Albanians

Ragmi Mustafa told T7 broadcaster that Pristina delegation led by President Hashim Thaci "should take seriously the request of Albanians in Presevo Valley to discuss their matter in Brussels."

TIRANA, July 10 /ATA/ - The bilateral relations and cooperation between Albanians and Serbs were the focus of the international conference titled 'Serbs and Albanians - Which Way Further?' jointly organised by Serbia's Tanjug news agency and the Albanian ATA news agency in Belgrade on Tuesday.

The Serbian Orthodox Church said on Monday that its top bishop in Montenegro, Amfilohije, was prevented by a group of mainly ethnic Albanian residents of the village of Svac, near the coastal town of Ulcinj, from holding a service at the ruins of a medieval church.

The wife of Skender Bislimi, accused of torturing Kosovo Albanians with a Serb paramilitary group in 1999, testified he had already left Kosovo when the crimes were committed because the family was afraid of Serbs.

One man was injured and another arrested when Kosovo Albanians in the village of Pjeterq/Petric protested against Serbs displaced in the aftermath of the 1999 conflict who returned to visit the local church.

In a statement to the APA agency, Kickl aid that a border and police unit for foreigners will be established, which will be able to respond rapidly and make borders "airtight" to illegal migration.

This unit will be ready starting in June - and this was Kickl's reaction to new data about the increase in illegal migration on the Balkan route.

"I still, for example, claim that Albanians, if we were to sit down and talk to them without their mentors, would agree to a partition of Kosovo, because that is a good solution for them, too. Some Albanian leaders also told me this openly," explained Dacic.

He said they told him the idea was an acceptable and best solution to them as well.

More than 180 Albanian criminals who are wanted in Greece for serious felonies committed in the last 18 years have reportedly found refuge in their country of origin.

According to data seen by Kathimerini, Greek authorities have since 2000 issued 184 arrest warrants for Albanian nationals charged with criminal acts. None of them has been caught.

According to Stefanovic, most of these recruits come from Bosnia-Herzegovina, and from Kosovo.

At a meeting of senior security officials held in Russia on Wednesday, Stefanovic said that a special challenge for Serbia was the complex security situation in Kosovo, due to the significant number of extremists associated with Islamic State.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said yesterday that he no longer trusts the international community, which is a guarantor of the Brussels agreement, and not just Albanians, on the issue of the formation of the Community of Serbian municipalities (ZSO).