Vucic expecting to open chapters 32 and 35 (IRS)
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic stated he expects the EU to keep its promise and to open chapters 32 and 35 by the end of the year. As long as I am at the helm of this government, we will respect interests of the others, but we will mind our own business. Serbia takes care […]
Read More →Brussels Agreement dictates the pace toward the EU (Politika)
From the European Union request that before the inter-governmental conference takes place on opening negotiating chapters with Serbia, additional work is invested in the implementation of the Brussels Agreement. Opening of negotiation chapters with the European Union will most probably be on halt until 2015. Majority member states, with Germany on its helm, as they […]
Read More →The Constitutional Court decides in favor of the PDK (kohaonline)
The constitutional Court issued a press relase which stresses that on Thursday, 21 August 2014, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo deliberated and voted on Case KO119/14, concerning the constitutional review of Decision on the election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, No. 05-V-001, voted by 83 deputies […]
Read More →EULEX is embittering the lives of Serbs (Vesti online)
“The way in which the EULEX is functioning and the way in which it behaves towards the Serbs is totally incomprehensible and unacceptable. It is far away from the law and justice and looks more like a market,” said Dragan Jablanović, Mayor of Leposavic and member of the management team for the implementation of the […]
Read More →Fatmir Sheholi: Reasons for the isolation of Kosovo (Blic)
Kosovo is in the institutional blockade. Dialogue in Brussels between Kosovo and Serbia is dysfunctional because of the blockade. Because of the blockade there is no continuation of work on the Special Tribunal for alleged war crimes of the KLA. Kosovo’s image on the international scene fades. Kosovo faces the most dangerous radicalism, extremism and […]
Read More →EU will reappoint international judges (Radio Kosova)
The Office of European Union in Kosovo has informed that it is finalizing arrangements about legal regulation and transition of the work of three international judges in Constitutional Court. This way there is no uncertainty about the legal side and their legitimacy after 31 August, when it should have ended their mandate, according to the […]
Read More →Police tried to prevent journalists from entering Serbia (KIM radio)
Group of ten journalists was stopped and kept for an hour at Jarinje crossing by Serbian police, which didn’t allow their van to enter Serbia proper from Kosovo. They managed to pass through only after the intervention of the Serbian Minister of Internal Affairs. “Thanks to the intervention of the Serbian Minister of Internal Affairs […]
Read More →Haxhiu: PDK should not expect anything from the Constitutional Court (kohaonline)
Albulena Haxhiu, deputy of Vetevendosje Movement, said for Kohavision TV show Interaktiv, that requests of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), should not be addressed by the Constitutional Court. “PDK has requested from the Constitutional Court to interpret the decision of the Assembly, however the Court does not have the Constitutional mandate for this. PDK also […]
Read More →International representatives do not see new elections as an option (kohaonline)
Representatives of the foreign embassies in Kosovo, stated that they expect the Constitutional Court to offer clarity on its decision in order to avoid extraordinary elections. They consider that holding of extraordinary elections would have been a major loss for Kosovo. They also expressed concern that the new elections would produce acceptable results under current […]
Read More →Gani Geci negotiating terms of surrender with EULEX (Zeri)
Gani Geci, former MP of the Democratic League of Dardania (LDD), who is wanted for the killing of KLA war veteran Ruzhdi Shaqiri, is reportedly negotiating the terms of his surrender with EULEX. The paper reports that EULEX is in direct talks with Geci, who is believed to be outside Kosovo.
Read More →Thaci: Important days for German investments (RTK)
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said today that he expects the Balkans Conference in Berlin to bring important German investments to Kosovo. Thaci, together with other prime ministers from the Balkans, will attend the conference hosted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel on 28 August. Thaci also wrote on his Facebook account that he met with […]
Read More →Holy warriors (The Economist)
IS LAVDRIM MUHAXHERI dead? At the end of July the leading Albanian jihadi fighting in Syria (pictured) was posting photos of himself on Facebook in which he appears to chop the head off a young man who he said was a spy. A few days ago the Balkan media were picking up reports from Kurdish […]
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