Victims of Operation Storm remembered
Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug
BELGRADE -- Today marks the 16th anniversary since the beginning of Croatian army and police Operation Storm that led to the exodus of more than 200,000 Serbs from Croatia.
Tadić and Krkobabić in attendance (Beta)
Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch Irinej held a memorial service at St. Mark’s Church in downtown Belgrade for the victims of the 1995 military operation aimed against Serb areas of Croatia.
The memorial service was attended by Serbian President Boris Tadić, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of refugee issues Jovan Krkobabić and by other government officials.
Representatives of more than 100 refugee and home clubs associations of Serbs from Croatia said they will hand the Croatian Embassy in Belgrade an open letter for Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor and Deputy Prime Minister from the Serb community Slobodan Uzelac.
The representatives are demanding from Croatia to return all the property that belongs to the Serbs who had to flee Croatia, and also to pay the people the pension arrears and their savings in banks, before the country enters the EU.
On August 4, 1995 the Croat armed forces in cooperation with Muslims in Bosnia-Herzegovina launched Operation Storm which claimed lives of nearly 2,000 Serbs and sent about 340,000 people to expulsion.
Nearly 2,000 Serbs were reported missing and 220,000 were expelled from the Republic of Serb Krajina during Operation Storm which was shortly followed by Operation Mistral, in which around 655 Serbs were killed and 125,000 driven from their homes in 13 municipalities in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
According to the data of the NGO Veritas, a total of 1,011 Serbs are still registered as missing, including 660 civilians, 337 of whom are women.
četvrtak 4.08.2011 | 23:34 | Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (16) | Send comment
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Serbian government representatives in Kosovo today announced that a deal on resolving the crisis in the north was "at hand".
četvrtak 4.08.2011 | 18:36 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (8) | Send comment
BRUSSELS -- EU mediator Robert Cooper was quoted as saying that in the search for a solution to the crisis in Kosovo, it was "irrelevant who created the problem".
četvrtak 4.08.2011 | 18:07 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send comment
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- The four Serb municipalities in the north backed the Serbian authorities demand for the situation at Jarinje and Brnjak to be restored to their previous status.
četvrtak 4.08.2011 | 17:12 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (11) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dačić has said that the Serbian people in Kosovo have the right to fight for their rights, just as Albanians once did.
četvrtak 4.08.2011 | 16:46 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (7) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The opposition Serb Radicals (SRS) believes Serbia should immediately stop talks related to its EU candidacy bid, and turn to the country's traditional allies.
četvrtak 4.08.2011 | 13:35 | Source: Tanjug, Večernje novosti | Comments: (7) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Konuzin on Thursday once again addressed the issue of the current crisis unfolding in Kosovo.
četvrtak 4.08.2011 | 13:23 | Source: Beta | Comments: (7) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Trucks carrying 75 tons of foodstuffs for Serbs in northern Kosovo entered Kosovo around 12:30 CET at Jarinje administrative crossing, Beta has reported.
četvrtak 4.08.2011 | 12:51 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (9) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said Thursday that Serbia would not trade Kosovo in exchange for EU accession.
četvrtak 4.08.2011 | 11:33 | Source: Blic | Comments: (21) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Some EU and U.S. representatives have requested from the Serbian authorities to let Priština take control over northern Kosovo, daily Blic writes.
četvrtak 4.08.2011 | 10:30 | Source: B92 | Comments: (20) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- Kosovo government has announced that the agreement reached by KFOR Commander Erhard Buhler and Serbian government representatives is unfeasible.
četvrtak 4.08.2011 | 08:03 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (6) | Send comment
BRNJAK -- KFOR soldiers at the Brnjak administrative crossing banned entry of any type of goods from Serbia on Thursday, but allowed it again later in the day.
sreda 3.08.2011 | 22:52 | Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (19) | Send comment
LEPOSAVIĆ -- NATO-led troops in Kosovo, KFOR, revealed on Thursday evening the details of the talks held today in northern Kosovo.
sreda 3.08.2011 | 17:09 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (6) | Send comment
JARINJE -- U.S. members of KFOR allowed 3.5-ton trucks carrying food products to cross Jarinje administrative checkpoint on Wednesday.
sreda 3.08.2011 | 17:07 | Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (10) | Send comment
Undisturbed supply of KFOR troops is a condition for continuation of the talks between Belgrade representatives and KFOR commander, B92 has learned.
sreda 3.08.2011 | 16:12 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Trucks with 75 tons of food supplies for the population in northern Kosovo will depart for the province on Thursday, it has been announced.
sreda 3.08.2011 | 15:51 | Source: Tanjug, Press | Comments: (5) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović accused Kosovo Albanian PM Hashim Thaci of inciting to war in Serbia's southern province.
sreda 3.08.2011 | 15:30 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (2) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Serbian Health Minister Zoran Stanković stated on Wednesday that a large amount of medicines would be delivered to health institutions in Kosovo.
