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Trajkovic: Without ZSO there will be no life for Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija (Blic)

At the roundtable "Association/Community of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) and experiences of municipalities in the South", organized in Kosovska Mitrovica by the Centre for Community Development, Rada Trajkovic, president of NGO European Movement of Serbs, said that she expects the support of Belgrade, Kosovo Albanians and the international community, in regards to the formation of ZSO. "Without Association / Community of Serbian municipalities, there will be no life for us in this area; that is the main point.

Kosovo Serbs seven years after independence (RTK2)

Kosovo Serbs today, on the seventh anniversary of the declaration of independence of Kosovo, share the fate of the whole of Kosovo society, such as poverty and unemployment. One of the representatives of the Serbs in Kosovo institutions in 2008, when Kosovo declared independence, was also and the current deputy in Assembly of Kosovo, Nenad Rasic. Rasic told RTK2 that the Serbs then tried to find a compromise solution. "Our deputies then have not participated in the Assembly. We insisted on a compromise so that our participation in Kosovo institutions becomes more dynamic and organized.

Serbian negotiators make concessions easily (Kontakt plus)

Rada Trajkovic, Leader of the European Movement of Serbs, told Kontakt plus, commenting on the agreement on justice, that the Serbian negotiators lightly made concessions to the Albanian side and so have brought Serbs from Kosovo in a situation where they have to agree under pressure. Rada Trajkovic adds that for the Kosovo Serbs is a huge problem departure of the Serbian judiciary and the judiciary of the state of Serbia. "For me it is truly a disappointment that the North Kosovo does not represent the four municipalities than seven.

Trajkovic: Demonstrations are based on Serbophobia (Kossev)

The demonstrations which were held recently in Pristina (the most massive since the arrival of the international community in Kosovo and Metohija) were based on the platform of Serbophobia: 1) the criticism of the Serbian minister in the Kosovo government and 2) the resistance to the Belgrade’s efforts to resolve the issue of Trepca. The right to protest is the basis of any democratic society. However, according to the old Balkan tradition, in the case of Saturday’s demonstrations, the same right was misused to the level of absurdity.

Serbia will not react to a request for Jablanovic dismissal (Danas)

Serbia will not respond to the request of Kosovo's opposition to dismiss the Minister of Returns and Communities, Aleksandra Jablanovic, because the Serbian list was not talking with the opposition movement Self-determination, but with parties with whom is in the government, it is the position of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija regarding Jablanovic dismissal. The Office for Kosovo and Metohija said to Danas that "is clear, when the current political situation in Pristina is concerned, that this is not about Jablanovic, than about the internal political dynamics among the Albanian parties."

Trajkovic: Institutional link with Belgrade for the survival of Serbs (RTK2)

A recent statement of the leader of Progressive Democratic Party and MP in the Kosovo Assembly Nenad Rasic that Serbian institutions in Kosovo will be totally abolished already in April caused a storm of comments.  President of the NGO European Movement of Serbs and former Member of the Assembly of Kosovo Rada Trajkovic see Association/ Community of Serbian Municipalities (ZSO) only as a name: "It is important that ZSO will not integrate Serbian institutions in Kosovo system, and that its goal is the survival of the Serbian population in this region."  Trajkovic said that regulatio