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Tadic to spend Serbian Christmas in Kosovo – official

Wed, Jan 06 2010 09:32 CET

byClive Leviev-Sawyer

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Tadic to spend Serbian Christmas in Kosovo – official

Serbian president Boris Tadic.

Tadic to spend Serbian Christmas in Kosovo – official

Visoki Decani Monastery, Kosovo.

Photo: A Dombrowski

Serbian president Boris Tadic will spent January 6 and 7 2010, the days celebrated by Serbian Orthodox Christians as Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, at the Visoki Decani monastery in Kosovo, his office said.
 
Plans for the visit had caused controversy given the sensitive nature of making the arrangements, because Serbia regards the government in Pristina as illegitimate.
 
Tadic’s office said that the EU authorities had been informed according to an already established procedure, according to Belgrade-based news agency Tanjug.
 
The visit had been approved by the Kosovo government, media reports said.
 
Serbian news agency Beta, quoting Radio Free Europe’s Albanian service, said that Kosovo deputy prime minister Ram Manaj had said that Pristina had decided to allow Tadic’s visit, but that this was agreed according to conditions including that Tadic "not abuse the visit for political speeches".
 
 

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Anonymous 1 Thu, Jan 07 2010 02:48 CET
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"welcome to southern serbia mr tadic!!! benzo"

hay benzo, are you a reffugee in kosovo too? and how long did your application take?

Anonymous benzo Thu, Jan 07 2010 00:14 CET
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the real president of kosovo has arrived ...south serbia is currently occupied, but that will change soon...welcome to southern serbia mr tadic!!!

Anonymous alban.kcomment@gmail.com Wed, Jan 06 2010 17:03 CET
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Well done... .

I consider that it is a good thing to give visa to all foreign citizens, including serbian ones asking to enter in Rep. of Kosova, who act in full respect to the rules of the country.

Let see how this foreign citizen will use this privilege and if will be any abuse of it other rules will be applyed.

Anonymous Peggy Wed, Jan 06 2010 13:37 CET
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Wed, Jan 06 2010 12:30 CET

'The visit had been approved by the Kosovo government, media reports said."

there you go ladies and gentelman,
a political prisoner from Serbia, requesting refugge status in Kosovo
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What politcal prisoner are you talking about? Have you gone completely insane?

Anonymous 1 Wed, Jan 06 2010 12:30 CET
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'The visit had been approved by the Kosovo government, media reports said."

there you go ladies and gentelman,
a political prisoner from Serbia, requesting refugge status in Kosovo


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