sreda 3.08.2011 | 15:05 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (17) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Serbian President Boris Tadić says that on every August 4 Serbians mourn all innocent victims of Croatia's Operation Storm, "that must not be forgotten".
sreda 3.08.2011 | 11:37 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (27) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Ex-UN regional representative in Kosovska Mitrovica Gerard Gallucci said sending UN peacekeepers to the Kosovo north might be the only way to preserve peace.
sreda 3.08.2011 | 10:45 | Source: Tanjug, Večernje novosti | Comments: (6) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Đelić says Priština's attempt to take control over crossings can be used as a reason to postpone Serbia's EU accession talks.
sreda 3.08.2011 | 10:25 | Source: B92, Blic, Tanjug | Comments: (11) | Send comment
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Serbia’s Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović and negotiating team head Borislav Stefanović have called on all sides in Kosovo to restrain from using force.
sreda 3.08.2011 | 09:43 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (9) | Send comment
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Last night was quiet in northern Kosovo with Serb citizens behind roadblocks they set up for the ninth night in a row.
sreda 3.08.2011 | 09:23 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (14) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The decision Belgrade will make in the coming days will greatly affect Serbia's EU integration, said U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Countryman.
utorak 2.08.2011 | 18:03 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (16) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković has stated that Serbia did not bear responsibility for the current situation in northern Kosovo.
utorak 2.08.2011 | 17:33 | Source: Beta | Comments: (28) | Send comment
BRUSSELS -- A NATO deputy spokesperson on Tuesday in Brussels said the alliance's command in Naples had decided to send reinforcements to its troops in Kosovo, KFOR.
utorak 2.08.2011 | 17:27 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (3) | Send comment
NEW YORK -- The UN Security Council (UNSC) will hold a regular session dedicated to Kosovo on August 24, the world organization announced on its website.
utorak 2.08.2011 | 14:07 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (28) | Send comment
RUDARE -- Minister for Kosovo and Metohija on Tuesday called on the residents of northern Kosovo to continue to gather at the barricades.
utorak 2.08.2011 | 12:38 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (8) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Russia believes the Priština government's attempt to unilaterally and using force change the situation in northern Kosovo is a threat to security in the region.
utorak 2.08.2011 | 10:38 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (11) | Send comment
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Kosovo Ministry State Secretary Oliver Ivanović says the EU is facing the consequences of Hashim Thaci's unilateral move for which a solution must be found.
utorak 2.08.2011 | 09:49 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (2) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The Serbian government on Monday directed the state commodity reserves directorate to deliver the needed food supplies, worth RSD 8,4mn.
utorak 2.08.2011 | 09:24 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (29) | Send comment
JARINJE -- KFOR is preventing entry of vehicles that carry any kind of food, or any type of goods at the administrative point of Jarinje are, reports said.
ponedeljak 1.08.2011 | 22:11 | Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (8) | Send comment
RAŠKA -- A meeting between Serbian government representatives and an EU mediator, focusing on the current situation in northern Kosovo, has been adjourned.
ponedeljak 1.08.2011 | 16:48 | Source: Beta | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Serbia should introduce clear rules in media financing and guarantee fair competition, says EU's representative in Serbia.
ponedeljak 1.08.2011 | 15:15 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (16) | Send comment
ZVEČAN -- Goran Bogdanović says barricades on the roads in north Kosovo will stay where they are until the problem of the Jarinje and Brnjak checkpoints has been solved.
ponedeljak 1.08.2011 | 14:36 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (9) | Send comment
LEPOSAVIĆ, BELGRADE -- Food supplies have started to arrive again to northern Kosovo after Jarinje and Brnjak administrative line checkpoints were opened for traffic on Sunday.
ponedeljak 1.08.2011 | 14:09 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (7) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- The NATO-led KFOR announced in Priština today that its troops removed three road blocks on the Kosovska Mitrovica-Zupče road.
ponedeljak 1.08.2011 | 13:40 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (13) | Send comment
JARINJE -- Kosovo Minister Goran Bogdanović and head of Belgrade's negotiating team with Priština Borislav Stefanović arrived late on Sunday in northern Kosovo.
ponedeljak 1.08.2011 | 11:24 | Source: Beta | Comments: (3) | Send comment
LEPOSAVIĆ -- Borislav Stefanović said late on Sunday in Leposavić, northern Kosovo, that talks about the status of administrative crossings there would continue today.
nedelja 31.07.2011 | 22:52 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (8) | Send comment
JARINJE -- Minister for Kosovo and Metohija Goran Bogdanović confirmed on Sunday evening that the Jarinje administrative crossing has been opened for passenger traffic.
nedelja 31.07.2011 | 18:35 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (21) | Send comment
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- The hospital in Kosovska Mitrovica warned on Sunday that Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija could face a humanitarian disaster.
