Radomirovic: Kurti is banning the media to implement the Greater Albanian ideology, and Serbs are the first to be targeted

Former President of the Journalists’ Association of Serbia and editor of the "Pistaljka" portal, Vladimir Radomirovic, stated regarding the decision of the Independent Media Commission (IMC) to ban the broadcast of the Arena channel due to the transmission of video messages from Serbia in which "the event in Banjska is celebrated", that Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti wanted to put under his Greater Albanian ideology everything that did not suit him and that Serbs were the first to be targeted.

Radomirovic told Kosovo Online that everything that had happened in 1999 had been a prelude to what was happening in Kosovo today.

"A complete blockade, a complete interruption of normal life. The Government in Pristina wants to convey to the Serbs that they are not welcome, that those who are there, the indigenous people, should no longer live there and should not enjoy any rights," Radomirovic explained.

However, as he added, paradoxically, during all this time when basic rights were denied to the Serbs, Kosovo was rising on the lists of various Western organizations.

"Kosovo is climbing the ranks in terms of media freedom, human rights, fighting against corruption, in other words, everything that should constitute a normal state. Yet, when objectively looking at how the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija live, that quasi-state could not even be called a quasi-state but rather a monstrous creation with the sole aim of expelling all Serbs," Radomirovic stated.

Radomirovic points out that Kurti also attacked an Albanian television, Klan Kosova, simply because it is not under his control.

"So, there is an agenda to destroy and prevent anything that does not fit the narrative of the Greater Albanian ideology from reaching the broader public. In that context, we should also view what is happening with the Arena Sport channel. Kurti wants to put everything that doesn't suit him under his Greater Albanian ideology, and the Serbs are the first to be targeted. This is also another message that Belgrade cannot do anything to stop such a policy. Unfortunately, this chauvinistic policy of the government in Pristina clearly has significant support from Western countries," Radomirovic believes.

He adds that there is a difference in the Western approach when it comes to Albanian and Serbian television in Kosovo.

"When there was an attack by Albin Kurti on Klan Kosova television, there were protests and pressures from the West to allow that television to continue operating. However, in the case of Serbian television and media in general, in Kosovo, there will be no such protests. But imagine what would happen if our REM, on November 28th when Albanians celebrate Flag Day, were to ban a television station in Presevo because Albanian unity is celebrated and calls for the unification of all Albanians. What kind of condemnations would come from the West, and what kind of hysteria would ensue if the Serbian state tried to do something similar to what Kurti is doing," Radomirovic concluded.