UNMIK Headlines 29 November
• PDK and LDK working groups working on division of posts (Koha)
• Serbs want seven percent share in new government (RTK)
• Thaci: We need to work more on inter-religious tolerance in Kosovo (Gazeta Express)
• EU and EULEX disagree with appointment of head of Kosovo Correctional Service (Koha)
Mighty world stuck in the mud (Vecernje Novosti)
op.ed. by Oliver Ivanovic, the leader of the Civic Initiative SDP Huge improvisation and political pressure, along with corruption, have won again. The strongest impression, after nine months spent in detention, completely ungrounded and without a reason, is my deep and essential disappointment in the international community. I admit, I overestimated, myself, the developed and […]
Read More →Strache: You apply double standards for Kosovo and Crimea (Blic)
The leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPO), Heinz-Christian Strache, accuses Vice-President of the European Parliament, Ulrike Lunacek with regard to Kosovo. He said that Lunacek applies double standards since she called the EU countries to recognize the independence of that Serbian province. As he said, countries that have not recognized the independence of […]
Read More →Kosovo Serbs are waiting for a definitive agreement between PDK and LDK (Danas)
The latest coalition of Kosovar Albanians – the PDK and the LDK, of Hashim Thaci and Isa Mustafa has not yet started formal negotiations on the composition of the new government of Kosovo with representatives of the Kosovo Serbs, said to Danas, the presidents of the Serbian List and the Progressive Democratic Party (PDS) Aleksandar […]
Read More →Serbian List requests 7 percent of Serbs in the executive authorities of Kosovo (RTK2)
President of the Serbian List, Aleksandar Jablanovic, expects creation of the Association/Community of Serb municipalities, provided by the Brussels Agreement, to be on the agenda soon after the constitution of the Kosovo government. Jablanovic said to RTK2 that Serbian List has some conditions for becoming the part of the Kosovo government. “Conditions of the Serbian […]
Read More →Budget costs for Mitrovica North according to the plan (Blic)
Chief of the Mitrovica North Administrative Office, Adriana Hodzic, said that the budget expenditures for that municipality, for 2014, amount to four million, as it was planned. Out of the total of four million allocated for Mitrovica North, three million is distributed for salaries and wages, while just over 600,000 for capital investments. Hodzic said […]
Read More →For a massive return to Kosovo (TV Most, RTK2)
The return of displaced persons to Kosovo as a main theme was discussed at the first regional conference in Skopje, organized by the International Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). A large number of senior officials from Belgrade, Pristina, Podgorica and Skopje attended the conference. Press release of the Ministry for Return announced […]
Read More →Qeku wants the army, but he needs the Serbs (Blic)
Agim Qeku, Kosovo Minister of Security Forces (KSF) announced a rapid transformation of KSF in the Kosovo Armed Forces, immediately after the inauguration of the new Kosovo parliament. However, the Law can be passed only if two-thirds majority in the parliament as well at least two thirds of the members of minorities support it. Half […]
Read More →Isa Mustafa called Limaj to join the coalition with PDK (Zeri.info)
Zeri.info writes that Isa Mustafa, after the agreement to form a coalition with the Democrati Party of Kosovo (PDK), invited Fatmir Limaj [leader of NISMA political party] to join the coalition. However, the website portal writes that Bilall Sherfi, member of NISMA political party, said that Limaj refused such request and that the party has decided […]
Read More →Students from the north, interested to work in Kosovo courts (KosovaPress)
KosovaPress writes that a group of Serbian students from the Law Faculty in north Mitrovica visited the Basic Court in Mitrovica, and among other things, they expressed their interest for recruitment in Kosovo courts. They were interested to know whether they have the right to apply for a job in Kosovo courts, having university degrees […]
Read More →Jahjaga pressured Thaci and Mustafa, the agreement should be closed next week (Gazeta Blic)
When Hashim Thaci, leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), and Isa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), met with Kosovo’s President, Atifete Jahjaga three days ago, the latter had expected that they had already resolved everything and the Assembly session would be held within 48 hours, writes GazetaBlic. But it did not happen. […]
Read More →472 thousand euros for the Advancement of Women’s Rights in Kosovo (KosovaPress)
The Austrian Development Agency (ADA) has offered 472 thousand euros, as financial support for three years, for the Initiative for the Advancement of Women’s Rights, writes KosovaPress. According to the news website, the purpose of this initiative is to improve the capacity of civil society organizations (CSOs) led by women and to support, protect and […]
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