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00:00:00Sunny with a moderate increase in cloudiness during the day, and
00:00:03in the afternoon in the northwest of Bosnia we expect rain, while
00:00:06the wind will be light in the south, southwesterly in other regions northern
00:00:10and northeasterly.
00:00:12society activists from Belgrade and northern Kosovo The morning minimum temperature in Bosnia from 8 to 13, in the south in
00:00:16Herzegovina up to 19 degrees, and the highest daily
00:00:19temperature from 24 to 32
00:00:22degrees. On Friday it remains moderately cloudy with rain,
00:00:25showers, and sometimes thunderstorms. On Saturday it will then be cloudy with
00:00:29showers. in Herzegovina, especially in the morning, later
00:00:33in the afternoon in the central, eastern and western parts of Bosnia.
00:00:36The temperature will be significantly lower, so in Bosnia we expect up to
00:00:3924, in the south up to 27
00:00:42degrees.
00:00:45And that's all for the news. Dear viewers, thank you for your attention, good evening.
00:01:17Dear viewers, good day, I am Borna Šmer, you are watching the review
00:01:20of the day, here are the news we
00:01:23highlight.
00:01:28Europe must reduce its energy dependence and invest more in
00:01:32its own sources, said Ursula von der Leyen in her State of the Union address, she also condemned
00:01:35stanju unije, osudila i veličanje ratnog zločinca Ratka
00:01:39we are live in Strasbourg.
00:01:42Reactions are mounting even a day after
00:01:48the Prime Minister called the MP "sweetie," Ivana Kekin
00:01:52mucicom, Ivana Kekin poručila: mucice će
00:01:56it's sexism. And for the ruling party,
00:01:59such communication is part of political
00:02:02folklore.
00:02:03Former Kosovar President Hashim
00:02:08Thaçi has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for
00:02:11war crimes. Three former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army
00:02:15were also found guilty. We are live in The Hague in Kosovo.
00:02:18Europa League. Dinamo meets Hapoel Be'er Sheva at
00:02:219 PM. The match
00:02:27is being played in Bucharest due to security reasons.
00:02:30The state of our union is better than ever before, but
00:02:33more uncertain than ever,
00:02:51said the President of the European Commission
00:02:54She addressed the issue of
00:02:58energy security. Europe cannot remain an
00:03:01industrial power if energy prices are permanently
00:03:04too high, said the President of the Commission.
00:03:07After the interruption of Russian gas supply, a new blow was
00:03:10brought by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz which once again showed
00:03:13how much the European Union pays for its dependence on imported fossil
00:03:17fuels. Brussels sees the solution in a stronger reliance on
00:03:21its own sources of clean energy and accelerated
00:03:25electrification of Europe.
00:03:29Since the beginning of the conflict in
00:03:32the Strait of Hormuz,
00:03:33imported fossil fuels have
00:03:37cost us an additional 90 billion
00:03:38euros, and for that we have not
00:03:41received a single drop more of energy, and that is why
00:03:45we must increase the production of our affordable
00:03:48domestic and clean energy, whether it is
00:03:51biomethane, nuclear energy, renewable sources or other
00:03:55sources, it should be technologically neutral, but all these different sources
00:03:58of energy must achieve the goal of lowering energy prices and increasing
00:04:02our independence. To achieve this independence, we must electrify
00:04:06Europe. Our goal is to double electricity production by
00:04:092040. year.
00:04:13Ursula von der Leyen stated that Brussels
00:04:16wants to raise relations with Ottawa
00:04:18to the highest possible
00:04:21level and, as she said,
00:04:24urgently redefine them. She sees Canada,
00:04:27which shares European values, as a key partner in
00:04:30creating new global alliances.
00:04:34Our partnership is not directed against anyone, but
00:04:38strives for strength through
00:04:42unity. We want to strengthen
00:04:46our relationship with Canada as much as possible. Dear Mark, I said
00:04:49that we urgently need to redefine
00:04:52our partnership.
