President Aleksandar Vučić says that we have seen the first version in various media in the past few days, which does not differ much from the second version, the so-called. of the Franco-German plan, which, as he says, is no longer a Franco-German plan, but something much more than that.

“I’m afraid that no one wanted to talk about the context, the circumstances and what Serbia is facing,” said Vučić.

When you look at a paper, it’s easy to find countless objections, and in this paper it’s not easy to find anything to be enthusiastic about, on the contrary, says Vučić.

“Precisely due to the fact that the geopolitical circumstances have changed, there is a lot of nervousness, Europe is in a de facto war, whatever they say, there is no tolerance for any sort of jumping out in the political sense, and on the other hand, they want it in their backyard, and the Western Balkans and Serbia are theirs yard, so that everything is there the way they want it,” says Vučić.

“The question arises as to what else contributed to the situation to come out with such a harsh approach and a sense of urgency on the part of European officials supported by Washington,” pointed out Vučić.

He pointed out that after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, it became one of the biggest problems for Serbia.

First of all, we are on everyone’s radar because we did not impose sanctions on Russia, and then, he adds, because of the incidents caused by Kurti’s regime.

Miloš Garić: We have entered an extremely risky phase of this crisis

Miloš Garić, editor of the Kosovo Online portal, tells RTS that Aljbin Kurti is ready to go to the end as long as they let him go from the West to implement anti-Serb policy.

“With the events of the previous two days, we have entered a definitely extremely risky phase of this crisis, and that is what is completely clear. Kurti’s announcements, especially yesterday’s, that he will oppose the Serbs with all the force at his disposal, because he considers the Serbs to be criminals and that he has every right to send an entire arsenal of weapons and police officers against them. We have every reason to be afraid and to prepare for very dangerous events that are ahead of us and that may resemble those of 2004 and 2008 in Kosovo,” Garić said. .

He says that he spoke with Davor Marković yesterday immediately after, as he said, special units harassed and beat him near Gazivode.

“He was driving his car and came across that patrol. They pulled him out of the car, threw him into the canal, stripped him, took off his boots and socks, and shot randomly towards the hills and Serbian villages, causing danger, they kept him for more than an hour in such position and looked at the lists on which they are looking for some Serbs,” said Garić.

He states that Kurti wants to conquer that area by force, because they are bothered by the presence and resistance of the Serbs.

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Gordana Stijačić’s interview with Miloš Garić

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The northern part of Kosmet is still blocked

RTS correspondent Andrija Igić reports that the north of Kosmet is still blocked both by the citizens and the police. It is not possible to cross the Jarinje and Brnjak crossings either on foot or by car.

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Andrija Igić’s report (06.00)

Traffic is closed on the main roads in the north of Kosovo and Metohija, and you can only move on secondary roads.

The night passed peacefully at the barricades erected by the Serbs as a sign of protest against the arrest of former member of the Kosovo police Dejan Pantić.

The Prime Minister in Pristina, Aljbin Kurti, announced that the barricades should be removed immediately, so the night passed in anticipation of the action of the Kosovo police.

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, said last night that he pointed out to international partners the recklessness of Pristina, regarding the arrest of Dejan Pantić. He also said that the text of the request that will be sent to the KFOR commander for the return of a certain number of members of the Serbian army and police to the territory of Kosovo and Metohija has been agreed upon in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1244.

Before midnight, gunshots and detonations were heard from time to time, but there was no information about injuries or wounds.

According to Davor Marković, members of the special Kosovo police stopped him and his son on the Lučka Reka – Gazivode road near the pond and detained them for more than an hour.

He says that his son suffered head injuries and that he received first aid at the ambulance in Zubin Potok.

Around 19:00, two detonations rang out, but their origin is unknown.

Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani said that an agreement had been reached to postpone the elections to April 2023.

All the eyes of the Serbs from the north of Kosovo and Metohija are directed towards Breograd and towards the international representatives. A Serb protest has been announced for today at noon in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica. More than usual, Serbian flags and billboards “This is Serbia” were displayed, which, as the Serbs from northern Kosovo say, show where they belong, RTS correspondent reports.

