Acting Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning Fitore Pacolli said that respect for the environment must be a mandatory part of organizing any public event.

Pacolli announced that a decision has been approved setting out clear rules and mandatory measures for festivals, concerts and other public events, with the aim of protecting the environment.

“Under the new decision, organizers must ensure proper waste management, the thorough cleaning of venues, compliance with permitted noise levels, as well as the protection of air, water and nature,” she wrote on Facebook.

She explained that, for activities that may have a greater impact, municipalities will also have the right to require financial guarantees for the rehabilitation of the space used.

“This decision establishes a new level of environmental responsibility in Kosovo. Cultural life and entertainment activities must develop alongside environmental protection. We will be uncompromising in implementing these measures, as a clean environment is a shared responsibility and an obligation to future generations,” Pacolli said.

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The French diplomat in charge of European affairs, Benjamin Haddad, visited KFOR troops today.

Through a post on social network X, Haddad, who is on an official visit to Kosovo, shared details from this meeting.

He expressed gratitude to the French soldiers serving within this mission in Kosovar territory.

“This multinational force represents a clear example of European commitment to maintaining stability in the region,” the French minister emphasized, according to reports from Klankosova.tv.

In the same post, Haddad also announced the meetings held on Monday with representatives of the Kosovar political spectrum.

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In a social media post, Dosti also criticised Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Minister Ivica Dačić, claiming that they had sought to soften or relativise Paunović’s positions. He also criticised Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, accusing him of failing to issue an official response from Tirana.

At the end of his response, Dosti called on Kosovo’s institutions and political forces to abandon internal conflicts and unite in the face of what he describes as a threat from Serbia.

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What lies behind the “Serbian Soup”…

A public statement made in recent days by one of Vučić’s ministers regarding the ethnic cleansing carried out in Kosovo in the late 1990s by Milošević and genocidal Serbia has shocked the world, and Albanians in particular.

“If I were in Milošević’s place, I would have carried out ethnic cleansing in Kosovo in the late 1990s,” Snezhana Paunović said without hesitation.

There were harsh reactions in Kosovo, rightly so according to Dosti, and there was an immediate call for one of the “Serbian criminal dragons” to be declared persona non grata.

Protests were also called for outside the EU and the European Parliament, while there were reactions from the United States, NATO and others.

According to him, the first to come to Paunović’s defence was Ivica Dačić, whom Dosti calls “another criminal”. Dačić, he writes, said that Snezhana may have meant that whoever does not feel Serbian in Kosovo should return to their homeland, Albania.

Dosti describes Dačić’s statement as even more vile and criminal.

Then, according to him, Vučić himself reacted and, following criticism from the EU and international pressure, stated that Serbia is not for war but for peace, agreements and good neighbourly relations with all its neighbours.

However, Dosti notes that Vučić did not say a single word about what he describes as the deeply anti-Albanian statements of Snezhana Paunović and Ivica Dačić.

He writes that Paunović, in another statement on Serbian television, did not publicly apologise for what she had said against Albanians. Instead, according to Dosti, she said that Serbs normally say such things among themselves every day and that her only mistake was saying them publicly, on television.

According to him, she also added that perhaps the term “ethnic cleansing” should be replaced with the word “expulsion”, and that was all.

Later, Paunović apologised to Vučić, Serbian MPs and her fellow ministers.

Dosti describes this as proof of a criminal and macabre mentality, not only on the part of a minister in Vučić’s cabinet, but also in what he considers an offensive and dangerous statement by Dačić, one of the Serbian president’s close associates.

He also mentions the public reaction of Marta Kos, whom he calls Edi Rama’s “close friend” and a “former Slovenian UDB spy”, saying that she stated she was deeply shocked by the statement in question. Dosti adds that Rama’s and Vučić’s friends may or may not be trusted.

He also stresses that there were strong reactions from several US congressmen and senators, before whom, according to him, Vučić feels genuinely and seriously guilty.

According to Dosti, there was no official reaction from Tirana, which he calls “Serbia’s No. 2 capital”.

He quotes Rama as saying that the response had been given through the Albanian state’s spokesperson, adding that they would not concern themselves with whatever every kind of madman in Belgrade says.

Dosti writes that a day later, at an international summit, Albania’s foreign minister and Serbia’s Gjurić met smiling, embraced and behaved as though nothing had happened.

He says that there were strong reactions from Pristina over the lack of response by Albania and Prime Minister Rama, while, according to him, President Begaj is not even worth mentioning, as no one has asked or paid attention to him for a long time. However, Dosti considers these reactions to be directed at deaf ears and the wrong address.

“Who do you expect to react against Serbia, against Vučić, Paunović, Dačić, Gjurić and their friends?” he asks.

He goes on to ask whether a reaction is expected from the man whose parliament refused to vote for the Resolution against Serbian crimes in Kosovo.