00:04:55That is why I would like us to jointly open the door for
00:04:58Canada to become
00:05:01the first associated member of the European
00:05:05Union. Ursula von der Leyen, in her
00:05:08State of the Union address, announced a series of new initiatives,
00:05:20from strengthening European defense and a new security
00:05:24architecture to stricter rules for migration and
00:05:27social networks. We are now going live to
00:05:31Strasbourg where our Maja
00:05:34Štrbac is. Maja, what kind of reactions
00:05:37did we hear to the Commission President's speech and what caused
00:05:41the most commotion? Well, Boranda, it can be said that
00:05:44indeed the reactions
00:05:48caused despite the fact that
00:05:51rhetorically everything has actually changed a lot since
00:05:54last year's speech, the President of the European Commission Ursula
00:05:58von der Leyen really took note of
00:06:01last year's comments in which the biggest
00:06:04impact was that she focused too much on foreign
00:06:08policy relations and not on internal,
00:06:11internal cohesion, as she actually did
00:06:14this year on trade relations
00:06:17between member states on strengthening
00:06:20defense readiness, so
00:06:23it could be heard, among other things, that there were
00:06:26many words, few solutions, that she tried
00:06:29to please everyone, the opposition criticized
00:06:33the fact that no concrete measures were offered to solve
00:06:36the issue of affordable housing, here it was
00:06:39talked about the relationship with America, no
00:06:43concrete measure for the trade war with the USA
00:06:46was mentioned, in fact we can point out
00:06:50that Donald Trump was not mentioned by name
00:06:53even once in Ursula von der Leyen's entire speech,
00:06:57and Mark Carney, the Canadian Prime Minister,
00:07:01was also present there, a big decision
00:07:04was actually made, a big, big change
00:07:07in the European Union was announced and
00:07:10that is the accession of Canada
00:07:14to the European Union, of course that had big
00:07:17repercussions and many big reactions, we will talk about all that
00:07:21as much as we can, of course, today with
00:07:24MEP Nikolina Brnjac, welcome to
00:07:26the program, good day to you and your viewers, we have indeed heard a small
00:07:30part, there were so many reactions to
00:07:33today's speech by Ursula von der Leyen, what are
00:07:36your reactions, how do you actually receive
00:07:40these comments that we have now heard in brief? Well, I think she was extremely
00:07:43concrete in certain things, that is primarily for
00:07:47the competitiveness of our economy, the European economy and the goal
00:07:50is that we must by the end of the year, given that we know that next year there will be
00:07:54elections in many member states, have
00:07:57a finished European Union budget and is that the most important document
00:08:01which will be for the next seven years and for Croatia and for the whole of Europe
00:08:04or the European Union, it is precisely this competitiveness fund
00:08:08for competitiveness which makes up one fifth, meaning the entire
00:08:11fund, here we see a great opportunity for Croatia
00:08:14precisely for our companies, for our entrepreneurs, as for example in
00:08:18defense as we discussed, so where European competitiveness
00:08:22can be raised precisely through such a fund, she
00:08:25also spoke and placed great emphasis on energy
00:08:29independence, which is crucial, because if we know that today Europe imports
00:08:32about 96% of oil, 90% of gas, about
00:08:3660% of coal, meaning we cannot talk about any
00:08:39independence, and we know that this is crucial for us to have
00:08:43an independent, developed and competitive economy, but of course also how important
00:08:46it is for our citizens, therefore what she also said today,
00:08:50we must invest in renewable energy sources, so,
00:08:53both solar and nuclear
00:08:56energy, hydropower, so different forms of energy, she
00:09:00also placed this as an important sign, also she
00:09:03clearly set the goal that for climate
00:09:06change, we saw what happened, what it was like this summer, what those
00:09:10droughts were like, what those fires were like. "Terrible fires in
00:09:14our country, so, but throughout Europe,
00:09:18that is why European coordination is necessary, a budget
00:09:21that will follow such situations and
00:09:24enable us to have additional funds for coordination between fire
00:09:28services, civil protection services, meaning all involved in the series, but
00:09:32what particularly pleased me, what she highlighted now, what is
00:09:36important for our young people, if we know that every seventh child
00:09:39in Europe has mental health problems,
00:09:43then what she announced now, that all member states must also
00:09:47have a unified approach, she has now announced the adoption of a new
00:09:51law for children who are younger than 13 years old will not have
00:09:54access to digital networks, and from 13 to 15 years old children
00:09:58will only have it under the control of their parents, I think that is
00:10:01crucial that we must manage in such a way and
00:10:05take care of our children, because what is happening now
00:10:09is really, we saw that Australia has now changed it, so.
