SRSG Farid Zarif presentation to the United Nations Security Council – 06 February 2015
Mr. President, Excellencies, This Council meets today at a key juncture of Kosovo’s history. Last December, after a prolonged political impasse, a new Kosovo government was formed as a result of an alliance between the Democratic Party of Kosovo and the Democratic League of Kosovo. The new government, led by Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, declared […]
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Kosovo may write off a range of debts racked up by citizens before 2009, the government said on Thursday in a move to tackle widespread dissatisfaction fueling unrest and a new wave of emigration to western Europe. Just two months in office, the government has been rocked by some of the worst civil unrest since […]
Read More →A Parliamentary farce! (Kosova Sot)
Kosova Sot, on its front page editorial writes that the resolution on preventing the irregular migration of Kosovo people, adopted by the government on Thursday, is not enough to solve this phenomenon. “The Kosovo Parliament even in the past adopted different kinds of resolutions, but they were never fulfilled. People are leaving Kosovo because they […]
Read More →KSF to help Albania after the floods (Koha Ditore)
Kosovo government on Thursday approved the decision to send a contingent of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) for humanitarian operation in Albania, the country which is facing floods after heavy rain in the past days. The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, has announced that there is a request to send a unit of KSF […]
Read More →UN Security Council to discuss the report on Kosovo today (Koha online)
The United Nations Security Council will discuss today during a morning session in New York the quarterly report of the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, on the developments in Kosovo. In his report, he expressed concern regarding the emigration of the population and hailed constitution of the Assembly and the government after a six-months’ […]
Read More →Jahjaga: Kosovo does not have people to lose (Koha online)
The President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, visited today Vushtrri/Vucitrn, to initiate her campaign of raising awareness of the population on stopping the illegal emigration. Jahjaga discussed the issue with the mayor of this city, Bajram Mulaku, being that this municipality is considered to be the most affected by this occurrence. After the meeting, Jahjaga made […]
Read More →Albanians are escaping because of extremists (Vesti online)
Kosovo Albanians are massively leaving the province. It is estimated that only in January about 20,000 Albanians went abroad. Kosovo Serbs fear that Albanians go abroad in order to shelter their families there. According to some rumours extremists from Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro and south Serbia are arriving in Kosovo. As stated, they are trained in […]
Read More →Sustainable return of displaced to be discussed in Brussels (Blic)
Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija has forwarded a letter to the Serbian Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vucic, requesting that one of the topics that should be discussed in Brussels is ‘sustainable return of displaced and repossession of usurped Serbian property’. In the letter representatives of the organization also requested termination of the […]
Read More →Serbia arrests 300 Kosovo Albanian emigrants (Koha Ditore)
Serbia’s Minister of Interior, Nebojsa Stefanovic, stated that 290 individuals, majority of them Albanians from Kosovo, who were trying to illegally cross the border between Serbia and Hungary, have been arrested during the last 48 hours. Criminal charges are raised against 256 individuals and 50 smugglers while 15 vehicles have been confiscated. Stefanovic stated that […]
Read More →Hundreds of Albanians detained at Serbia-Hungary border (Blic)
290 persons, mostly Albanians from Kosovo, have been arrested in the past 48 hours as they were attempting to illegally cross from Serbia to Hungary. This was announced by Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic during a news conference in Belgrade on Friday. 256 misdemeanor and 15 criminal complaints have been filed related to people smuggling charges, […]
Read More →Trepca must be discussed (TV Most)
The issue of Trepca can’t be resolved by the Kosovo government, but neither by the Serbian Government as well. Trepca has to be discussed, as was agreed. The situation over Trepca is currently overcome since the issue will be discussed in the course of property distribution, when that issue comes on Brussels’ agenda, said Mayor […]
Read More →Dacic: This is not the 19th century; Trepca is economic issue (Blic)
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivica Dacic said that the dismissal of Serbian minister in the Kosovo government has a negative impact on the continuation of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, but that the talks in Brussels should be continued. In an interview with Voice of America (VOA), he […]
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