Mounting pressure on PDK (Gazeta Blic)
Leader of Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and outgoing Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci, had this morning separate meetings with the Germany’s Foreign Ministry director for south-east Europe, Ernst Reichel, the US ambassador, Tracey Ann Jacobson, and President, Atifete Jahjaga. According to lajmi.net, this round of intensive meetings is expected to very soon produce concrete results […]
Read More →Jahjaga meets with Thaci (Kosovapress)
Leader of Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Hashim Thaci, met this morning the President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, to discuss the current political situation and forming of new institutions. The meeting was confirmed by Jahjaga’s office and took place behind closed doors.
Read More →Director of Kosovo Police called returnees to join KPS (RTK2)
Director of the Kosovo Police, Shpend Maxhuni, called Serb returnees to join the Kosovo police Service (KPS). Maxhuni said that it would contribute to the reduction of incidents to which returnees are exposed. During the visit to the returnee village Drsnik near Klina/Kline, Maxhuni said that attacks on returnees and their property can be prevented […]
Read More →The regulation on the recognition of diplomas from Kosovo University is adopted (RTK2)
The Serbian government adopted a regulation on the particular mode of recognition of higher education documents and evaluation of study programs of universities in Kosovo, which carry out activities in accordance with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244. The university diplomas will first certify the Committee of European academics, which is established by the […]
Read More →US government prosecutors in the Balkans (Blic)
US Secretary of Justice Eric Holder announced that the US will send 70 state prosecutors to the countries of the Balkans, the Middle East and North Africa to help in the fight against terrorists. Eric Holder sends 70 state prosecutors to the Balkans, the Middle East and North Africa, with the support of the Bureau for […]
Read More →Serbian community estimates the model of South Tyrol (Vecernje Novosti)
Political representatives of the region Trentino – South Tyrol claim that their model of autonomy can be “exported” to other countries, and exactly this “model” has attracted the attention of the Serbian Steering team in drafting the Statute of the future Community of Serbian municipalities in Kosovo (ZSO). How the model works in practice, explains […]
Read More →The government has room to manoeuvre (Danas)
From the praise of the EU and US officials on account of the recent visit of Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, to Serbia, despite Rama’s statement in the middle of Belgrade that “Kosovo’s independence is a reality,” could be understood that the (un) diplomatic incident will not jeopardize the continued political dialogue Belgrade and Pristina. Moreover, […]
Read More →AAK agrees to nominate Isa Mustafa for Prime Minister (kohanet)
KTV sources informed that the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK,) has agreed for Isa Mustafa to be nominated as candidate of the coalition block for the Prime Minister of Kosovo. The four leaders of the parties of the coalition will meet tomorrow morning, when they are expected to make the new agreement official, […]
Read More →Mustafa: The Constitutional Court makes the coalition block agreement impossible (kohanet)
Isa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK,) wrote on his Facebook page that the issue of the constitution of the institutions is more important than the issue who is going to lead them. “The situation in Kosovo with regards to the constitution of the institutions after the general elections is far more […]
Read More →The trio blocking the state and leaving no solution but taking to the streets (Gazeta Blic)
It seems the political situation in Kosovo has no solution, remarks in an opinion piece editor-in-chief of the Gazeta Blic news website, Adrian Collaku. He says that the “unprecedented” blockade by the leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Hashim Thaci, the chairperson of the Kosovo Assembly session, Flora Brovina, and the President of […]
Read More →Public Pulse: Satisfaction with Government, legislative and justice declines (Kosovapress)
UNDP and USAID will present today findings of the Public Pulse report that provides perceptions of Kosovo citizens on religious radicalism, political stalemate and what they consider main problems in Kosovo are. The document shows a significant decline of citizens’ satisfaction with the work of key institutions. According to a statement from UNDP, the document […]
Read More →OSCE: Seizing of Kosovo Serb houses and property obstacle to the return (Kontakt Plus radio/IRS)
The OSCE head in Kosovo, Jean Claude Schlumberger, said at a forum on property and housing rights in Pristina, organized by that organization, that seizing of the property and houses belonging to Serbs displaced from Kosovo, the requests that they should pay utility expenses and taxes on property they cannot access, and the low level […]
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