00:10:25go back, you said yourself an independent and competitive
00:10:28economy was one of the priorities of the President
00:10:31of the European Commission, we are still dependent
00:10:35partially on the USA and currently with this
00:10:38move that was made today, the accession
00:10:42of Canada to the European Union, our much
00:10:45closer cooperation in whatever form it will be implemented, we will find out tomorrow at
00:10:4911:30 when it will be presented in
00:10:52parliament, of course, so we don't know everything
00:10:56yet, but could that have any negative repercussions on our relations with
00:10:59the USA, because we know how erratic Trump is, he wasn't mentioned
00:11:02today, one of your fellow MEPs commented
00:11:06that it was actually a smart move by Ursula von der Leyen not to
00:11:09mention Donald Trump because after last year's speech
00:11:13and several repeated mentions and
00:11:16call-outs of Trump, the reaction was extremely unpredictable,
00:11:20let's call it that politely, well look, first we have to consider
00:11:24that it is now being considered that Canada becomes an associated member, meaning
00:11:28that they are moving in that direction, she will not automatically become an associated
00:11:32member nor an integral part of the member states
00:11:35of the European Union, meaning an associated member, we now have on the basis
00:11:39of our economic agreement, the president also
00:11:41mentioned around 75% growth in terms of
00:11:44economic exchange between Europe and
00:11:47Canada, what connects us with Canada is precisely that
00:11:51we share the same values. from the use of artificial
00:11:55intelligence, that it must be smartly used, that we know what
00:11:58artificial intelligence is for, but supervised and that man must
00:12:02control how artificial intelligence will develop, because we see what
00:12:05is happening in other parts of the world and
00:12:08that we must be smart, meaning no, we are not against it,
00:12:12but with control, that this artificial intelligence
00:12:15serves us in hospitals, in the economy, so in all
00:12:19different systems where we use it, but that man's
00:12:22word is final, you understand. Also,
00:12:25regarding climate change, we share the same
00:12:28values as Canada, that's why I think it's very good that
00:12:32today we talked about the possibility of Canada's accession,
00:12:36we see that it's very positive and that everyone,
00:12:40I haven't seen anyone in the European Parliament who said today that it's not
00:12:44good or that it's going in the wrong direction, hmm, was it discussed
00:12:47with partners? After all, today's media reports
00:12:51said no one knew anything about it. The only ones
00:12:55who knew actually didn't fully consult, so
00:12:58what was the background story? Well, I think it was,
00:13:01I mean, it could be assumed that they would go in that direction, because
00:13:05according to previous negotiations, discussions and
00:13:09everything that's happening, as I said, we share the same European values, so
00:13:13it could already be somehow anticipated that it would go
00:13:17in exactly this direction, we must also touch on
00:13:20measures for affordable housing, last
00:13:24week... the Affordable Housing Act was also released,
00:13:27somehow the emphasis wasn't placed on that today,
00:13:30we are aware that real estate prices within the European
00:13:33Union are really rising extremely
00:13:37and are not stopping, so I believe that what the
00:13:41President mentioned now is not enough and we additionally see,
00:13:44especially regarding the supply of housing on the market, analyses
00:13:48show that we lack 10 million apartments, so
00:13:51I really expected that there would be a stronger
00:13:55proposal and legislative acts from the Commission itself
00:13:58precisely in the direction of member states, you said last
00:14:02week the Affordable Housing Act was presented
00:14:05or rather the regulation for affordable housing which
00:14:09is a proposal of the Commission goes in two directions, or
00:14:12two measures: first it will be possible as their proposal
00:14:16to calculate which areas or
00:14:19housing stressed areas where we have a problem with affordable housing,
00:14:22their calculation methodology and... It is further divided into two
00:14:26measures, one measure is to shorten the restriction of short-term rentals, which we already
00:14:29have in Croatia and it also states under that
00:14:33regulation that member states that already have
00:14:36data collection as we have through our tourism law in that
00:14:40way it can already be seen based on evidence-based
00:14:43policies how it can be restricted whether there is any need
00:14:46at all to first restrict and through management
00:14:50plans the mayors can make decisions as they already do
00:14:54in our country, for example, Poreč, Makarska,
00:14:57I think and many other cities that are moving in that direction, and the other
00:15:01thing they proposed is that if you buy, for example, a second
00:15:04property, you cannot buy it
00:15:07if that property is not for your own living or is not
00:15:11for long-term rental, which I think is a very bad message that is being
00:15:13sent, in that way you are encroaching,
00:15:17encroaching on the right of ownership,
00:15:19encroaching on what is guaranteed by the constitution
00:15:23ultimately, that... is in the European
00:15:27charter, so I think there will be big problems with that,
00:15:30because as I say, the decision itself that you cannot
00:15:33buy a second property if you are buying it, it means
00:15:37if a mayor makes that decision,
00:15:39you cannot, you cannot because you won't be living in it.
