Serb List

Serb minister dismissed from Pristina government

PRISTINA -- The minister for returns and communities in the Kosovo government, Aleksandar Jablanovic, has said that he learned about his dismissal from the media.

PRISTINA - Aleksandar Jablanovic, Kosovo's minister for communities and return, has said that he did not resign, and described Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa's decision to exclude him from the coalition government as deeply disappointing.

"Death notice" for Serb minister in Kosovo government

BELGRADE -- Photographs showing "a death notice" written in Albanian for a Serb minister in the Kosovo government, Aleksandar Jablanovic, have appeared on the internet.

The mock notice reads as follows:

Stone-throwing protesters attacked the government building on Saturday and a fire broke out on central Mother Theresa Square amid clashes with police who fired tear gas as anger flared at one of the largest protests in Kosovo since it declared independence in 2008.

Calls have increased for the resignation of Kosovo minister Aleksandar Jablanovic after he described Albanian protesters who rallied against Serb pilgrims at Orthodox Christmas as ‘savages’.

Kosovo assembly elects new government

PRIŠTINA -- The Kosovo assembly elected a new government on Tuesday, headed by the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo leader Isa Mustafa.

73 were in favor, 30 against, and two abstained.

"Kosovo army plan doomed to fail without Serb backing"

PRIŠTINA -- Agim Ceku's announcement that Kosovo will soon have its army "is doomed to fail" - as it requires a law that will not be supported by Serb representatives.

GRACANICA - The Serb List held a closing rally in Gracanica on Friday ahead of the early parliamentary elections in Kosovo, calling on Serbs to go to the polls in large numbers and thus help further the interests of the Serbian state and people in the province.

ZAGREB - Serb parties in the eastern Croatian city of Vukovar signed a coalition agreement to stand together in early elections for the city council and mayor, scheduled for June 15.