic believes that talks on Kosovo's admission to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, should be postponed, because Kosovo has not demonstrated political maturity. He stressed that proposal of Executive board to admit Kosovo in UNESCO is the result of political decisions.

Kosovo leaders tour historic Serb Monastery (Turkish Weekly)

Kosovo's President and Prime Minister paid a goodwill visit to the monastery of Visoki Decani on Orthodox Christmas in a fresh attempt to bridge differences between Kosovo's Albanians and Serbs.

Kosovo's new Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, called for unity between the country’s two main ethnic groups during a visit with President Atifete Jahjaga to the Serbian Orthodox monastery of Visoki Decani on Wednesday.

Djuric, Janjic thank KFOR for protecting Decani monastery (Tanjug)

DECANI - Director of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric and Visoki Decani Monastery abbot Sava Janjic Monday expressed gratitude to the KFOR commander, Italian Major General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo for sending soldiers to increase the security around the monastery after its facilities and gates had been sprayed with threatening graffiti celebrating the Islamic State and calling for the creation of a Worldwide Caliphate.

Committee chair sees "network of radical Islam" in Kosovo (B92)

Milovan Drecun has accused Bajram Rexhepi of trying to diminish the gravity of an incident when a Serbian Orthodox monastery was vandalized with graffiti.

The inscriptions inside the Visoki Dečani medieval monastery's compound in Kosovo included the message "the caliphate is coming," and acronyms of the Islamic State (ISIS), the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA; Albanian: UCK), and the Albanian National Army (AKSH).