00:15:43MP Brnjac, thank you very much, this is an extremely important topic,
00:15:46we will certainly deal with it in the future, thank you
00:15:50very much. The session of the European
00:15:53Parliament is still ongoing, tomorrow we expect
00:15:57the Canadian Prime Minister to address
00:16:00the parliament, as we announced, we are here, we continue to follow all
00:16:03developments and bring you all the details. Thank you Maja, and thank you to your guest.
00:16:09Much was said, but few
00:16:23concrete things, stated foreign policy analyst
00:16:26Mirjana Rakić, guest on our new
00:16:30day. She used "we
00:16:34need," "we will," a lot. But
00:16:37how, in what time, what are the deadlines, new
00:16:41alliances are being formed, an alliance for electricity,
00:16:44an alliance for artificial intelligence,
00:16:48the most interesting to me seems to be this European security alliance where
00:16:52in some way a counterweight
00:16:55to NATO is being formed.
00:16:57Towards the end of her speech, Ursula
00:17:00von der Leyen referred to Serbia, more precisely to the state honors
00:17:03at the burial of Ratko Mladić in Belgrade, it seems that the half-hearted
00:17:07condemnation satisfied no one except perhaps Aleksandar
00:17:11Vučić, whom she again did not mention.
00:17:14Ursula von der Leyen, only after
00:17:18pressure from Zagreb and Sarajevo, had commented with a message on social
00:17:22media that she was appalled by the celebration of Ratko Mladić with
00:17:25state honors in Belgrade. In her State of the Union address,
00:17:29she finally said it out loud.
00:17:32it is about an, I would say,
00:18:01ambivalent statement that there is no place in the European Union for the glorification of
00:18:04war criminals like Mladić, so it was
00:18:08not said that there is no place for Serbia or for those who glorify, who
00:18:12support it, but that there is no place for the glorification itself, this can now be interpreted in different
00:18:15ways. As Elmedin Konaković, the Minister of Foreign Affairs
00:18:19of Bosnia and Herzegovina, had publicly criticized earlier, von der Leyen
00:18:22once again chose not to mention the name behind it all,
00:18:26Aleksandar Vučić. There was no hint of sanctions
00:18:29against Serbia, and the European Parliament's rapporteur for Serbia
00:18:33proposed suspending accession negotiations. A much more serious
00:18:36question is "what will the European Union simply do after
00:18:40it has convinced itself that it is a regime that glorifies
00:18:43war crimes, should negotiations continue
00:18:47with such a government, will
00:18:51any measures be introduced that will simply send a sufficiently
00:18:54strong, not only political, but also
00:18:57financial message to the authorities in Belgrade, we did not actually hear
00:19:01that from Ursula von der Leyen today, for a wasted effort, if Vučić
00:19:04can at such a moment pop over to Paris and hug
00:19:08Macron, emphasizes another former foreign minister,
00:19:12the idea is to attract Serbia regardless of the government,
00:19:15of course many, and perhaps even Mrs. von der Leyen, would intimately prefer
00:19:18a student list, but the goal is to win over Serbia with Vučić,
00:19:22if possible, even without him, right, but
00:19:26with him, but look, the question is what the
00:19:29government in Serbia wants, does the government in Serbia want
00:19:33it that way or does it want to continue dancing on... Influential
00:19:38American Republican Congressman Joe Wilson does not mince
00:19:42words, at a congressional hearing he warns, Vučić is preparing
00:19:45another election rigging, he says Serbia's largest oil
00:19:49and gas company is owned by Russia. Vučić has bought and
00:19:53integrated Chinese military surveillance
00:19:55technology.
00:20:02Iran alongside the delegations of Russia and China. These are
00:20:06actions that do not show.
00:20:12But at the same time, another award arrives for Vučić for sitting
00:20:16on two chairs. Aleksandar Čeferin announces: "UEFA has
00:20:19officially decided, Belgrade will host the UEFA
00:20:23Europa League final in 2029.
