KiM

The Kosovo government asks the EU for a stronger condemnation of Snežana Paunović's statement

July 18, 2026, 14:27 B. B.

The Government of Kosovo, regarding Minister Snezana Paunović's statement on ethnic cleansing, asks the EU "to make it clear to the Serbian authorities that such rhetoric is unacceptable."

The Kosovo government has called The European Union (EU) to strongly condemn the statement of the Minister of State Administration and Local Self-Government of Serbia, Snežana Paunović, about "ethnic cleansing" on Kosovo.

Evaluating that the EU's first response was "limited and delayed", Acting Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo and Minister of Foreign Affairs Glauk Konjufca sent a letter to the EU High Representative Kaji Kalas seeking a stronger response to Snežana Paunović's statement.

The unbearable lightness of callous stupidity

The Government of Kosovo asks the EU to "clearly and publicly condemn the statements of Minister Paunović, to make it clear to the Serbian authorities that such rhetoric is unacceptable and contrary to European values, and to seriously address this issue within the political dialogue and the process of Serbia's accession to the EU".

Snežana Paunović's statement has already been condemned by the EU, and Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos said on Thursday that she is surprised that Snežana Paunović is still a minister.

Who is Snežana Paunović, the creator of the ethnic cleansing of Kosovo

"I won't even repeat what she said. It was really shocking to hear such a statement. I can't imagine that the minister, after such a public statement, can continue to perform her duties," said Marta Kos.

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, said that Snežana Paunović's statement did not reflect his will, nor the will of the Serbian government, and the minister herself did not retract her words, but assessed that they were "taken out of context" and apologized to Vučić and the government for the reactions they caused.

Vučić regarding Snežana Paunović's statement: 250.000 Serbs, not Albanians, were ethnically cleansed

In the meantime, a group of opposition MPs submitted a request to Prime Minister Đur Macut for the dismissal of Snežana Paunović.

Source: FoNet

Real journalism costs money, and we will not be bought by tycoons and corporations. Support us with a one-time or monthly donation. The time for it is now!

Tags:

Kosovo

15.August 2026 Iva Manojlović (DW)

What awaits Kosovska Mitrovica after the withdrawal of KFOR from the bridge over the Ibar

Is there really an "improved security situation" in Kosovska Mitrovica, which is why KFOR is withdrawing from the main bridge in that city

Student Jovan Milovac in front of a truck with an inscription

Study at UNIRSM

15.August 2026 B. B.

The police and the prosecutor's office are still silent about the man who drove the truck into the students

The man who was driving the truck introduced himself as the owner of the company "Žabac"

Student list

15.August 2026 B. B.

Professor Lompar: The regime favors the opposition at the expense of the student list

According to professor Milo Lompar, the opposition parties, with their actions during the last year, in a certain sense preserved the regime

University of Belgrade

15.August 2026 B. B.

The Government of Serbia dismissed three university professors from the management boards, among them Vladan Đokić

Decisions on dismissal were signed by Siniša Mali, as the first deputy prime minister

Student protest

15.August 2026 B. B.

Big protest in Valjevo: We demand responsibility for those who raised a baton against the people

At the protest in Valjevo on the occasion of the anniversary of police brutality, students and citizens reminded the authorities that no one was responsible for that violence. The MUP announced that it detained 11 protest participants

Comment

Svetozar Cvetković is both against black and against white

Our great actor Svetozar Cvetković said in an interview for "Vreme" what is not said in our bazaar - that it is better to have Bitef, Fest and other festivals than not to have them. Many people will not like that because they are guided by the logic of "the worse the better"

Nemanja Rujevic

Comment

Desnica and Vučić: Caliph instead of Caliph

Right-wing parties cannot support the student movement, despite the Kosovo students' pledge and all that iconography according to the principle "Kosovo is the heart of Serbia". Because the right-wing understanding of the world is particular, and the students firmly stand on the universality of the republican soil

Ivan Milenkovic

Comment

There are no regrets after the election.

Political parties and organizations that are against the regime of Aleksander Vučić hold everything in their hands. If they are defeated in the elections, whenever they are held, they will have themselves to blame

Andrei Ivanji

See all

Last edition

Climate Change: The Biblical Summer and Its Plagues

Serbia in flames

Interview: Vujo Ilić, political scientist

Latest Edition

KiM