Historian Miloš Ković, one of the founders of the "Movement for the Defense of Kosovo and Metohija", says that a bizarre twist is taking place in Serbia - the media, which are mistaken for patriotic silence about events in Kosovo, while some other media report on it critically.
Ković, guesting on the YouTube channel Balkan Info, criticized the absence of the topic of Kosovo in the public space while the remaining state institutions in the north of Kosovo are occupied.
"There is no place on RTS for this kind of conversation about Kosovo and Metohija." What does leaving the Republic of Kosovo bring us, what does staying and fighting for the Republic of Kosovo bring us, all the risks that one and the other option carry, where the risks are greater," Ković said.
He accused some media, including the newspaper Politika, of some kind of censorship.
"You can, but under certain conditions - don't touch Aleksandar Vučić, you know the rule." Or they will call you to the niche led by Milomir Marić and you will speak, and he will control. If you say something, there are scissors - because the show is not live. And it will always be his last and that sense of humor of his."
"Thus, every discussion, conversation and dialogue about Kosovo and Metohija, the most important topic of our historical existence, was prevented," added Ković, a professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and one of the nationalists whose appearances on YouTube channels always attract a lot of attention.
On N1 and Nova S "at least you can say something"
Ković also referred to the cable televisions of the United Group, which he called "NATO-televisions", but he still praised them:
"They still call." These are usually waiting times where they wait for you and then cut you off, but at least it's some kind of conversation. So, my Cyrillic media don't call me, and the Latin media call me once every five months to some morning program. But at least you can say something there."
In recent days, says Ković, he has noticed that there is more talk about Kosovo on these two televisions. "Suddenly care for KiM. Until yesterday, if it existed, they were pushing for independence. Now, suddenly, in these media, the topic of lithium is linked to Kosovo and Metohija."
"That's good," Ković believes. "I see that they are talking about the fact that the president is baking pancakes, and in Kosovo they are decorating the Kosovo symbols over the Serbian ones." Or how Serbs live in Kosovo, and their reporter goes and talks to people on the street. So something is happening there."
By the way, Aleksandar Vučić has been visiting Loznica and its surroundings in recent days and "talking to the people". From Belgrade, there are no - previously usual - heated reactions and special addresses regarding the events in the north of Kosovo.
Recent forays into politics
Miloš Ković was once the head of the Political Council of the Democratic Party of Serbia, and as an "intellectual" he supported the formation of the "National Gathering" of Dveri and Zavetnik before last year's elections.
He withdrew from it since a wider patriotic coalition was not formed.
He is one of the initiators of the "Movement for the Defense of Kosovo and Metohija". He was also a witness in the defense of Ratko Mladić, and in 2022 he was banned from entering Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He has been in conflict for several years with a number of colleagues at the Faculty of Philosophy, who also filed lawsuits against him.