Vetevendosje movement assessed that eventual holding of Serbia’s elections of 24 April in Kosovo, are yet another failure of the Prime Minister Isa Mustafa.
Glauk Konjufca from Vetevendosje, said at a press conference that holding these elections in Kosovo is in contradiction with the Constitution of Kosovo.
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa promised a speedy reaction towards the recent visits of the Serbian officials in Kosovo as well as the announcements that they made. “Today we are visiting the most senior institution of education in Kosovo, therefore I would want to focus on this. However I promise that during the day or tomorrow, we will respond to your questions, but in the government building,” Mustafa said.
Serbian Radical Party (SRS) held an election meeting yesterday in Gračanica/Graqanicë, which they called a protest gathering, where local officials and Deputy Chairperson of the party Nemanja Šarović addressed the audience.
A Serbian court has for the first time ordered the state to pay compensation to families of Kosovo war crime victims, killed by a special police unit in 1990s war.
Prime Minister Vucic has requested permission from the Kosovo Government to visit Kosovo Serbs with dual citizenship, who will vote in Serbian elections. Such permission is given, and we regret that this opportunity has not been used to promote better neighbourly relations but to spread the false statements in connection with the property, said to Danas daily, the Acting Head of Kosovo Foreign Ministry Petrit Selimi, commenting on the visit and the rhetoric of the Serbian Prime Minister during his visit to Kosovo.
Brussels based correspondent of the paper, Augustin Palokaj, criticizes the government of Kosovo for not being serious on its promises.
Kosovo’s dialogue minister Edita Tahiri said the statement of Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic that Trepca mine belongs to Serbia is part of his election campaign. “The media know that in time of campaigns, there are illusionary statements made for political marketing aims,” Tahiri said in an interview. Tahiri dismissed possibility of the Trepca mine ownership issue being discussed in the EU-facilitated dialogue with Belgrade saying that this is one of Pristina’s red lines. “Our position on Trepca and other Kosovo state assets has been made clear in Brussels.
Serbia-Russia relations are developing successfully in all areas, Russian FM Sergei Lavrov and his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic agreed on Friday.
Russia is "one of Serbia's most important strategic partners and Belgrade is thankful to Moscow for its support in international organisations on the issue of Kosovo," TASS quoted Dacic as saying before his meeting with Lavrov in Moscow.
Kosovo has abroad, mainly in Serbia, not-privatized assets. The list of unsold property is consisted at a total of 162 companies.
Ninety-nine of Kosovo firms are located in Serbia. In addition, in Serbia are and 11 facilities belonging to the Trepca mining complex.
There are 35 companies in Montenegro, 35 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYROM 7 and 5 in Croatia and Slovenia.
Kosovo’s Ministry of Trade and Industry through a press release today announced that the decision of the government for reciprocal measure on recognition of the ADR certificates will remain in force until reaching of an agreement on mutual recognition of such certificates. The statement notes that the government is willing to resolve bilateral problems through dialogue.