Djuric: Serbia wants stability in KiM (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – Director of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric said Friday it was Serbia’s great interest to see that stability and the rule of law were there in KiM, arguing that the current situation in the province was worse than before the Brussels agreement. According to a statement from the Office […]
Read More →Frequent attacks on Serbs in Kisnica (KiM radio)
In Kisnica, near Gracanica, attacks on Serb property are more frequent. The latest incident occurred yesterday, when houses of families Krstic and Trajkovic have been stoned. The President of the Local Committee for Public Safety in Sušica, Kisnica and Badovac Snezana Jovanovic said that the latest attack on Serbs in Kisnica occurred yesterday when a […]
Read More →FM talks Dayton agreement, Russia, Kosovo (Tanjug)
BELGRADE — Ivica Dačić has stressed there would be no revision of a peace deal that ended the Bosnian war “without the consent of all who participated in reaching it.” The Serbian foreign minister spoke on the 19th anniversary of the Dayton Accords that ended the 1992-95 war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. “We wish all the best […]
Read More →United States “fully engaged” in Balkans (B92)
WASHINGTON — U.S. State Department Office for South Central European Affairs Director Thomas Yazdgerdi says his country is “fully engaged in the Balkans.” This especially applies to “resolving the remaining key issues,” he said. Yazdgerdi, who was recently appointed to the job, told Voice of America that Washington supports the future of the entire region […]
Read More →Petrovic: Majority coalition in the parliament is acceptable, soon first session (RTK2)
MP of the Serbian List, Slobodan Petrovic welcomed the agreement of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) on the formation of the Kosovo government and announced support in the parliament session which will be held soon. “It is certain that it is necessary to form a government as […]
Read More →29 returnee houses broken into in Ljevoša near Peć/Pejë (RTK2)
29 returnee houses have been broken into in village Ljevoša near Peć/Pejë. The case was reported by a local Albanian who lives in the village. Ranko Bakić, the village representative who is currently dwelling in Serbia proper, said to RTK2 that his Albanian neighbor called him and informed that his house was broken into, after […]
Read More →Nikolic: We are not ready to violate the constitution because of Kosovo (Vecernje Novosti)
Serbia would have to find another president and prime minister, who would be willing to violate the Constitution and talk with representatives of Pristina as representatives of an independent state, said Tomislav Nikolic. Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said today that the EU would expect from Belgrade to complete negotiations with Pristina and to fully regulate […]
Read More →An outline of the next two years – when we will have forgotten what happened yesterday and these six months (Gazeta Blic)
Director of the news website, Astrit Gashi, provides in an opinion piece an overview of what he believes will happen over the next two years in Kosovo. He says that all the commotion and discontent over the coalition reached between the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) will have died […]
Read More →Lutfi Haziri to Gjilan/Gnjilane population: I am yours until the end, with Isa Mustafa as Prime Minister (gazetablic)
Member of LDK leadership Lutfi Haziri, rejected in an indirect manner the circulating news that he will become the Prime Minister of Kosovo. “I am with you that believe in the governing of the Democratic League of Kosovo, for the first time after 15 years sacrifice and compromises,” wrote Haziri on his Facebook page. “LDK […]
Read More →When idealism dies (Koha Ditore)
Lumir Abdixhiku remarks in his column today that the five-month political stalemate ended in the most ‘frightful’ and ‘unreasonable’ scenario – that of two main political forces entering a coalition. No one can justify such a ‘union’ between the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) except perhaps parties’ militants, writes […]
Read More →Mustafa wants Limaj in the new government (ORAinfo)
Isa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), is adamant to include Fatmir Limaj’s Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) in the new coalition government with the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). Citing unidentified sources, ORAinfo reports that Mustafa has asked PDK leader Thaci to include Limaj’s party in the coalition, but Thaci did not […]
Read More →LDK claims that Jacobson guaranteed that the PM post will be theirs (kohanet)
After the reach of the agreement for coalition, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK,) and the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK,) have started division of ministerial posts. They have established technical groups, which are expected to finalize the agreement during the next days. Eight ministries will belong to PDK and LDK, while three others are […]
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