For rule of law in Balkans – reduce sources of corruption (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – The road to democracy is difficult and challenging, and if the rule of law is to be fully established in Serbia, the sources of corruption need to be reduced and the judiciary put in order, said the participants of the conference on Freedom Barometer 2014. The study has measured the degree of freedom […]
Read More →Sheholli: New government or a revolution (KIM radio)
“Kosovo is faced with the biggest challenge so far. That challenge is about to remove Hashim Thaci’s regime from power, or there will be a revolution in the streets,” claims political analyst Fatmir Sheholli. He said that without Kosovo government being formed, Kosovo is heading toward the bankruptcy, since there is no new budget revision, […]
Read More →Agreement with Kosovo, the first condition for the EU (Vecernje Novosti)
Despite progress in all other areas, a key condition for Serbia’s EU membership remains the solving of the Kosovo issue and signing a legally binding agreement with Pristina. The pace of negotiations on all other issues will depend on what happens with Chapter 35. The report of the European Commission on the progress of our […]
Read More →KFOR the key partner in the process of stabilization (KIM radio)
“The Balkan area has long been recognized as both a delicate and complex region. However, I truly believe that KFOR is a crucial partner in the stabilization process,” said Mark E. Ferguson III, Commander JFC Naples. Admiral Ferguson met the KFOR commander Major General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo at KFOR HQ in Pristina. This was his […]
Read More →Brovina: If the bloc has a solution i will call the session (Radio Kosova)
Without an agreement between two political blocs, Chairperson of the Assembly, Flora Brovina will not call a session. Brovina says that yet she did not receive conclusions from the discussion of the bloc, but if they have a solution, I will call the session in 24 hours. Meanwhile, the head of Democratic League of Kosovo […]
Read More →It was all a farce (Gazeta Express)
Imer Mushkolaj in an opinion piece claims that statements by the leaders of the post-election coalition that if the chairperson of Assembly’s constitutive session, Flora Brovina, doesn’t call a session, they will elect the speaker on their own and then actually fail to do so, are nothing but “demagogical farce”. “We don’t need a farce […]
Read More →Jacobson: We’re not going to interfere (Telegrafi)
The United States Ambassador to Kosovo, Tracey Ann Jacobson, said today that the US Embassy will not interfere in the political crisis. “The solution lies with the representatives of the people. I hope they will find a solution very soon. I fully support the process of consultations led by the President,” Jacobson said during a […]
Read More →Jahjaga kills Bloc’s “hopes”, she will not address Constitutional Court (Gazeta Blic)
A source close with Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga told the news agency that representatives of the coalition bloc asked Jahjaga to seek additional explanations from the Constitutional Court on how to break the political deadlock. “Jahjaga, however, does not plan to address the Court again. She is confident that the solution lies in the latest […]
Read More →Mustafa see two ways to solve crisis, both without PDK (Koha)
Isa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), writes on his Facebook account today about the coalition bloc and its efforts to form the Assembly and the government. “The Democratic League of Kosovo, with 30 MPs from a total of 63 MPs of the coalition consisting of the LDK, Alliance for the Future […]
Read More →On the danger of the state shutdown (Koha)
Lumir Abdixhiku, Executive Director of the Pristina-based research institute Riinvest, argues in an opinion piece that members of the Kosovo Assembly have a little more than 100 days to come up with an institutional solution and form the Assembly. “Otherwise, our country will enter the state of shutdown for the first time. The state shutdown […]
Read More →ASU engineering student co-founds initiative to combat poverty in Kosovo (The State Press)
By Andrew Nicla October 9, 2014 at 6:00 pm Global technology and entrepreneurship graduate student Mentor Dida has channeled his sense of humility and his passion for helping others through projects at ASU, and he is now working on one of his most important projects yet: helping to eliminate poverty in his homeland. This summer, […]
Read More →Kosovo President Faces Questions Over Judges’ Mandates (Balkan Insight)
09 Oct 14 Ombudsman says head of state violated the constitution by extending the terms of international judges without going to parliament. By Valerie Hopkins and Jeta Xharra BIRN Pristina When President Atifete Jahjaga issued a decree on August 31, “confirming the extension” of the mandates of three international judges on the Constitutional Court of […]
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