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“State has left, Church kept us in Kosovo" (RTV KIM)

Chairperson of European Movement, Rada Trajkovic told RTV KIM that Belgrade authorities and Srpska Lista run inappropriate campaign against Bishop Teodosije, placing the church as a target in order to expel Serbs from Kosovo. “It is difficult to imagine, the Church that in fact kept Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija to be subjected to such a hunt, unfortunately coming from its own believers, Orthodox people.

KIM Radio: Raska-Prizren Eparchy - We are sorry if someone feels personally exposed (KIM Radio)

“For our Church, division of Kosovo and Metohija often mentioned in the media, is not only a political matter, but the matter of destiny of dozen thousands of our believers and the most important holy shrines,” Raska-Prizren Eparchy said in a statement, KIM Radio reported. The reaction came following a wave of attacks by Serbian authorities’ representatives and the media, after the Eparchy issued an appeal “on the division of Kosovo and Metohija,” KIM Radio recalled. The Eparchy elaborated that “Bishop Teodosije in his appeal did not underestimate with a single word, the efforts of the Presi

SNF: Srpska Lista does not act on behalf of Serb people (FoNet, Danas)

Serb National Forum (SNF) said yesterday it disagrees with the statement of Srpska Lista (SL) that “majority stance” of the Serb population in Kosovo and Metohija is to support any solution Belgrade proposes for the Kosovo issue, Danas daily reported.

Serbian Orthodox Church: Kosovo Government to pay rent (Danas, Radio Free Europe)

Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo does not ask for financial help from the Kosovo Government, but to pay the rent for using the premise owned by the Serbian Orthodox Church in Pristina, where Kosovo Anti-Corruption Agency is seated, Abbot of Visoki Decani Monastery Father Sava Janjic told Radio Free Europe.

Vucic: You do not want delineation? And in 40 years we will defend Vranje (RTS, TV Most)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic warned that if Kosovo and Metohija issue is not resolved, in 20 years Serbia would lose everything, RTS reported. President Vucic was asked to comment on an appeal sent by the Serbian Orthodox Church Raska-Prizren Eparchy Bishop Teodosije, expressing concern over statements by some politicians from both sides regarding delineation.

Appeal from Kosovo and Metohija by Bishop Teodosije regarding statements of some politicians about the partition of Kosovo (Raska-Prizren Eparchy website)

As a Bishop of Raška and Prizren and an Archpastor of the Orthodox Christians in the regions of Kosovo, Metohija and Raška, with tremendous pastoral and moral responsibility I feel the need to express my grave concern regarding a series of political statements on Kosovo-Metohija in the recent time which fill our hearts with increasing uncertainty and disquiet. For almost twenty years our Diocese supported by our Patriarch and our fellow Bishops, and with financial assistance of the Government of Republic of Serbia and other local and international donors, makes tremendous efforts to provide n

“There are no constitutional and legal foundations for referendum” (Danas)

A group of Serbian academics, politicians, public personalities and heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church Monasteries in a written statement published by Belgrade-based daily Danas warned President Vucic that “signing of legally-binding agreement on comprehensive normalization of relations with Kosovo or division of Kosovo and Metohija between Serbia and so-called Kosovo would be the most defeating act in a modern Serbian history.”