nedelja 31.07.2011 | 18:13 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send comment
RUDARE -- Serbs in Kosovo say the Serbian parliament declaration on Kosovo was very important, and expect that it will bring about concrete results in the field.
nedelja 31.07.2011 | 15:37 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (29) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The Serbian parliament shortly after midnight on Sunday adopted its newest declaration dedicated to Kosovo.
nedelja 31.07.2011 | 14:11 | Source: Tanjug, Press | Comments: (17) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Priština's decision to send police to the north of take control of checkpoints "was not made in coordination with the international community or the U.S.".
nedelja 31.07.2011 | 14:09 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (14) | Send comment
RUDARE -- Zubin Potok Mayor Slaviša Ristić says there was no reason for KFOR to shut down administrative line checkpoints in northern Kosovo.
nedelja 31.07.2011 | 13:23 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (19) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- President Boris Tadić stated on Saturday evening that, after the painful experiences of the 1990s, Serbia's most important goal is to preserve peace.
nedelja 31.07.2011 | 13:22 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (5) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Two Serbian government officials who spent last week in Kosovo negotiating to resolve the crisis in the north are headed back to the province.
subota 30.07.2011 | 23:07 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (2) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Two parliamentary groups that back the government but do not participate in the cabinet are either opposed to or will abstain from voting for the Kosovo draft.
subota 30.07.2011 | 20:51 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (2) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Opposition SNS party leader Tomislav Nikolić says the government's Kosovo declaration doesn't envisage concrete measures it will take to resolve the crisis.
subota 30.07.2011 | 16:10 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (17) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- PM Mirko Cvetković said on Saturday the interim authorities in Priština caused the crisis in northern Kosovo in order to provoke Serbia to end the dialogue.
subota 30.07.2011 | 15:09 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (6) | Send comment
NEW YORK -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the world organization is ready to do all it can to maintain peace and find a peaceful solution to Kosovo issues.
subota 30.07.2011 | 14:54 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (7) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Konuzin said Saturday that "Priština's dangerous ambitions cannot be tolerated".
subota 30.07.2011 | 14:53 | Source: Tanjug, Presse | Comments: (0) | Send comment
VIENNA -- Borislav Stefanović said Priština's attempt to take control of administrative crossings in northern Kosovo was an attempt to confront Serbs with a done deal.
subota 30.07.2011 | 14:00 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (7) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- EULEX chief Xavier Bout de Marnhac said on Saturday that the mission "respects the constitution and laws of Kosovo".
subota 30.07.2011 | 13:48 | Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (4) | Send comment
ZVEČAN -- The situation was unchanged on Saturday morning at the barricade in Rudare, Zvečan, where around 200 local Serbs are still physically protecting the road block.
subota 30.07.2011 | 11:37 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The government Economy and Finance Committee approved a bill on restitution of property taken from owners by the communist Yugoslav authorities after WW2.
subota 30.07.2011 | 11:21 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (43) | Send comment
JARINJE -- NATO-led KFOR held two Serbian state officials negotiating an end to the current crisis in Kosovo for half an hour at the Jarinje administrative checkpoint.
petak 29.07.2011 | 21:57 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (26) | Send comment
ZVEČAN -- KFOR commander Erhard Buehler says it was not easy for him to make the decision to withdraw his units and give up on removing the roadblocks set by Serbs.
petak 29.07.2011 | 21:16 | Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (46) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- A day-long standoff on Friday between KFOR soldiers and Serbs blocking a road in northern Kosovo ended with the withdrawal of the troops from the barricades.
petak 29.07.2011 | 17:18 | Source: B92 | Comments: (38) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- In an exclusive interview for B92 in Belgrade on Friday, Serbian President Boris Tadić addressed the escalating crisis in Kosovo and Metohija.
petak 29.07.2011 | 15:50 | Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (20) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The Serbian government's request for an urgent parliament session dedicated to Kosovo has arrived to the Serbian parliament at around 13:00 CET.
petak 29.07.2011 | 15:01 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (8) | Send comment
BRUSSELS -- EU's Robert Cooper will likely visit Belgrade on Monday "to help ease the tension in Kosovo and get Belgrade and Priština to return to the negotiating table".
petak 29.07.2011 | 15:00 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (26) | Send comment
RUDARE -- KFOR armored vehicles arrived at around 02:40 CET at the roadblock set up by Serbs in Rudare, Zvečan municipality.
petak 29.07.2011 | 12:12 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (15) | Send comment
BRNJAK -- The government in Priština started implementing its ban on Serbian goods at the Brnjak checkpoint near Zubin Potok on Friday.
petak 29.07.2011 | 09:45 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (8) | Send comment
NEW YORK -- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić discussed in New York on Thursday evening the situation in Kosovo.
petak 29.07.2011 | 09:29 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (17) | Send comment
NEW YORK -- The UN Security Council met on Thursday in New York for consultations about the situation in Kosovo, but Serbia's FM Vuk Jeremić was not allowed to attend.