As announced by the Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija who left the Kosovo institutions yesterday, the boycott will last until Pristina cancels the re-registration of vehicles and forms the Union of Serbian Municipalities and fulfills other agreements from the Brussels Agreement.

Serbs in Štrpce also complained about Pristina’s bad policy. The president of that municipality, Dalibor Jevtić, said that it would not make sense for them to remain in the institutions, if Pristina continues its policy of discrimination.

Kosovo President Vljosa Osmani called on the Serbs not to leave the institutions, accused Belgrade of being behind the moves of the Serbs and stressed the assurance that the smooth operation of the institutions and public safety will be ensured in cooperation with international partners.

The government in Pristina also faces criticism from the opposition.

Police stations were left without the majority of policemen, judicial bodies without judges and prosecutors, local governments without administration. In the northern part of the Republic of Kosovo, there are about 300 policemen, of which 80 percent are Serbs, who took off their uniforms to demonstrate that they were leaving the institution. It is unknown whether Albanian policemen will remain in them, of whom there are about 20 percent in the north of Kosovo.

The police directorate in Pristina announced that they would hire units from other parts of Kosovo in the north if necessary, denying that they had sent members of special units.

Kfor announced that it is monitoring the situation and is in constant contact with Belgrade and Pristina and international representatives in order to prevent the escalation of the situation.

The night in KiM passed peacefully.

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According to the “Novosti” reporter from the scene, KFOR helicopters are in charge of Jarinje.

As of this morning, members of the Rosu special unit have been searching citizens who walked to central Serbia at the Jarinje crossing, because they cannot cross otherwise.

The crossing was blocked in both directions, and dissatisfied Serbs from the north of Kosovo and Metohija gathered in Jarinje to protest against the decision of the Pristina authorities to introduce reciprocal measures towards Serbia and the order that all vehicles with Serbian license plates enter the so-called Kosovo must put trial Kosovo plates.

The so-called police. Yesterday, Kosovo installed several prefabricated containers at the crossings for that purpose, and since this morning, the crossings Brnjak and Jarinje have been occupied by members of the special police brigade Rosu, who according to information from the field are located throughout the north of Kosovo and Metohija.

The report, presented in Pristina, covers the exercise of the rights of non-majority peoples in Kosovo and Metohija from December 2015 to December 2019.

“Interethnic relations have improved since the last report (2015). There are still significant divisions between Serbs and Albanians, but social and institutional interaction has improved and there have been no cases of collective or major interethnic violence. Relations between the Kosovo Albanian majority community and others non-majority communities remained functional and positive, “the report said.

It was stated that there are tensions between the communities regarding the return of displaced persons and that this problem exists and is repeated.

“Receiving communities in various locations continue to express resistance to the return or integration of displaced persons,” the UNHCR said, adding that by 2019, 28,302 displaced persons, most of them Serbs, had returned to Kosovo.

“The rate of return has been declining every year since 2000, and UNHCR estimates that there are 16,151 displaced persons in Kosovo. There are still a large number of security incidents in the places of return. These acts range from petty thefts to fires and attacks. the acts may have a predominantly economic motive, and a negative impression of security has intensified among returnees, as many perpetrators have escaped justice. “

“This, together with the opinion of communities on crimes against returnees, contributes to a negative impression of security for returnees and thus prevents the return process,” the OSCE report said.

In the period from July 2015 to December 2019, the OSCE recorded 1,621 security incidents, including incidents targeting religious buildings and cemeteries, as well as the cultural heritage of communities.

A fifth of the incidents are in places where Serbs want to return

The OSCE noted that 20.79 per cent of the incidents were directed against the place of return and mostly Serb returnees. Most of the incidents were burglaries in uninhabited Serb houses, repeated petty thefts of returnees’ movable property, illegal logging, and incidents most often occurred where a significant rate of return was recorded, such as the municipalities of Peja, Istok and Klina.

The report states that the response of municipalities to the host community’s opposition to return varies considerably, from case to case, and that in most sensitive return locations, municipalities did not mediate in support of the return process.