00:20:26At the still unfinished National Stadium in Surčin. Ivan
00:20:30Hrstić,
00:20:31N1.
00:20:44Former Kosovar President and leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army
00:20:47Hashim Thaçi was sentenced in The Hague to a single sentence of
00:20:5125 years in prison for war
00:20:54crimes committed during the conflict in Kosovo and northern Albania in
00:20:581998 and 1999.
00:21:00Jakup Krasniqi was also sentenced to 25
00:21:04years. Kadri Veseli received 18, and Rečep
00:21:07Selimi 13 years in prison. It was determined that members of the KLA
00:21:11unlawfully detained at least 385 people,
00:21:14while at least 96 people were killed. Among them
00:21:18were Serbs, Roma and Kosovar Albanians. The court did not find
00:21:22that crimes against humanity had been committed and emphasized
00:21:25that the proceedings did not deal with the legitimacy of the KLA or
00:21:29its goal of Kosovo's independence. The verdict in Thaçi was followed
00:21:32in The Hague in
00:21:36Kosovo. We are now going live to The Hague.
00:21:40N1 reporter Sanja Sovrlić is waiting for us there.
00:21:44Sanja, Thaçi received the verdict in
00:21:47silence, while hundreds of his supporters gathered
00:21:51in front of the court under heavy police protection. How was the verdict
00:21:54received there and did the defense announce an appeal to
00:21:58this decision?
00:22:00Let's start with that last
00:22:03question, the defense is, as Hashim Thaçi's lawyer
00:22:07said, the former president of Kosovo,
00:22:10shocked by this verdict, they claim that
00:22:13the evidence presented by the defense was not taken into account, but
00:22:17that only the evidence presented by the prosecution was taken into account,
00:22:20they announce an appeal, they say that the verdict
00:22:24was predetermined, the chief prosecutor, on the other
00:22:27hand, expressed satisfaction with the verdict,
00:22:30you said Thaçi received the verdict in silence,
00:22:34I would add to that, so Thaçi and other
00:22:38KLA leaders were present along with
00:22:41members of their families who were in the
00:22:44gallery of the courtroom.
00:22:47of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, they left after that, so after
00:22:50the verdict was pronounced, they left the courtroom, but
00:22:53without many comments for
00:22:57the media, when it comes to supporters of the so-called
00:22:59Kosovo Liberation Army, early this morning several
00:23:03dozen people gathered in front of the court, carrying
00:23:06Albanian flags, KLA signs and printed
00:23:09pictures of the four KLA leaders, however, the police quickly
00:23:13removed them from the court building and told them to
00:23:17leave that area and they
00:23:21followed the pronouncement of the
00:23:24verdict 2 km away, after that, in front of the
00:23:26court building, there were exclusively journalists with
00:23:30sporadic walks of people with KLA symbols or
00:23:33passing vehicles, but without a large gathering of
00:23:37people, however, incidents occurred a little further from
00:23:40the court when citizens who had gathered there protested
00:23:44against the condemning verdicts for
00:23:47war crimes against KLA leaders and clashed
00:23:51with the police, this was resolved very quickly
00:23:55and during today's day in The Hague, in the immediate
00:23:59vicinity of the court, it was mostly peaceful, but let's see how
00:24:02those incidents looked. sorry, excuse me,
00:24:06can I, excuse me,
00:24:50Mr. Konjufca, can I have a quick comment,
00:24:53We saw that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo Glauk
00:25:26Konjufca from the Self-Determination Movement attended
00:25:30the trial, he had announced that earlier, by the way, Redžep
00:25:33Selimi, one of the convicts, is from the Self-Determination
00:25:36Movement, while the three Veseli,
00:25:40Krasniqi, Thaçi are from the Democratic Party of Kosovo,
00:25:43besides the current Minister of Foreign Affairs. I could also see the former Minister
00:25:46of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo Petrit Selimi from the ranks
00:25:50of the Democratic Party of Kosovo,
00:25:54but also present were some
00:25:57representatives of civil society from Pristina,
00:26:01I also spoke with one of them, the director of the Humanitarian
00:26:04Law Fund from Belgrade, who is present
00:26:07here, albeit on her own initiative, given that
00:26:11a group of civil
00:26:15had an organized visit to the Specialist Chambers,
00:26:18however, it was canceled at the last minute given
00:26:22that they were told that they could not guarantee their
00:26:26safety here in The Hague, I asked
00:26:29the Kosovo Specialist Chambers about this, they did not explicitly
00:26:33confirm it to the media, but they say they are doing everything in their
00:26:36power to ensure
00:26:40safety, otherwise, the assessment of Jasmina
00:26:43Lazović, director of the Humanitarian Law Fund in Belgrade, is that
00:26:45the verdict certainly cannot provide all the answers,
00:26:49but that it is very important in this
00:26:52context and she said that it is important that the part of the indictment
00:26:55concerning a joint criminal enterprise
00:26:59was confirmed. Thank you, Sanja, that was live
00:27:03from The Hague, Sanja Sovrlić.
