Assembly debate (Kosova Sot)
The paper writes in its front-page editorial that the postponement of the Kosovo Assembly session may not have been the idea of the chairperson, Flora Brovina, but is nevertheless the right decision. After the latest meetings with political leaders, President Atifete Jahjaga, was left with no possible moves for resolving the political stalemate and, as […]
Read More →Mustafa addresses post-coalition MPs (Gazeta Blic, Telegrafi)
Leader of Democratic League of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, addressed the post-coalition MPs in the Assembly and said they did not come today to hold a session but to express their discontent over the actions of Flora Brovina and Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). He said Kosovo needs parliamentary spirit and democracy. “We will make a […]
Read More →Post-coalition MPs entering the Assembly hall (Gazeta Blic)
Following a meeting between Isa Mustafa, Albin Kurti, Ramush Haradinaj and Fatmir Limaj, MPs from the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK), Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) and Vetevendosje are entering the Assembly hall but it is not yet certain what will be the future course of action. One of the […]
Read More →Municipality of Decan to invest for the first time in the Orthodox Monastery (Kosovapress)
Municipality of Decan, for the first time will have access in investing within the zoning area of the Orthodox Monastery of Decan. This was achieved through an agreement signed today between the Decan Mayor Rasim Selmanaj, KFOR Commander Francesco Paolo Figliuolo and Monastery’s hieromonk Father Sava Janjic. The agreement foresees reconstruction of an already existing […]
Read More →Coalition bloc deputies at the Assembly (koha online)
All deputies of the coalition bloc have already gathered at the Assembly. They have announced that they will hold the constitutive session, which has been delayed several times by the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), specifically by its deputy, Flora Brovina. Deputies of the coalition bloc did not agree with the delay of the constitutive […]
Read More →Office of the President reacts: We are not related to the Assembly (kosovapress)
Office of the President of Kosovo issued a press release to clarify to the public opinion that meetings of the President with the leaders of the parliamentary political parties are a separate process, which aims to facilitate finding of a solution to the forming of the new institutions of the country, in congruence with the […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 02 October
Assembly session postponed (Lajm) The chairperson of the Kosovo Assembly’s constitutive session, Flora Brovina, has asked the Assembly’s Secretariat to postpone the session planned for today. The request was made so that the parties would have more time to overcome the political and institutional crisis. The General Secretary of the Democratic League of Kosovo […]
Read More →“Kosovo has opened the law of the jungle”(B92)
“Spain is deeply convinced that the support of the United States and other countries for the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo is a huge mistake,” said Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of Spain in Belgrade, Inigo Ramirez de Aro Valdes, noting that Catalan separatism is not supported. Ramirez de Aro said that the Catalan separatism […]
Read More →Religious extremism still a threat to Kosovo (Danas)
“There are still two major challenges for security in Kosovo: the growth of religious extremism and the potential for unrest as a result of the economic, social and political instability. Therefore, it is of utmost importance that security institutions focus their efforts in order to find out the true causes and potentially prevent the eruption […]
Read More →Indebted to America, Kosovo struggles to curb Islamist recruits (Reuters)
Wed, Oct 1 2014 By Fatos Bytyci KACANIK Kosovo (Reuters) – Born in Germany, Blerim Heta moved to his parents’ native Kosovo as a 10-year-old boy in the wake of a NATO air war in 1999 to save the territory’s ethnic Albanians from Serbian repression. They settled in Urosevac, where U.S. soldiers – greeted as […]
Read More →Kosovo Leads Balkans in Internet Addiction (Balkan Insight)
02 Oct 14 Kosovars are the keenest internet users in the Balkans, in national percentage terms, a global survey of internet and Facebook penetration shows. Sinisa Jakov Marusic Skopje BIRN The Internet World Stat, a comprehensive survey of internet use, says that 76.6 per cent of the 1.8 million people in Kosovo used the net […]
Read More →Kosovo Political Crisis Delays New War Crimes Court (Balkan Insight)
01 Oct 14 While Kosovo remains without a government, the new special court to try Kosovo Liberation Army war crimes suspects cannot start work as planned in January, BIRN has learned. Marija Ristic BIRN Belgrade Sources within the EU have told BIRN that it is unlikely that the high-profile new court will be established and […]
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