The findings of the Office of the Language Commissioner, which indicate very limited or no progress in respecting language rights in municipalities, are also transmitted.

When it comes to the property rights of communities, criminal and litigation cases of fraudulent property transactions have been registered in courts throughout Kosovo and Metohija, and they are especially endemic in the region of Peja. From 2010 to 2019, proceedings were conducted in that city for 1,516 criminal cases of fraudulent property transactions.

On the occasion of Vidovdan, the patriarch arrived in Gracanica tonight, where he will serve the hierarch’s liturgy tomorrow in the monastery of the same name and a memorial service for the fallen Serbian heroes in the Kosovo battle in Gazimestan.

The patriarch was welcomed by a large number of believers and Bishop Teodosije of Raska and Prizren with the clergy.

“Your first arrival here after your election as the Serbian patriarch to all of us, the clergy, the monks, the faithful people, and these children is a great encouragement and encouragement to persevere on our way of the cross, the way of Christ and to remain in these holy places.”, said Bishop Teodosije.

The patriarch said that he came to Gracanica on Vidovdan to take comfort in your faith and ours.

“And if we Orthodox Christians, as well as Orthodox Serbs, have the opportunity to know this secret of the cross and resurrection and to witness it on all four sides of the world, it is precisely this area, it is Kosovo and Metohija.”, he said.

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But, the patriarch added, “not according to the philosophy of this world, where the cross is seen as a defeat and the resurrection as an illusion, but precisely in the spirit of the Gospel, that just when we as humans lose our strength and are resistant to God, power appears. and the power of God. “

“It sounds paradoxical, but in this very place, in Kosovo and Metohija, if I ever understood what freedom means, it is this space where I experienced that secret of freedom, but the secret of freedom in Christ, as our inner relationship to God and the world. , where in fact without Christ nothing is worth and if we are in him and with him, and when we are the smallest, we become very strong and free in fact, from death, from transience, free for eternal life.Therefore I rejoice immensely that I am here and I am sure that God will allow it to be often and as often as possible, just so that we may be comforted by your faith and ours, with the blessing of God “, underlined the Patriarch of Porphyry.

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Symbolically, Tsar Lazar holds a sword in his right hand, his heart is turned towards Kosovo and Metohija, the shrine he defended, and his view is towards the city of Krusvac, which he founded 650 years ago.

The erection of the Monument was attended by the Mayor of Kruševac, Jasmina Palurović, with associates and representatives of the Kruševac Police Administration.

The monument to Tsar Lazar is, by the way, a gift from the Krusevac Businessmen’s Club.

The church of Knez Lazar will be ceremoniously opened on Vidovdan, and its construction in the area of ​​the “Tsar Lazar” Barracks is coming to an end.

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“Instead of anticipating the resumption of dialogue in Brussels, the Prime Minister of the Provisional Institutions in Pristina, Albin Kurti, has shown a minimum of readiness to resolve open issues of common interest, he continues to make inflammatory statements and accusations at the expense of official Belgrade “, said Petar Petković.

He emphasized that it is of key importance for Belgrade to resolve the issue of the missing and that this issue will not be treated through a daily political prism.

“We are not running away from that issue, and we insist on that issue during every conversation in Brussels,” Petković pointed out.

He pointed out that Belgrade has repeatedly stated unequivocally that it is ready to open all archives and search all locations for which there is a suspicion in Pristina that the remains of missing Albanians are on them. He added that at the same time, concrete cooperation of Pristina on that issue is expected.

“Unfortunately, Pristina consistently refuses any mention of opening KLA archives or allowing our expert teams to search locations in Kosovo and Metohija, for which we have very clear indications that they are hiding the bodies of Serbs missing during the conflict,” Petkovic said.

He especially pointed out that Belgrade has so far taken several significant steps when it comes to searching for potential locations, and that one of such is the recent excavations at the Kiževak site. He warned that on the other hand, there is a persistent lack of minimal civilizational readiness to do the same.