00:27:05Citizens in Pristina are largely
00:27:09dissatisfied with the verdict against former President Hashim Thaçi, and
00:27:25Prime Minister Albin Kurti says: The verdict in The Hague does not represent the will
00:27:28of the people. I believe this is an injustice, that it is
00:27:32more of a political decision,
00:27:34they are
00:27:38innocent. We are shocked, in a word, because we expected an acquittal for the main KLA
00:27:42leaders. With this verdict of the Specialist Court, it is almost as if the KLA was not declared
00:27:46a terrorist organization. There is nothing else, this is a very political
00:27:49trial based on Serbia's files.
00:27:53Of course, I did not expect this, nor did anyone. What can I say, what
00:27:56else can I say, I have nothing, I didn't want to.
00:27:59Naravno, nisam ovo očekivala niti bilo ko. Šta da kažem, šta
00:28:03expected such an outcome,
00:28:07I am
00:28:07disappointed.
00:28:11The conviction and such a heavy sentence for four former KLA leaders
00:28:14represent unacceptable injustice, a great and damaging
00:28:18punishment. This verdict may have been formally pronounced in the name of the people
00:28:21of Kosovo, but this empty formulation should not be confused with the will
00:28:25of the people. This verdict must certainly be changed and corrected in the
00:28:28appeal process as soon as possible. In these difficult moments,
00:28:32we stand with the families of the former KLA leaders and all their comrades
00:28:36who fought for liberation.
00:28:40We are also monitoring the situation in the north of Kosovo, in areas where the
00:28:43majority Serbian population was peaceful throughout the day.
00:28:47How it is now, we are checking with Nenad Božović.
00:28:51Nenad, you were in Mitrovica, now in
00:28:54Leposavić. What are the reactions
00:28:58after the verdicts in
00:28:59The Hague?
00:29:02"Well, since this morning in the north of Kosovo, we have not
00:29:06noticed an increased police presence, at least not those with long
00:29:09barrels. We saw that there were
00:29:13increased patrols on the main road that
00:29:16leads from the border with Serbia to
00:29:20mostly about
00:29:23traffic patrols. What we
00:29:26couldn't hear from the population here in the north
00:29:29of Kosovo at this moment, it's mostly..." the Serbian population
00:29:33yes, what are their reactions to
00:29:36the pronouncement of the verdict for the four former KLA commanders, and the trial was watched
00:29:40and followed, although it was not
00:29:44as organized as in the southern part, they followed it
00:29:48in cafes and in their homes, but they were somehow reserved
00:29:51when we tried to get their answer about what they thought,
00:29:55they mostly told us that it doesn't concern them, that they
00:29:59have nothing to comment on, however it would seem that behind that... most likely
00:30:03lies fear, because any commenting
00:30:06could in the future lead to some
00:30:10consequences, that's what they are afraid of, for several
00:30:13years now they have been talking about how
00:30:16everything that they previously advocated and
00:30:20fought for has actually disappeared, that they simply no
00:30:23longer have even the support of Serbia as they
00:30:27once had. What particularly scared them
00:30:30is the information that appeared that in
00:30:34Gračanica today there would be online classes, that in
00:30:37a place near Leposavić where we are now, called Lešak,
00:30:41a children's play was canceled yesterday, the police did not allow it
00:30:44to be held, although no reasons were given, somehow
00:30:48information appeared that it could be precisely because of today and
00:30:52the pronouncement of the verdict today we also
00:30:55spoke with the first police chief in
00:30:58northern Kosovo, Veton Elshani, so that..."
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