Dosti asks whether such a reaction is expected from the co-creator of Open Balkan, which he describes as a stab in the back for Kosovo.

He raises the question of whether a reaction is expected from the man who, according to him, was caught red-handed making ominous plans with Vučić and Baton over the division of Kosovo’s territories.

He also asks whether a reaction is expected from the man who called Kosovo’s sacred lands “no man’s land”.

He further mentions that Rama had called Ramush a donkey and told Kosovars that whoever does not vote for Thaçi is an idiot.

Dosti adds that he had also attacked Kosovo’s former president, Ms Osmani.

According to him, no reaction can be expected from the man who shut the door on Prime Minister Kurti, telling him they had nothing to discuss together, while on the other hand welcoming Vučić, whom Dosti calls a criminal, to Tirana with a red carpet and enjoying himself with him.

For this reason, Dosti addresses Kosovo with a call to keep its eyes and ears open and not expect anything from those who, according to him, have spent their entire lives standing awake with a knife behind its back.

“Water sleeps, but the enemy does not,” he writes, referring to an Albanian expression.

He appeals to the parties in Kosovo to stop their pointless quarrels and their pursuits of positions, chairs and power.

Dosti calls on them to stand up and take responsibility for Kosovo, because, according to him, the neighbour is evil, an aggressor and an enemy with whom Albanians have shed blood for centuries.

He mentions Albin Kurti’s statement that the worse the neighbour is, the better the rifle must be, saying that this is exactly how it should be.

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In a post on platform X, Terras recalled the Serbian minister’s words: “If I had been in Milošević’s place in 1998, I would have ethnically cleansed Kosovo.”

“This seriously undermines trust in the EU-facilitated dialogue,” wrote the European Parliament’s rapporteur for Kosovo, Riho Terras.

The statement by Snezhana Paunović has also been formally conveyed to the European Union by Kosovo’s chief negotiator, Agron Bajrami.

According to him, the statement constitutes a violation of the 2023 Brussels Agreement and seriously undermines the dialogue, trust and the normalisation process between Kosovo and Serbia.

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The initiative was submitted by the parliamentary group Free Citizens’ Movement – SDA of Sandzak and the Party for Democratic Action, with the support of other opposition MPs.

“The prime minister has the political and institutional responsibility to respond and demonstrate that there is no place in the Government of Serbia for a minister who defends ideas of expelling people based on their national affiliation and promotes actions outside the law and judicial procedures,” Kamberi wrote.

He said that Gjuro Macut, if he does not propose Paunovic’s dismissal, will bear responsibility for the continuation of her mandate in the post, as well as for the normalization of such a policy within the Government of Serbia.

“Unfortunately, our initiative was not supported by the national minority parties that are part of the government. Therefore, the dismissal of Minister Paunovic was supported neither by Zukorlic’s Bosniak party, nor by Ljajic’s Bosniak party, nor by Pastor’s Hungarian party!” he stated.

According to KosovaPress, Paunovic said on Serbian television channel “Kurir” on Saturday that, if she had the freedom of action that Slobodan Milosevic had in 1999, she would have “ethnically cleansed Kosovo.”

The statements have prompted reactions in Kosovo, the region and the EU.

Andin Hoti, the acting minister in the Government of Kosovo, compared the Serbian minister to former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic, stating that any attempt at ethnic cleansing in Kosovo would end in the same way.

According to Hoti, people who call for ethnic cleansing are not only a threat to Kosovo, but demonstrate that Serbia has still not abandoned what he describes as “Milosevic’s genocidal ideology” and the policy that produced wars, massacres and “historic shame.”

The Institute for Crimes Committed During the War (ICCW) also responded, assessing that the Serbian minister’s statement revives discourse linked to the policies responsible for war, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity in Kosovo.

The ICCW stressed that crimes committed during 1998-1999 have been addressed in international judicial proceedings, in which senior political, military and police officials of the Milosevic regime were found guilty. According to the Institute, confronting the past, acknowledging the crimes and offering an institutional apology are prerequisites for building trust and lasting peace in the region.

Meanwhile, Serbia’s opposition has called for Paunovic to be removed from her ministerial post.

The Free Citizens’ Movement (PSG), a Serbian opposition party, called for her immediate dismissal, describing the statement as hate speech and open support for persecution on ethnic grounds.

According to PSG, an official who justifies the expulsion of people because of their national affiliation cannot hold office in the Government of Serbia. The party stressed that the case is even more troubling because the statement was made by the minister responsible for public administration and local self-government, an institution that must ensure equal treatment for all citizens and respect for the Constitution and the law.

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According to the announcement, at a time when Western Balkan countries aim to build a peaceful, stable future with interethnic coexistence, such claims threaten to revive historical divisions and fuel tensions.

“Responsible political leaders must clearly and unequivocally reject such rhetoric,” the statement emphasized.

At the same time, the British Embassy noted that Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić had distanced himself from Minister Paunović’s comments.

