Haradinaj: Tax can be suspended if final settlement is discussed without border changes
Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj told a press conference in Pristina today that the import tariff on Serbian goods can be suspended if a final settlement with Serbia, which doesn’t include border changes, is discussed. Haradinaj said today’s meeting between Assembly President Veseli and U.S. Ambassador Kosnett was a regular meeting. “I met the Assembly […]
Read More →Haradinaj: If tariff is more important than dialogue, it will never be lifted (RTV21)
Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said today he will not allow anyone to condition dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade with the removal of the 100-percent import tariff on Serbian and Bosnian goods. Haradinaj said in an interview to RTV21 that if the tariff is more important than dialogue, it will never be removed. “If the […]
Read More →Haradinaj: If government falls, tax remains in force until summer (media)
Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj told reporters in Pristina today that even if the government falls and new parliamentary elections are announced, the 100-percent tariff on Serbian and Bosnian goods will remain in force until summer. “As far as the breakup of the ruling coalition and eventual new elections are concerned, the tax will remain […]
Read More →Assembly President Veseli comments on today’s meeting on 100-percent tax (media)
Kosovo Assembly President and Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) leader, Kadri Veseli, took to Facebook to comment on today’s meeting with U.S. Ambassador Philip Kosnett and Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj. “We had a very constructive meeting today with U.S. Ambassador Philip Kosnett and Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj and discussed the challenges that await us this […]
Read More →Gracanicaonline portal: Situation difficult for journalist reporting on Serbian language
Based on the Law on the Use of Languages, Albanian and Serbian have equal status in Kosovo institutions. However, in practice very often this law is not applied, reports Gracanica based portal gracanicaonline.info. The journalists who follow the work of the Assembly are faced with a big problem because they do not have a translation if […]
Read More →Statement by the NATO Secretary General on the adoption of the laws on the transition of the Kosovo Security Force (NATO website)
Today, the Institutions in Kosovo have announced the adoption of the three laws initiating the process of transition of the Kosovo Security Force. I regret that this decision was made despite the concerns expressed by NATO. While the transition of the Kosovo Security Force is in principle a matter for Kosovo to decide, we have […]
Read More →Stoltenberg talks with Haradinaj and Vucic (media)
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had a telephone conversation today with Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and called on them to show maturity and avoid provocative statements and actions. “With Haradinaj I raised concerns about the plan to transform the Kosovo Security Force into an army. I emphasized that such […]
Read More →EU replies to “when and what kind” of solution is possible (Tanjug, B92)
The solution to the Kosovo issue, which implies change of borders, is possible only if the EU and the UNSC agree on it, beside Belgrade and Pristina. This has been stated by David McAllister, the rapporteur for Serbia in the European Parliament. When asked by Tanjug about the position regarding a possible border correction as […]
Read More →Vecernje Novosti: And Paris against delimitation?
France, like Germany, is against the “delimitation” between Belgrade and Pristina, reports today Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti. Vecernje Novosti sources point out that the opposition was expressed to any change in borders or administrative lines in the region during a conference of ambassadors held last week, which was attended by French President Emmanuel Macron. […]
Read More →Missing Persons: Balkan Families Suffer as Search Goes On (Balkan Insight)
To mark International Day of the Disappeared, relatives of people who went missing in Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo and Albania during the 1990s wars or under Communism describe the agony of waiting decades to discover their loved ones’ fate. See more at: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/missing-persons-balkan-families-suffer-as-search-goes-on-08-29-2018
Read More →Vucic: My policy is delineation with Albanians (B92, BETA, Serbian media)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday he was in favor of “delineation” with the Albanians in Kosovo and Metohija. “I am in favor – and this is my policy – of delineation with the Albanians. To have a territory which it is not known who is treating it in what way, and what belongs […]
Read More →Thaci: I hope dialogue with Serbia will intensify in coming period (media)
President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said in a press conference following his meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Brussels under the EU facilitation and the meeting with EU High Representative Federica Mogherini that the Kosovo delegation presented the position in favour of negotiations with Serbia but at the same time also expressed commitment to […]
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