18/03/2004 Ethnic cleansing attempted in Kosovo
Belgrade, March 18, 2004 - Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said today that yesterday's violence against non-Albanian population in Kosovo-Metohija, particularly the local Serb community, is a proof of continuing pogrom of provincial Serbs, adding that the latest developments amounted to an ethnic cleansing attempt which has elements of what has been named a humanitarian catastrophe several years ago. | more »
18/03/2004 Gendarmerie guards potential targets in Serbia
Belgrade, March 18, 2004 - Serbian Minister of Interior Dragan Jocic said today that members of the Serbian Gendarmerie are guarding all potential targets of attacks, such as embassies, particularly the Albanian Embassy, as well as the buildings of non-governmental organisations. He said the situation is under control and added that in case of riots such as those that took place last night, when the mosques in Nis and Belgrade were set on fire, the Ministry of Interior will take all necessary measures to maintain order. | more »
18/03/2004 Religion Ministry condemns the burning of mosques in Belgrade, Nis
Belgrade, March 18, 2004 - Serbian Minister of Religion Milan Radulovic, Belgrade mufti Hamdija Jusufspahic and Moslem religious secondary school Director Muhamed Jusufspahic said that that Serbian Orthodox churches in Kosovo-Metohija were the target of terrorist attacks which hooligans in Nis and Belgrade used as an excuse for brutal attacks on Muslim religious buildings. | more »
18/03/2004 Satisfactory level of security in Serbia
Belgrade, March 18, 2004 - Acting Chief of the Public Security Sector of the Serbian Ministry of Interior Colonel Miroslav Milosevic said today that the level of security in Serbia is satisfactory and that the police are taking all necessary measures to maintain such a state of affairs. | more »
18/03/2004 Serbian police increase combat alert at Kosovo border
March 18, 2004 - Following Wednesday's unrests in Kosovo-Metohija, the units of the Serbian Ministry of Interior (MUP) at the administrative border with the south Serbian province were put on maximum combat alert and in cooperation with other security services stepped up security measures in order to prevent Albanian terrorism from spilling over to other parts of Serbia, read a statement by the MUP. | more »
18/03/2004 Supreme Defence Council urges UNMIK and KFOR to protect Serbs in Kosovo
Belgrade, March 18 - Following the escalation of ethnic violence in the Serbian southern province of Kosovo-Metohija, Serbia-Montenegrin President Svetozar Marovic called an extraordinary session of the Supreme Defence Council (VSO), which urged UNMIK and KFOR to secure protection of life and property of Serbs and Montenegrins in the province. | more »
17/03/2004 Serbian government pledges to stop terror, violence in Kosovo
Belgrade, March 17, 2004 - In response to violence that erupted in parts of Kosovo-Metohija today, the Serbian government held an extraordinary session concluding that the Serbian government and state bodies will do everything to stop terror and violence in the province. The session was also attended by officials of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, the Serbia-Montenegrin Army, the Serbian Security and Intelligence Agency (BIA), and Head of the Coordinating Centre for Kosovo-Metohija Nebojsa Covic. | more »
