Survey looks into attitudes on EU, NATO, Kosovo, and Crimea (B92)
53 percent of Serbians believe the country should continue with EU integration even after Britain’s departure from the Union. Tanjug said this quoting an article in Belgrade-based newspaper Blic, which reported the results of a survey conducted the Institute for European Affairs NGO. The poll, done in the first half of July, will be presented […]
Read More →Whether there are preparations for a new resolution? (Vesti)
Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Chepurin this weekend in Mitrovica said that the basis of resolving the Kosovo problem is the Resolution 1244 of the United Nations Security Council. Does the statement say little more than already known principled Russian policy towards Kosovo? – There is an initiative to verify the current level of normalization […]
Read More →Turkey asks Kosovo to punish journalist over coup comments (Reuters)
By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA (Reuters) – Turkey’s embassy in Kosovo has urged the government to take action against a journalist over tongue-in-cheek Facebook comments he made about the failed military coup in Turkey, a document seen by Reuters showed on Tuesday. As the failed coup unfolded on July 15, Berat Buzhala, a leading Kosovo journalist […]
Read More →Kosovo police arrest two persons for terrorist propaganda (RFE)
The Kosovo Police has undertaken a search operation in the region of Peja/Peć this morning which resulted in the arrest of two persons suspected of spreading terrorist propaganda. The news was confirmed by Kosovo Police spokesperson Baki Kelani.
Read More →Ivanović’s defense expect abolishment of the first degree decision (KIM Radio)
Oliver Ivanović, leader of the Civic Initiative SDP, is in the detention for 30 months now and still waiting for the decision following the appeal on the first degree decision, by which he was sentenced to nine years in prison for alleged war crimes committed during the conflict in Kosovo. His defense attorneys and family […]
Read More →Đurić: Brsussels to exert pressure on Pristina (RTS, KIM Radio)
The Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Đurić, claims that Brussels has to exert pressure on Pristina in order to start implementing the agreement on the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities, taking into account that a year has already passed since the agreement was reached. He said to Radio Television Serbia […]
Read More →Kosovo Serb representatives support Vučić (Blic)
The mayors of the municipalities in northern Kosovo today gave full support to Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic for the formation of a new government, confident that he will be at the helm of the government, it was announced from the office of the mayor of northern Mitrovica Goran Rakić.
Read More →Vetëvendosje’s Selimi blames the government over the law on police and armed forces (Koha/Telegrafi)
In the meeting of the Kosovo Assembly’s internal affairs and overseeing of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) commission, Vetëvendosje MP Rexhep Selimi accused the government for failing to submit two very important pieces of legislation: that on transformation of the KSF into armed force and the one on early retirement for the Kosovo Police officers. […]
Read More →The Security Council shall decide on the mandate of UNMIK (RTS, RTV, Politika, Blic, Kontakt plus)
The UN mission in Kosovo rejects the allegations of the Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj, that UNMIK is not desirable in Kosovo and that its mandate was extended because of Russia, which opposes the change of resolution 1244 of the Security Council of the United Nations. UNMIK spokesman Jan Malekzade told the TV channel Tribuna […]
Read More →Judiciary in northern Kosovo remains a challenge for KJC (Lajmi)
Kosovo’s Justice Minister, Dhurata Hoxha, met on Tuesday the president of the Kosovo Judicial Council (KJC), Nehat Idrizi. Hoxha and Idrizi stated that the integration of the judicial system in northern Kosovo will happen soon, despite the challenges that may arise during the process. Hoxha stated the ministry will fully support the KJC to increase the […]
Read More →Belgrade to Pristina: Include Serbia in your constitution (Tanjug, B92)
The Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija deputy director says it would be “best for both the region and the EU if Pristina included Serbia in its constitution.” Dusan Kozirev in this way reacted to a statement made earlier in the day by Edita Tahiri, a minister in the Kosovo government, who said “Serbia […]
Read More →Kosovo Authorities Charge Iranian NGO Leader With ‘Financing Terrorism’ (RFE/RL)
Authorities in Kosovo said on July 25 that they have charged an Iranian man with “financing terrorism and money laundering” through a nongovernmental group he operates called the Qur’an Foundation of Kosova. http://www.rferl.org/content/kosovar-officials-charge-iranian-ngo-leader-with-financing-terror/27879966.html
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