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Serbian List asks to accelerate the formation of the ZSO (RTK2)

The Serbian List has asked the Kosovo government to speed up the process of establishing the Association/Community of Serb municipalities, reports today Epoka.

Deputy Prime Minister and member of the Serbian List, Branimir Stojanović says that "the ZSO is an obligation guaranteed by the agreement reached in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels" and emphasizes that he expects rapid steps in the establishment of this body.

Stojanović: Attack on RTK - a red light for police (KIM radio)

The attack on the building RTK is a red light for the police and all security structures, says Branimir Stojanović and adds that it is important to find the perpetrators "in order to forestall the creation of an atmosphere in which journalists cannot do their job."

Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović says that "overall security" in Kosovo is not at satisfactory level.

What is hindering the completion of the temple in Pristina (Kontakt plus radio)

Serbs in Kosovo believe that the time has come for the completion of the Orthodox church of Christ the Saviour in Pristina. Especially after field testing on suspicion of the existence of mass graves which proves the church does not constitute a crime scene.

"We will surely discuss in the next period, for the start, to place fences and thus secure a bit more the object, and then to go into the construction of the temple in the later stages," says Branimir Stojanović, Vice-President of the Kosovo government.

Denial that attacks on Serbs exist doesn’t contribute to solving the problems (KIM Radio)

Silence and denial of the existence of attacks on Serbs, their property and holy shrines in Kosovo has become an established practice, while institutions in Pristina failed when it comes to exercising basic human rights of Serbs, said in the TV show “Dogovor” Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister, Branimir Stojanović. "The fundamental problem is that many institutions don’t perform their job, while persons that should punish them for the lack of professionalism and lack of will to do their job do not exist.

Kosovo needs a unit for inter-ethnic incidents (TV Most, RTS)

The Kosovo Government should establish special investigative units within the police to deal with ethnically motivated attacks in Kosovo, assessed the research conducted by the Non-Governmental Organizations Centre for Peace and Tolerance and Aktiv.

One could have a similar structure as a unit for the preservation of Serbian cultural heritage, it is suggested in the analysis "Potential ethnically motivated incidents in Kosovo - ugly Story Never Told", that was presented yesterday in Pristina.

Police incapable, KFOR should be deployed to Paralovo (TV Most)

"The police are incapable and uninterested. I call on KFOR to set up a military check point in the village of Paralovo," said Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović after the last attack on the family Stojković from Paralovo village. "We are shocked by recent attacks that are continuously taking place for several years. We are amazed at the inability, and now we doubt even the complicity of the police in the systematic harassment of Paralovo inhabitants," said Stojanović in a statement to the media.

Stojanović: The work on draft of the statute should be intensified (TV Most)

"In drafting the statute of the Association / Community of Serb Municipalities (A/CSM) will work the management team, as agreed in Brussels. Only this is undisputable, the rest are calculations," said Branimir Stojanović on the occasion of the writing of Pristina daily Zeri that Mayors, in close cooperation with the Kosovo Ministry for Local Government Administration and OSCE, will work on the draft of the statute for A/CSM.   "What is certain is that bigger number of people will work on draft statute and give suggestions," he said.

Stojanović: We expect support for the future initiative on completion of the temple in Pristina (TV Most)

Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović said for the morning program of Radio Gračanica/ Graçanica that search for the alleged mass grave around the temple of Christ the Savior in Pristina should be done. “Serbian community never created any problem related to the search of the terrain, if there is some suspicion that there is a mass grave, but we also expect support in future initiative to finish the works on the temple of Christ the Savior in Pristina,” he said.

Victoria Nuland met with Stojanović and Tomić (KiM radio)

Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović and Director of the Office for Communities Ivan Tomić talked with the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland. As noted in a statement the Office of the Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister, Stojanović and Tomić introduced Nuland with the conditions in which the Serbian people live in Kosovo. Special emphasis was on the problem of unemployment. Stojanović highlighted the importance of creating the conditions for the new jobs.

Stojanović: The importance of survival in Kosovo (TV Most)

In regards to the celebration of St Vitus day, Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović stated that the Serbs in Kosovo are on their own property, and that the constant opposition of radical Albanians is something with which they grew up and to which they are accustomed. One part of the Albanian public says that a monument to Prince Lazar is a project of the Association / Community of Serb Municipalities, calling it a chauvinistic organization. "People who said it are actually depicting their policies and targets.