Kosovo bans entry of Serbian Patriarch ahead of Orthodox Christmas

Authorities in Kosovo decided Sunday to ban Serbian Patriarch Porfirije from entering the country ahead of Orthodox Christmas.

Serbs denied visit to Djakovica on Good Friday. -The Serbs who were forced out of Djakovica were also denied a visit on Christmas Eve

BELGRADE - Serbs who were driven out of the region of Djakovica, southwestern Kosovo, issued on Thursday a protest to the authorities in Pristina not being allowed to visit their town and properties on Good Friday.

"The Serbs from the Djakovica region are resentful of the institution in Pristina, EULEX and KFOR for being unable to ensure safety for 120 Serbs who properly filed a request to visit their town on Good Friday," President of the Association of Djakovica Citizens Djokica Stanojevic said on Thursday.

Serbian PM visiting Gracanica monastery in Kosovo. -Serbian PM is visiting Kosovo for religious purposes with the permit of government of Kosovo.

Ivica Dacic is welcomed with applause and chanting "Serbia, Serbia" in front of the monastery in Kosovo town Gracanica.

Serbian PM Ivica Dacic on Saturday arrived in monastery in Kosovo town Gracanica, welcomed by bishop Teodosije and hundreds of locals from central Kosovo.

In front of the monastery he was welcomed with applause and chanting "Serbia, Serbia".

ΥΠΕΞ: Δήλωση Αντιπροέδρου της Κυβέρνησης και ΥΠΕΞ Ευ. Βενιζέλου σχετικά με τη δολοφονία στελέχους της EULEX στο Κόσσοβο

ΥΠΕΞ, Παρασκευή, 20 Σεπτέμβριος 2013

 

Ο Αντιπρόεδρος της Κυβέρνησης και ΥΠΕΞ Ευάγγελος Βενιζέλος προέβη στην εξής δήλωση σχετικά με τη χθεσινή δολοφονική επίθεση κατά στελέχους της Ευρωπαϊκής αποστολής EULEX στο Κόσσοβο:

«Καταδικάζουμε με τον πλέον απερίφραστο τρόπο τη δολοφονική επίθεση κατά της αυτοκινητοπομπής της EULEX στο Κόσσοβο που προκάλεσε τον θάνατο ενός μέλους της αποστολής, λιθουανικής καταγωγής.