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Snezhana Paunović, Serbia’s Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, will not be able to enter or transit through the territory of the Republic of Kosovo, as the ban against her is permanent.

This decision came after her statement that, ‘if she were in Slobodan Milošević’s place, she would have ethnically cleansed Kosovo in 1998’.

Paunović made the statement to the Serbian media outlet ‘Kurir’, on the very International Day of Commemoration of the Srebrenica Genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Her words were strongly condemned in Kosovo by political representatives and institutions, which reacted to her language and stance. There were also strong reactions from the European Union and the Commissioner for Enlargement, Marta Kos.

Paunović was born in Peja, Kosovo. According to official information from the ministry she heads in Serbia, she is a graduate economist.

She has been a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia since 1992. This political force, known as the party of Slobodan Milošević, the person responsible for massacres and wars in the Balkans, is currently led by Ivica Dačić.

Within this party, Paunović has held several important positions. For two terms, she served as Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, as well as head of the parliamentary group of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS).

Since 2017, she has been a member of the SPS Presidency, and since 2024, she holds the position of Vice President of the Socialist Party of Serbia.

In December 2021, Paunović visited the municipality of Štrpce together with several other female deputies from Serbia. During this visit, they met with the mayor, who comes from the Serbian List.

“This is how it is recognized how much the Serbian List belongs to the Republic of Serbia and how institutionally, in this case as the Parliament of Serbia, it is proud of these people who do an identical job, just at a slightly lower level, much more difficult than us in our Parliament, and I think this mutual support is infinitely important,” Paunović had stated, among other things.

Now, Kosovo has declared her ‘persona non grata’.

However, this is not the first case of Serbian officials using offensive and lynch mob language against Albanians in Kosovo and Albanians in the Preševo Valley.

Years ago, the former Serbian minister with a pro-Russian stance, Aleksandar Vulin, had referred to Albanians as ‘šiptari’ during a television program. He had stated that ‘gangs from Kosovo are stealing forests and shooting at Serbian police’.

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He labeled this outburst as intolerable and alarming, highlighting concern about the mindset that prevails among top officials in Belgrade regarding Kosovo and the history of the conflict.

Through a post on the social network Facebook, Nela calls on Albanian authorities, Kosovo authorities, and European Union mechanisms to come out with an official stance on such rhetoric, emphasizing that it undermines efforts for stability and harmonization in the Balkans, reports “Bota sot”.

He begins his writing with a firm assertion: with Serbs, peace remains an illusion. Snezhana Paunović, he underlines, is not an ordinary citizen but holds the post of minister in Serbia’s current executive.

The publicist points out that she did not utter these words during the bombing of Serbian strategic targets in what remained of former Yugoslavia in ’98, but in a completely calm television setting, in July 2026.

He also recalls that Paunović has been a militant and representative of Slobodan Milošević’s party at least since 1992. Her statement, Nela stresses, comes with a disturbing coolness precisely in 2026, when Serbia, at least formally, is in the final stage of the path to European Union membership.

In his further reaction, he poses a series of rhetorical questions. First, when will the Albanian government and its diplomacy take a public stance on this statement with a spirit of genocide? Or will this also be handled with the same “understanding” that, according to Nela, has characterized the prime minister of Albania?

Furthermore, he interrogates the Democratic Party of Albania and its foreign relations section, asking when it will respond to this exterminatory rhetoric. Finally, he challenges the institutions in Brussels and the European Parliament, presenting them with the dilemma of whether they will remain silent once again and continue to demand the Association from Kosovo.

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According to him, the country is going through a ten-year transition period which, based on existing plans, will conclude in 2028.

Maqedonci underlined that during this time frame, several of the targets that had been set have been exceeded, both in terms of the number of military equipment and the categories of weaponry.

“It was approved on December 14, 2018 by the Assembly. During this phase we had a transition plan and now we are at its conclusion, which is expected to close in 2028. The investments we have made have enabled us to exceed many of the objectives, in terms of equipment, not only in quantity but also in the types of weaponry, since we had been limited in that plan,” Maqedonci said.

He further stressed that Kosovo is in the final stage of building operational capacities, while the objective remains to achieve full readiness in 2029.

“We are at the end of the process of achieving operational capacities. We plan that in 2029 we will have a force ready for the defense of the territory, for supporting civil authorities and for participation in international missions,” he said in an interview with Euronews Albania.

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He did not disclose further details, but acknowledged that the action is being taken by decision of the minister.

“We are implementing the minister’s decision; the decision is for an unannounced inspection to be carried out, and today we have an order for it to be conducted at this dairy,” he said.

During the day today, 25 inspectors went to the “Vita” dairy to carry out the unannounced inspection.

The AUVK has taken action against this dairy with the aim of shutting it down, arguing that the producer has reduced the amount of milk production since July 1 due to a lack of market demand.

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