Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani suggested on Thursday that some journalists may have been linked to activities against the state, but declined to name individuals, saying security agencies were still investigating.
“You would be shocked by the unlawful activities they are involved in, according to our security institutions,” Osmani told a press conference at the presidential office, repeating remarks she made a day earlier in writing.
Pressed by reporters to name names, Osmani said she would do so only after receiving assurances that disclosure would not obstruct ongoing probes. “They know who they are,” she said, adding that some were behind political attacks against her, including personal threats targeting her young daughters.
Osmani referred to investigations into Milan Radoičić, a Serb politician accused by Kosovo authorities of involvement in last year’s armed attack in Banjska. She said probes into Radoičić and his associates had revealed evidence of wider cooperation, including alleged coup plots and threats to Kosovo’s institutions.
“I have never asked for any journalist to be investigated,” Osmani said. “What security institutions are doing is their state, moral and legal duty – to prevent Serbia’s attacks against Kosovo and to investigate those who commit terrorist acts or aggression.”
She said she would withhold details until security agencies judged that revealing names would not compromise their work.