Prizren

43 people arrested on "extremism" charges

PRIŠTINA -- 43 people have been arrested in Kosovo so far on suspicion that they belong to "extremist and terrorist organizations," 14 others are at large, said reports.

The Serbian Orthodox Church’s Diocese of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija on Wednesday condemned what it called the “utterly demonic and blasphemous choreography” in the video filmed by Kosovo band Era Istrefi Featuring Mixey at the abandoned cathedral in Pristina.

KLA graffiti appear on gate of Serb Orthodox monastery

GRAČANICA -- A graffiti reading "UCK" - Albanian for "KLA", the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army - appeared on the gate of the Visoki Dečani Monastery early on Friday.

This is according to a statement issued by the Eparchy of Raška and Prizren of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC).

Priština official declares he'll "demolish church"

PRIŠTINA -- A recent statement by a member of the government in Priština concerning plans to demolish a Serbian Orthodox church in that town has caused reactions.

The Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Eparchy of Raška and Prizren called on Tuesday Dardan Gashi's pronouncement "an open provocation."

“Ramadan go!”, “The municipality is ours!”, protestors shouted, demanding the resignation of Ramadan Muja, mayor of Prizren municipality in western Kosovo.

Police arrested four people as they marched ahead the headquarters of the municipality, led by the organizers of a group called “Active Citizens For Prizren”.

PRISTINA -Bishop Teodosije of the Diocese of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija served a memorial service at the St. Nikola Churć in Pristina on Monday for the Serbs killed in the pogrom by Albanian extremists in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) ten years ago.

BELGRADE - Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch Irinej said on Monday, commenting on the 10th anniversary of the pogrom against the Kosovo Serbs, that the suffering of the Kosovo Serbs was still ongoing.

BELGRADE - It is ten years today since a pogrom was committed against Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) and its order-givers and organizers from Albanian political and paramilitary structures have still remained unnamed and unpunished.

10 years since massive anti-Serb violence in Kosovo

BELGRADE -- Monday marks ten years since ethnic Albanians in Kosovo launched a widespread campaign of violence targeting Serbs in the province.

The incidents that took place on March 17 and 18, 2004, known in Serbia as "the March pogrom," and resulted in 4,012 Serbs driven out of their homes.

BELGRADE – The Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Sunday expressed deep concern and protest over the inhuman treatment to which Oliver Ivanovic, leader of the Citizens’ Initiative ‘Serbia, Democracy, Justice’ is subjected to in a Pristina prison.