Minister for Kosovo and Metohija Goran Bogdanović says there are “two realities in Kosovo”, one south and the other north of the Ibar River. Bogdanović stated for the Belgrade-based daily Politika on Wednesday that “the fact that Serbs south of the Ibar River took part in the (Kosovo) elections despite the recommendation of the Serbian government does not mean anything” as the Kosovo Albanian authorities in PriÅ¡tina “aim to divide Kosovo Serbs in any possible way.”
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Kosovo talks by year’s end, says minister
December 6th, 2010 |
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Kosovo Minister Goran Bogdanović says that serious Kosovo negotiations can be expected after the elections in the province. The voting will take place on December 12, and Bogdanović told Belgrade daily VeÄernje Novosti that talks between Belgrade and PriÅ¡tina “could take place as soon as on December 18″.
“Government doesn’t wish to divide Serbs”
November 25th, 2010 |
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Minister for Kosovo and Metohija Goran Bogdanović says that the government will respect Serbs who enter the Kosovo Albanian institutions. This despite its announcement that there were no conditions for Serbs to take part in the December elections, Bogdanović said.
Kosovo minister: Decision made after serious analyses
November 14th, 2010 |
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Serbian government’s decision that there are no conditions for Kosovo Serbs to vote in the elections was made after serious analysis, Goran Bogdanović said.
“We took into account the real situation in the field which is complex, because the position of Serbs differs depending on the part of the province in which they live,†Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović told Belgrade-based daily Politika.
Officials on Serbs and Kosovo elections
November 11th, 2010 |
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The Serbian government has decided not to call on the Serbian population in Kosovo to vote in the early elections. This is because the voting in the southern province is organized by entities which Serbia does not acknowledge and to which the international community did not give a framework that would be acceptable, Minister for Kosovo and Metohija Goran Bogdanović told Tanjug on Wednesday.
Belgrade could sue over Kosovo property
October 20th, 2010 |
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Minister for Kosovo and Metohija Goran Bogdanović says the status of Serbian property in Kosovo has to be negotiated. If this does not happen, Serbia will file charges to competent institutions, he said.
Minister on “Kosovo talks platform”
September 24th, 2010 |
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Minister for Kosovo and Metohija Goran Bogdanović has stated that the Serbian government will adopt a platform for the negotiations with PriÅ¡tina. This will be “in keeping with its mandate, competencies, national interests and real circumstances”.
“EULEX risks obstructing justice”
August 25th, 2010 |
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Minister for Kosovo and Metohija Goran Bogdanović today criticized the EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, moves regarding Ramush Haradinaj. The ethnic Albanian former member of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) is currently detained at the Hague Tribunal, awaiting a partial retrial, after he was originally acquitted of all war crimes charges against him, related to the 1998 killings, kidnappings, torture and rape in the province.
Kosovo minister urges talks with Priština
August 22nd, 2010 |
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Minister for Kosovo and Metohija Goran Bogdanović says Belgrade and Priština should engage in talks. According to him, when Serbian and Kosovo Albanian officials meet, they should discuss not only technical, about also Kosovo status issues.
“Monastery decision will not improve security”
August 6th, 2010 |
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The minister for Kosovo says the KFOR decision to turn over the protection of Serbian Orthodox monasteries to the Kosovo police, KPS, will not improve security.
The move will breed more uncertainty and mistrust among Kosovo Serbs, Goran Bogdanović stated on Thursday, when the security of the GraÄanica monastery near a Serb enclave in central Kosovo was entrusted to KPS.
Kosovo minister on K. Mitrovica court
July 8th, 2010 |
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Kosovo Minister Goran Bogdanović says that the opening of a court in northern, Serb part of the divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, “cannot be allowed”. The minister noted that this was the case, “unless the intention was to impose unilateral decisions and solutions on Serbs”.
“Belgrade won’t infringe on rights in Kosovo”
June 28th, 2010 |
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Minister for Kosovo and Metohija Goran Bogdanović opened late Sunday this year’s Vidovdan (St. Vitus Day) poetry reading at the SPC monastery of GraÄanica.
Speaking at the Serbian Orthodox monastery located near the Serb enclave, Bogdanović and said that official Belgrade does not want to infringe on the rights on any resident of Kosovo and wishes to find a way for everyone to live together.
“Issue of Kosovo status not resolvedâ€
April 14th, 2010 |
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Kosovo Minister Goran Bogdanović says the issue of Kosovo’s status “is not finished for Serbia” and that problems must be solved peacefully and through dialog. “We don’t want to rule (ethnic) Albanians, but to live with each other and next to each other,†the minister said in northern Kosovska Mitrovica.
Minister for Kosovo, UNMIK chief meet
March 4th, 2010 |
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Minister for Kosovo and Metohija Goran Bogdanović met on Wednesday in Belgrade with the UN mission in Kosovo chief, Lamberto Zannier. They talked about the situation in Serbia’s southern province, Tanjug said in its report.
EULEX chief to arrive in Belgrade
March 2nd, 2010 |
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EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, chief Yves de Kermabon is expected in Belgrade today. He is due to meet with Minister for Kosovo and Metohija Goran Bogdanović, and officials in charge of the judiciary.
Kosovo minister: Serbia favors new negotiations
February 25th, 2010 |
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“Serbia keeps insisting on new negotiations with Kosovo because joint European future awaits all communities,†Goran Bogdanović was quoted as saying. “We wish to solve problems through talks, we want peace, because there cannot be happiness for anybody, not only in Kosovo, but also in Serbia, in the entire Balkans,†the minister for Kosovo said.
Kosovo administration to be decreased
January 24th, 2010 |
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Serbian Kosovo Minister Goran Bogdanović said that the size of the Kosovo administration must be decreased, but not drastically. He told daily Blic that there are 3,500 administrative officials in the 28 southern Kosovo municipalities, which is too much of a strain on the state budget, and said that three officials would be able to do most of the work needed in the ethnically pure municipalities of Kosovo.
Minister for Kosovo calls for agreement
January 19th, 2010 |
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Minister for Kosovo Minister Goran Bogdanović has called on Serbs in the Kosovo enclave of Štrpce to refrain from conflicts and work together. “We have to do everything we can to overcome the divisions in the Serb community (in the Štrpce municipality), because it does not help us,†Bogdanović told B92, speaking about the conflicts between the two Serb local administration in the municipality elected in separate elections.
Minister for Kosovo meets with UNMIK chief
November 26th, 2009 |
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Minister for Kosovo and Metohija Goran Bogdanović has meet with the UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, chief Lamberto Zannier. The two discussed the mission’s future role, and the need for it to act in a status-neutral manner, a statement from the ministry said this Thursday in Belgrade.