“I am sorry that the Pristina side rejects any possibility of cooperation on this issue and treats the issue of the missing exclusively through a showdown with official Belgrade. We will not treat any victim in that way, regardless of ethnicity,” Petkovic said.

He also warned that the issue of the missing is not, nor should it be, a topic for daily political confrontations or upheavals.

“The search for the missing is our obligation towards the past, but also towards the future, our children, peace, compromise and progress,” concluded the director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija.

Maja Gojković pointed out that our cultural treasure in Kosovo and Metohija has been exposed to various types of violence and threats, open attacks and physical destruction, as well as daily campaigns and pressures, attempts to erase and falsify them for decades and until today.

“In the period from 1999 until today, a part of the Serbian medieval spiritual and cultural heritage essential for our history has been irreversibly destroyed. Time has shown that the temporary institutions of self-government lack the expertise and will to take care of the Serbian cultural heritage,” they said. The most obvious example is the March 2004 pogrom, when numerous monasteries and churches were demolished, burned and desecrated, and 10,000 frescoes, icons and many other valuable relics and church books were permanently destroyed and disappeared. ” Gojkovic said, adding that recent demands for the Serbian monastery to be removed from the World Heritage List are in danger, sounding at least cynical.

The Minister assessed that the preservation of our cultural heritage is one of the conditions for the survival of the Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija and is one of the priorities of our country’s cultural policy.

“The Ministry of Culture and Information, through the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, carried out conservation-restoration, painting-restoration and rehabilitation works in the monasteries of Banjska, Visoki Decani, then in the Pec Patriarchate, Gracanica, Bogorodica Ljeviska, Velika Hoca and the monastery of Sveti Arhange.” This year, the Ministry, in cooperation with the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, will continue the works on the renovation of the Banjska Monastery and the Church of the Mother of God Ljeviska in Prizren, “said Gojković.

She added that in the defense against numerous forgeries, fabrications and abuses, it is important that our eminent experts in the field of protection of monumental heritage, historical sciences, ethnology, linguistics and legal sciences express their position and contribute to the defense of the truth.

Gojković emphasized that we are increasingly witnessing the so-called “soft” pressure on our religious and cultural heritage.

“One such example happened in August 2019, on the remains of the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas in Novo Brdo. The so-called Kosovo flag was hoisted there, the ‘Days of Artane’ event was held and a Roman Catholic Mass was served on the foundations of the Orthodox church. in order to promote the medieval town of Novo Brdo as an ethnically Albanian site. Moreover, all this took place in a special protected zone that includes Serbian medieval cultural, historical and religious monuments, “Gojkovic said.

As she stated, another drastic example is the construction of a road that would connect Kosovo and Metohija with Montenegro.

“By the decision of Pristina, that road was traced right next to the Visoki Decani monastery. This would directly endanger the endowment of King Stefan Decani from the 14th century, which enjoys the status of world cultural heritage. In parallel with the construction of the road, local government representatives “Pristina, which decided to return 24 hectares of land to the monastery of Visoki Decani,” said Gojković.

According to her, “all those who aspire to our cultural heritage count on the fact that erasing the material traces of the existence of a nation over time permanently destroys its memory and identity.”

“However, what no attempt to steal history and identity can erase is the deep-rooted awareness of the cultural roots of our people. Hence the determination to nurture and preserve the awareness of the greatness of our shrines, together with material monuments,” Gojkovic said.

The president of SANU, Vladimir Kostić, pointed out that the Academy, interrupted by the pandemic, ambitiously launched a project called “Serbian question”.

“The wish is that with the presence of SANU members, with the participation of relevant institutions as is the case today and individuals, issues of vital importance for this society, people and state are raised. It was clear that in such plans, the problems in Kosovo and Metohija will be the priority of all priorities.” “, Kostic pointed out.

He emphasized that today’s gathering was postponed by the pandemic several times.

“Faced with denying provocations and taking away the essence of that heritage, we realized that there is no more time to delay. We have over 30 participants in the gathering, from whom we will surely learn a lot,” Kostic concluded.