Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović criticized EULEX for not having announced the installation of an antenna pole at a northern checkpoint. “Such actions by EULEX do not at all contribute to stabilizing the situation on the ground, rather they only serve to fuel doubt and distrust among the Serbs,” Bogdanović said, according to Beta news agency.
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Belgrade “ready for dialogue with PriÅ¡tina”
September 14th, 2010 |
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Belgrade is fully ready to begin dialogue with Priština, Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović stated. Serbia would “modify its negotiation approach depending on the format of the talks,†Bogdanović told daily Politika, but he could not specify the date the talks would begin or the topics that would be discussed.
PriÅ¡tina’s “north money” unwelcome
August 27th, 2010 |
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Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović says the PriÅ¡tina government’s money allocated for the Serb north is not welcome. The Kosovo Albanian government’s announcement that it would spend EUR 5mn for infrastructure in the northern areas of Kosovo, where Serbs do not recognize its authority, was described by Bogdanović as “an attempt to buy people”.
Minister calls on EULEX “to protect Serbs”
July 2nd, 2010 |
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Minister for KosovoGoran Bogdanović requested from EULEX to protect Serbs in the province and find and punish those who attacked a rally in Kosovska Mitrovica. “The bomb attack on Serbs gathered on the protest on the occasion of opening the office of the so-called Kosovo government in northern Kosovska Mitrovica represents another act of violence and shows that (ethnic) Albanian extremists and PriÅ¡tina do not fear anything in order to achieve their secessionist plans,” Bogdanović stated.
Minister expects Serbian transmitters to be left alone
June 19th, 2010 |
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Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović expects that the Kosovo Albanian government in Priština will not be removing Serbian mobile phone transmitters again. “I believe that reason will prevail and that this is not the way to solve the problem,†Bogdanović said.
Minister: EULEX in violation of UN resolution
May 26th, 2010 |
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Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović today accused the EU mission in the province, EULEX, of taking the side of Kosovo Albanians. Bogdanović reacted to the news out of Priština this Wednesday that EULEX would “prohibit unauthorized visits of Serbian officials†by saying that the cooperation between Belgrade and EULEX was being jeopardized with the announcement.
Minister dismisses ISG conclusions, criticizes Feith
February 9th, 2010 |
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Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović today reacted to yesterday’s meeting in Vienna of the International Steering Group for Kosovo (ISG). Bogdanović said in Belgrade on Tuesday that the meeting’s conclusions were not binding and that they were null and void, underscoring that Serbia does not recognize the group.
Minister meets with K. Serb officials
January 22nd, 2010 |
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Any shutting down of the Serbian institutions in northern Kosovo would be unacceptable, Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović and local officials agreed today. “We will use all diplomatic and legal means to fight for that not to happen. We will continue with our pragmatic and constructive policy toward the international community, and no move of ours will contribute to the destabilization not only in the north, but in all of the province,†Bogdanović said.
Minister says he’ll continue visiting K. Serbs
January 14th, 2010 |
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Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović says he will not stop visiting Serbs in the province regardless of yesterday’s incident near Å trpce. Bogdanović intended to welcome in the Orthodox (Julian calendar) New Year on Mt. Brezovica with the local Serbs “and learn about the problems they face, and how to reconcile different opinions present in that communityâ€, when Kosovo police, KPS, members interrupted his visit.
Ministry’s priority, “to operate freely in Kosovo”
December 25th, 2009 |
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Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović said that his ministry’s priority in 2010 will be to operate freely in the Serb-populated areas in Kosovo. “The priority is for the Serbian government and general life in Serb areas in Kosovo to function unhindered, to care for the most vulnerable, stimulate development, provide employment for as many as possible, create a prospect for survival, but also for return and finally the accent will be on improving the lives of regular people,” said Bogdanović.
Ministry to finance media in Kosovo
November 12th, 2009 |
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Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović says his ministry will start financing the Serbian language media in the province as of January 1, 2010. “The Serbs and other non-Albanians, particularly those who use the Serbian language in their everyday communication, need those media,†Bogdanović said in a statement for state broadcaster RTS late on Wednesday.
Minister reiterates opposition to Kosovo vote
November 10th, 2009 |
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There are no conditions for Serbs to take part in the local elections in Kosovo on November 15, Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović told B92. Bogdanović said that these would be the first elections organized against UNSC Resolution 1244.
Kosovo minister announces investments
August 3rd, 2009 |
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Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović said that Serbia must help strengthen its institutions in Kosovo. This is because the temporary Kosovo institutions cannot be a service for Serbs, he explained.
“Conditions not present for K. Serbs to vote”
July 26th, 2009 |
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The conditions are not present for Serbs to take part in the local elections in Kosovo this fall, stated Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović. Bogdanović also sent a message that the government cannot ask them to pay their electricity bills either, until the problem concerning power supply to their areas has been solved.