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Kosovo police “took additional actions“ in investigation of “Vreme“ journalists’ burned vehicle (KoSSev)

In response to complaints expressed in an open letter sent to the Kosovo Police by the collegium of “Vreme” weekly magazine, in relation to the investigation of their car that caught fire near Jarinje crossing point, Kosovo police undertook additional actions and contacted the prosecution in order to look into the case initially labelled as self-ignition, Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) has announced.

Belgrade weekly ‘Vreme’ asks Kosovo police to investigate their car fire (FoNet, Vreme, N1)

In an open letter to Kosovo police Director-General Rashti Qalaj, the Belgrade based weekly Vreme demanded urgent investigation of the fire at the Jarinje border crossing with Serbia proper which destroyed a car the weekly used while visiting Kosovo, the FoNet news agency reported on Wednesday.

A reporter of "Le Courrier des Balkans" joined Vreme’s crew on its way back to Belgrade.

The fire broke out suddenly late on January 4. All passengers escaped unharmed while the car was destroyed.

The car of weekly Vreme burned near Jarinje crossing (Kossev, Vreme)

A car transporting journalist of Belgrade-based weekly Vreme and a journalist from Le Courrier des Balkans burned near the Jarinje administrative crossing, Vreme weekly stated on Saturday.

The fire erupted suddenly, and all four colleagues managed to safely leave the vehicle, which was destroyed – the statement reads.

Janjic: The Church is not for any kind of conflict, and it is not for the frozen one too (RTK2, Vreme, Beta, Danas)

Abbot Sava Janjic says to Vreme, the weekly based in Belgrade, that the security situation in Kosovo is very tense after statements by politicians from Belgrade and Pristina, but also from the international community, who talk about “delineation" or "border correction".

"Such irresponsible statements and a special media campaign that attempts to impose this "solution" on the public as the only right one, worsened relations multiple times between Albanians and Serbs," Janjic told the weekly Vreme.

Reporters Without Borders: Verbal attacks on journalists by pro-government Serb media

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns a series of threats and verbal attacks by pro-government media against four journalists on social networks in recent days, in the run-up to local elections in Belgrade and two other municipalities, and calls on the authorities to punish those responsible.

See more at:https://rsf.org/en/news/verbal-attacks-journalists-pro-government-serb-media

Svarm: The political murder of Oliver Ivanovic was ordered (N1, NMagazin, KIM radio, Danas, Kossev)

The murder of Oliver Ivanovic was ordered, planned, political killing, and there is no doubt about it, according to the editor of the Belgrade weekly Vreme Filip Svarm. Deputy Oliver Ivanovic Ksenija Bozovic says she does not expect killers and orderers to be found, she thinks that there will not be a conflict between Serbs and Albanians, but that a faster migration of Serbs from Kosovo can occur, N1 reports.

The establishment of Kosovo's army threatens the Kumanovo Agreement (Beta, Vreme)

Former Serbian Defence Minister Dragan Sutanovac had assessed as "unacceptable" formation of Kosovo military and called on the government to make it clear to counterparts in Brussels. He said that it would have repealed the Kumanovo Agreement from 1999 and threatened the Brussels Treaty between Belgrade and Pristina.

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