Leader of the CI SDP Oliver Ivanović assesses for the regional TV N1 the internal dialogue on Kosovo as the most important issue for the Serbs.
Ivanović reminds that in 2006 he proposed the Cypriot model for Kosovo, not as a model of status, but as a model for resolving the conflict.
Politicians’ promises that the destiny of the missing persons during the war in Kosovo would be resolved and this issue would become a topic of the Brussels dialogue, is just pouring salt to the wounds, said Coordinator of Missing Persons Association in Kosovo, Milorad Trifunovic, RTV Puls reported.
A key initiative in the region is infrastructure connectivity.
Pristina authorities have already begun preparations for building a 22 km long highway from Pristina to Merdare, which should be continued from Merdare to Niš. Pristina says that the road is of strategic importance because it links Pristina to the European highway network.
The project for the construction of the Pristina-Niš highway was officially made at the last Summit for the Western Balkans held this year in Trieste.
It is up to authorities in Macedonia, to lead the politics of their country, but they should know it matters to us very much that Kosovo is not a member of UNESCO and Interpol, said Serbian Minister of Defence, Aleksandar Vulin, Tanjug news agency reported.
Vulin further added, that all countries that know that, also understand that mutual relations “are to the great extent based on it”.
“We have to take care of our own interests and about it that our friends should act that way,” he said.
The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, accepted the invitation of Tomislav Nikolić to visit Serbia. In order for this visit to be realized, the invitation should be renewed by new President Aleksandar Vučić, but an agreement should also be reached with the Serbian Orthodox Church" – says Archbishop Luciano Suriani, Apostolic Nuncio in Serbia, in this interview for CorD Magazine.
Risking to repeat mistakes made by previous international justice mechanisms, the Specialist Chambers need to change their strategy and address Kosovo society as a whole.
Since the end of the conflict in 1999, international and domestic hybrid courts have been the main fora for investigating the most serious war crimes and crimes against humanity in Kosovo and the wider region.
By Eraldin Fazliu - 24.08.2017
Kosovo missing out during post-election delays.
"If they apply, the voting will take place at the Executive Board in October, if it passes there, then in November at the General Conference," Serbian Foreign Minister, Ivica Dacic said to the Serbian daily Blic.
The FM also thinks that Pristina will not succeed.
"I have been dealing with this issue continuously, we are sending envoys, and I am certain that they cannot pass for accession to UNESCO," Dacic said.
The Abbess of Sokolica Monastery, Makarija said to the Serbian media, it is an absurd that Albanians seek to join UNESCO.
“What do they have to protect? They have no cultural monuments. Except, Sultan-Murat Turbe (Sultan, who led Turkish forces in the Kosovo battle in 1389) and Sinan Pasha Mosque in Prizren, that was made from the material of a destroyed Saint Archangels Monastery in Prizren. They even do not have these two monuments, because these are monuments of Islam, Turkey,” Abbess Makarija said to the Blic daily newspaper.
The Austrian Foreign Minister's claim that women in Bosnia and Kosovo are being paid to wear full veils has drawn criticism from political and religious leaders there.
Religious and political authorities in Bosnia and Kosovo have dismissed a statement of Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz that women in Bosnia and Kosovo are being paid to wear full veils.