Tanjug -- News in Brief -- Kosovo and Metohija
DEP:KOSOVO-MISSION-KOSTUNICA
SERBIA RECOGNISES UNMIK MISSION, EULEKS ILLEGAL, KOSTUNICA
*29.2.2008 15:35 BELGRADE, (Tanjug)* - Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav
Kostunica said on Friday that Serbia recognized in Kosovo only UNMIK,
and that the Euleks mission was illegal.
DEP:GOVT-EU-DINKIC
SERBIA HAS GREATER ECONOMIC SOVEREIGNTY IN KOSOVO NOW
*29.2.2008 14:49 BELGRADE, (Tanjug)* - Serbian Minister of Economy and
Regional Development Mladjan Dinkic said on Friday that currently Serbia
has greater economic sovereignty in the part of Kosovo populated by
Serbs than it had in the last ten years.
DEP:KOSOVO-ARTEMIJE-APPEAL
ENTRY INTO EU WITHOUT KOSOVO ACT OF TREASON, ARTEMIJE
*29.2.2008 14:30 BELGRADE, (Tanjug)* - Serbian Orthodox Church Episcope
of Raska and Prizren Artemije told Serbian authorities on Friday that
Serbia's entry into the European Union without Kosovo and Metohija would
be an act of high treason and of annulling the entire Serbian history.
DEP:KOSOVO-POLICE-SUSPENSION
SERB POLICEMEN IN GNJILANE SUSPENDED FOR 48 HOURS, ELSHANI
*29.2.2008 13:17 PRISTINA, (Tanjug)* - Kosovo Police Service (KPS)
headquarters decided on Friday to suspend for 48 hours policemen of
Serbian nationality in the Gnjilane area who for the third day in a row
are protesting against the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo,
refusing to join the KPS chain of command.
DEP:RUSSIA-KOSOVO-OSCE
CHIZOV: KOSOVO WILL NOT BECOME MEMBER OF OSCE
*29.2.2008 12:50 MOSCOW, (Tanjug)* - Russia's Permanent Representative
to the European Union (EU) Vladimir Chizov reiterated on Friday that the
mission the EU was sending to Kosovo and Metohija was illegal, and at
the same time denied the possibility that independent Kosovo became a
member of the OSCE.
DEP:VOA-BURNS-KOSOVO
KOSOVO CANNOT BE PARTITIONED, BURNS
*29.2.2008 12:44 WASHINGTON, (Tanjug)* - Under-Secretary of State for
Political Affairs Nicholas Burns has flatly rejected the partition of
Kosovo in any form.
DEP:ARGENTINA-SERBIA-KOSOVO
ARGENTINA WILL NOT RECOGNISE KOSOVO
*29.2.2008 12:23 BUENOS AIRES, (Tanjug)* - Argentina is not going to
recognise the unilaterally proclaimed independence of the Serbian
province of Kosovo, since that would represent a dangerous precedent in
international law, which is not in Argentina's national interest,
Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana said in Buenos Aires on Friday.
DEP:KOSOVO-STRPCE-POLICE
SERB POLICEMEN STAGE PROTEST IN STRPCE
*29.2.2008 11:12 STRPCE, (Tanjug)* - Some 50 Serb policemen in the
municipality of Strpce decided on Friday not to obey the orders of the
Kosovo Police Service (KPS) headquarters in Pristina, and referring to
UN Security Council Resolution 1244, demanded to cooperate only with the
UNMIK police.
DEP:KOSOVO-GRACANICA-POLICE
SERB POLICEMEN IN CENTRAL KOSOVO DISOBEY KPS
*29.2.2008 10:58 GRACANICA, (Tanjug)* - The Serb members of the Kosovo
Police Service (KPS) in the police stations in central Kosovo decided at
9 a.m. on Friday to disobey the orders of the KPS Main Headquarters in
Pristine, as a sign of protest against the unilateral proclamation of
Kosovo independence.
DEP:KOSOVO-PANEL
VASIC SAYS 'BOSNIAN SCENARIO' THREATENS KOSOVO SERBS
*29.2.2008 10:29 BELGRADE, (Tanjug)* - Analyst Nenad Vasic on Thursday
evening warned that the so-called Serb issue in Kosovo and Metohija
province is becoming aggravated in a situation when Martii Ahtisaari's
plan is being imposed through the transfer of authority from the local
United Nations (UN) interim administration UNMIK to the ethnic Albanian
authorities.
DEP:RUSSIA-KOSOVO-ROGOZIN
ROGOZIN: NATO TO OBSERVE UN MANDATE
*29.2.2008 9:47 MOSCOW, (Tanjug)* - Russia insists that NATO forces in
Kosovo continue to act in accordance with the UN mandate and Security
Council Resolution 1244, and not follow any (Martti) Ahtisaari plans,
Russia's Permanent representative to the Alliance Dmitry Rogzin has said.
DEP:AUSTRIA-SERBS-DEMONSTRATIONS
BURIAL OF NEUTRALITY OVER SIGNING OF KOSOVO RECOGNITION
*29.2.2008 9:45 VIENNA, (Tanjug)* - Serbs rallied outside the
headquarters of the Austrian president and government on Thursday
evening, protesting against the recognition of the unilateral
proclamation of the independence of Kosovo province.
DEP:RUSSIA-KOSOVO-UN
EU MISSION IN KOSOVO ILLEGAL, SAYS CHURKIN
*29.2.2008 9:35 NEW YORK, (Tanjug)* - Russia underscored at the United
Nations (UN) Security Council that the sending of the European Union
(EU) mission to Kosovo is an illegal act, Russia's Permanent
Representative to the UN Vitaly Churkin said on Thursday evening.
DEP:US-KOSMET-ANALYST
BARDOSH: KOSOVO WILL NOT BECOME MEMBER OF UN, OSCE OR CE
*29.2.2008 9:30 WASHINGTON, (Tanjug)* - The categorical position of
Russia and Serbia will prevent Kosovo from becoming a member of the
United Nations and European institutions, US analyst Gordon Bardosh has
assessed.
DEP:SOFIA-GREECE-KOSMET
GREECE: KOSMET ISSUE WILL BE REFLECTED ON EUROPEAN STABILITY
*29.2.2008 9:27 SOFIA, (Tanjug)* - Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Yannis
Valinakis said in Sofia on Thursday that the question of Kosovo and
Metohija is extremely complex and difficult.
DEP:UN-KOSMET-VARMA
NO TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY FROM UNMIK IN KOSOVO, SPOKESMAN
*29.2.2008 9:19 NEW YORK, (Tanjug)* - Spokesman Brendan Varma of United
Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon denied, in New York on
Thursday, allegations by European Union (EU) Special Representative to
Kosovo and Metohija Pieter Feith that the process of the transfer of
authority from the UN mission in the province to the EULEX mission has
begun.
