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		<title>Renewed Continuation of Illegal Construction work on Decani-Plav Highway within Visoki Dečani Monastery&#8217;s Special Protective Zone</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2020 19:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 14, 2020. Despite Kosovo’s Law on Special Protective Zones explicitly forbidding building highways and transit roads through Special Protective Zones, the unambiguous stance of the Law’s Implementation Council, and the position of international representatives in Kosovo that the construction of a Dečani-Plav highway through the Monastery’s Protective Zone constitutes an illegal act, the local Kosovar authorities in Dečani, together with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Serbian Orthodox Church Burgled</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2019 19:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kosovo (territory)]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 7, 2019 &#8211; the Saint Parascheva Church in village Gojbulja (Vučitrn Municipality, Kosovo) was burgled. Namely, some time around 4 p.m. the faithful noticed that the door of the church was burgled, and that the donations in the amount of around 20 Euros, left after the liturgy served a day before, were stolen. The police was informed and responded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St Trinity’s Church was Burgled for the 19th Time (since 1999)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2019 20:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 11, 2019 &#8211; On 10 February 2019 late night the St Trinity’s Church (the Serbian Orthodox Church), situated in the village Babljak[note] The local faithful of Serbian Orthodox Church are Serbs who have returned back to their houses in the village Babljak after the 1999 bombing and 2004 March incidents [/note], nearby Uroševac (Albanian: Ferizaj) in Kosovo, was burgled. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The founder of the humanitarian fund for assistance to the resettled Serbs was not allowed into Kosovo with the Christmas humanitarian convoy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2018 18:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 28, 2018. Franco-Serbian humanitarian Arno Gujon posted on his Facebook page that he was stopped at the Jarinje, entry-exit checkpoint, last night when he attempted to enter Kosovo and Metohija. Mr Gujon led the Christmas convoy for Kosovo and Metohija as he had been doing for the past 14 years. This great Serbian-French humanitarian said that it was difficult [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kosovo Institutions Threatened Monks and Nuns from the Serbian Orthodox Church with Deportation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2018 21:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kosovo (territory)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[November 9, 2018 – After an attempt to renew residence permit, one of the monks of the Raška-Prizren Diocese faced a threat that, within few days, he could be deported outside of Kosovo and Metohija (KiM). The problem of documents, that majority of Kosovo Serbs have, has proven to be one of the most serious problems the Serbs have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ official commentary regarding the systematic confiscation of the Serbian Orthodox Church property in Kosovo</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2018 21:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kosovo (territory)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[November 2, 2018. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the situation around the Serbian Orthodox Church sites in Kosovo is a consequence of the uncanonical steps taken by the Patriarchate of Constantinople towards the Orthodoxy in Ukraine. The following is a translation of the commentary about the situation in Kosovo, published by the Department of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For the 15th time (within the last four years) the Orthodox church was robbed (and no perpetrators had been found yet) in Kosovo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2018 17:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 29, 2018 – In the night between 27 and 28 July the Church of the Protection of Blessed Virgin Mary and the parochial premises in the village Babin Most (Obilić Municipality) were robbed. Given that the priest father A. Našpalić was on a vacation, none of the members of his family was present at the time of the robbery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Communique of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Raška-Prizren regarding a series of hate crimes against the Serbian people and their Church on Kosovo and Metohija</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2018 22:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 31, 2018. The Diocese of Raška-Prizren (Serbian Orthodox Church) issued the communique regarding the series of hate crimes on Kosovo and Metohija. The following is a translation of the whole document: “The Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Raška-Prizren strongly condemns the latest series of incidents which indicate that there is a serious deterioration of the security situation in which Serbs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comminique of the Diocese of Raska-Prizren regarding a series of incidents</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2018 15:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kosovo (territory)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[May 31, 2018. COMMUNIQUE OF THE DIOCESE OF RAŠKA-PRIZREN regarding a series of incidents in the recent days Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Raška-Prizren strongly condemns the latest series of incidents which indicate that there is a serious deterioration of the security situation in which Serbs with their Orthodox Church live in Kosovo and Metohija. Three days ago dozens of Kosovo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After a number of interventions Kosovo authorities stopped the illegal works and withdrew machines</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2018 22:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kosovo (territory)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[May 26, 2018. Thanks to a number of international interventions during the 26 th of May, Kosovo authorities have stopped the illegal works on the road within the Dečani Monastery protected zone and the heavy machines have reportedly been withdrawn. Let us hope Kosovo institutions will respect their legislation and international obligations. We are grateful to all people of good [...]]]></description>
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