All polling stations will be operational in Kosovo and Metohija, and our citizens that are registered on the voters lists will, and should, exercise their right to vote especially due to political circumstances, stated director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric, informed KIM Radio.
The EU will continue to offer assistance aimed at creation of the court chambers and Office of the Special Prosecutor, including necessary funds, so that the special court for crimes committed by the Kosovo Liberation Army can start its work this year, Tanjug learned in Brussels.
Three members of the Islamic State (F.B, I.F. and S. L.) were arrested in Kosovo on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks in Serbia.
As reported by Alo daily, Kosovo police detained the returnees from the war zone in Syria (F. B, I.F and S. L.) and filed criminal charges against them due to their link with the Islamic state.
They were remanded in custody because of the formation of Islamic state cells in Kosovo.
“The process of delay of the creation of the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities is not acceptable for Serbia from a political point of view and we have made it clear in front of the 190 members of the United Nations, and in front of the permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council (UN)”, said Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djurić to TV Most.
With the election of Hashim Thaci for the President of Kosovo there are no more obstacles for the special court for Kosovo Liberation Army crimes to start its work, claims political analyst Nedzmedin Spahiu and stresses that without shedding a light on crimes Kosovo can’t progress.
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and head of UNMIK Zahir Tanin, said at the UN Security Council session on Kosovo that this was a year in which Kosovo will face complex challenges, and then went on to assess key developments emerging from 2015. “In recent months the polarization of the Kosovo political landscape has reached levels where progress is being impeded, despite considerable efforts by the government to pursue an ambitious reform agenda. The extremes of political antagonism have clearly transgressed basic democratic norms.
Serbia cannot be "a punching bag" for representatives of Kosovo institutions on occasions such as UN Security Council sessions. This was the message of Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic, who pointed out that Belgrade "is not afraid" and that negotiations with Pristina represent "our strength, not weakness."
"As much as Serbia is trying to extend a hand, we have nobody to extend it towards," Dacic said, reacting strongly to the address during a UN Security Council session on Kosovo by Kosovo's ambassador to the U.S., Vlora Citaku.
Several news sites in Kosovo re-run an opinion piece by Marc Champion originally published in Bloomberg View.
Eight years after Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia, five European Union states still refuse to recognize it. They need to relent. They are contributing to an economic and security sinkhole in the heart of the Balkans -- and if history is any guide, that's a bad idea.
Russian Ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin said that there has been no specific progress after the Belgrade-Pristina agreement on normalization of relations.
He also said that a majority in the EU was trying to force Belgrade to abandon its position on the Kosovo issue, "step by step, in negotiations for EU membership."
Together with the EU and other partners, UNMIK is committed to improving dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina on all levels, from the central government to civil society, said the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and head of UNMIK Zahir Tanin.
At the regular meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on Kosovo, Zahir Tanin said that the cooperation between the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Kosovo authorities has declined over the last year.