Statement by Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK
New York 16 May 2016 Mr.President, Excellencies, The Secretary-General’s report before you details essential events in Kosovo and the region, and activities of UNMIK, from mid-January to mid-April. However, some developments since the Secretary-General’s last report are of more importance than the routine activities. Accordingly, today I wish to highlight these,and some broader considerations. I […]
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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic to attend UN Security Council session (Beta)
• Vucic, Liu discuss Chinese president’s visit to Serbia (Tanjug)
• Nikolic: Consent in important political issues between Serbia and China (RTS)
• Pajovic: Presently, 326 Serbian members in peacekeeping missions (Tanjug)
• Mihajlovic: Pristina wishes to prevent formation of ZSO (RTS)
• Maric: Mentioning of change of form of dialogue is buying time (RTS)
• Udovicic: Serbia to contest FIFA’s Kosovo decision (Tanjug)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija: FIFA’s decision most drastic example of politics meddling with sports (Beta)
• Patriarch Irinej calls on Serbs to stay in Kosovo, urges returns (Tanjug)
• Musliu heads Bujanovac (Novosti)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Dodik: Elections, but at all levels (Glas Srpske)
• Dodik: RS wants peace and stability (Srna)
• Protests in Banja Luka (Dnevni avaz)
• Protest of the opposition in Banja Luka (Fena)
• 30,000 demonstrators gather in Banja Luka for rival political rallies (Hina)
• Croatian Foreign Ministry dismisses Deutsche Welle’s Serbian-language as untrue (Hina)
• DF MP were insulting Prime Minister, session interrupted (RTCG/CDM)
• Only VMRO-DPMNE’s MP candidate list verified by State Election Commission (Telegraf.mk)
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UN chief warns implementation of Kosovo deals is “slow” (Dailies)
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern over the slow pace of implementation of agreements in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue over the past year. Ban wrote his latest report on the work of the UN mission (UNMIK) and the situation in Kosovo. “Much work remains to be done in Kosovo to promote greater tolerance and reconciliation […]
Read More →Extraordinary census in municipalities with Serbian majority (KiM radio)
Boycott of the population census in 2011 had an impact on the budget allocations for the municipalities. Considering the disproportionately lower number of people compared to the real number, almost all municipalities with Serbian majority receive less money from the Government of Kosovo. Mayor of Gracanica municipality, Vladeta Kostic, recently requested from the Kosovo Government and the […]
Read More →The Western Balkans powder keg again, protests to continue (B92)
Saturday’s protests in the Republika Srpska, Kosovo, and FYROM ended mostly peaceful and all political actors were satisfied by it. However, bearing in mind that continuation of the protests were announced, we explored whether the Western Balkan is again the powder keg. Balkan pot or a powder keg. The names are different but for a long […]
Read More →Veseli: Verdict on Klecka case proved our fight was clean (Koha)
Kosovo’s Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, welcomed the verdict of the Court of Appeals in the Klecka case, saying that it is the best evidence of the righteous and clean fight of the former Kosovo Liberation Army. The Court of Appeals recently acquitted Fatmir Limaj, leader of the Initiative for Kosovo, and his fellow combatants, who were […]
Read More →Pristina wants to prevent creation of the A/CSM (RTS)
The director of the Radio Belgrade, Milivoje Mihajlovic, said to RTS that statement of the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, that Pristina would reconsider a framework of the dialogue with Belgrade because Serbia is hindering the process of Kosovo’s membership in various international organizations, presents yet another trick aimed at prevention of the creation […]
Read More →Mustafa meets EU delegation (Koha Ditore)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, hosted today a meeting with the European Parliament delegation, which will participate at the meeting of the EU-Kosovo Parliamentary Commission for the Stabilization Association Agreement (SAA). A press release issued by the Office of the Prime Minister informs that the EU delegation lead by Tonino Picula, is comprised of Ulrike […]
Read More →Serwer: Belgrade’s right to look after Serbs in Kosovo is legitimate (Gazeta Blic)
The U.S. expert on Balkans, Daniel Serwer, said that the Balkan region is unsteady and the unsteadiest parts of the region, are FYROM and Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to him, Serbia’s concern for Serbs in Kosovo is legitimate. “The EU as EU, will not request Serbia’s recognition of Kosovo because this is not a competency of the […]
Read More →The Serbian List against the army of Kosovo (RTK 2)
Top officials of Kosovo’s Government, starting from the President and the Prime Minister, once again intensify the issue of transformation of the Kosovo Security Force into the Armed Forces. Representatives of the Serbian List argue that no-one talked with them about the formation of the army of Kosovo. They add that the stand of the Serbian […]
Read More →Picula: Corruption and press freedom, two main problems in Kosovo (Indeksonline)
Tonino Picula, chairman of the European Parliamentary Committee for SAA with Kosovo, and other members of the committee met Kosovo’s President, Hashim Thaci. Picula reiterated EU’s strong support to Kosovo’s European agenda. “We are here today and tomorrow to ask questions about the current situation in Kosovo. […] Our visit kick-starts the first phase of the Stabilization and Association […]
Read More →Thaci: Kosovo will fulfill all visa liberalization requirements (Klan Kosova)
Kosovo’s President, Hashim Thaci, met today with a European Parliament delegation that will participate in the EU-Kosovo meeting on the implementation of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA). During the meeting, Thaci said that Kosovo will fulfill all visa liberalization requirements set by the EU, including the establishment of the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities in compliance […]
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