SRSG Tanin condemns violent attack on Assembly of Kosovo – UNMIK Press Release
UNMIK/PR/1823 05 August 2016 SRSG Tanin condemns violent attack on Assembly of Kosovo The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Zahir Tanin, condemns the attack on the Assembly of Kosovo which took place yesterday night in Pristina and caused material damage. “Such criminal acts targeting the Assembly have no place in Kosovo”, Mr. Tanin said. He […]
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The research titled “Brussels Agreement – unattended topics” that was carried out by the NGO Center for Peace and Tolerance (CPT) in cooperation with the RTV Herc from Štrpce/Shtërpcë, shows that there is a big gap between desires, interests and stances of Serbian social factors in Kosovo when compared with stances of the political elites […]
Read More →Simić: Problems of Serbs are unemployment, property usurpation, security… (Kontakt Plus Radio)
Representatives of the Kosovo Assembly caucus from the “Serbian List” have accomplished their visits to municipalities in Kosovo and Metohija where members of the Serbian community live. The head of the caucus Slavko Simić stated that unemployment, property usurpation, inefficient judiciary, security, budgets finances at the local level, disrespect of the law on languages and […]
Read More →Kosovo leaders meet Quint ambassadors (Koha)
Kosovo political leaders from the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Vetëvendosje, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), and the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) had a closed-door meeting today with ambassadors of the Quint countries. Political parties were represented by Xhavit Haliti (PDK), Isa Mustafa and Arban Abrashi (LDK), Jakup […]
Read More →Thaçi: Violence has no place in Kosovo (Telegrafi)
President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, condemned last night’s blast in Pristina saying that everyone should agree that violence has no place in Kosovo. “Violence brings fear, fear brings hatred and hatred brings more violence. We may not agree on many things but we should all agree on one thing and that is that violence has […]
Read More →Vetëvendosje condemns last night’s blast in Pristina (RTK)
Vetëvendosje has condemned last night’s attack at the Kosovo Assembly building saying no motive can justify such acts. “Such unacceptable acts do no good to any cause,” said Vetëvendosje in a press release.
Read More →Government: Criminal acts cannot stop us to protect the interests of Kosovo (Koha)
Kosovo government through a press release issued today strongly condemned Thursday night’s attack on the premises of the Assembly. “This is a cowardly attack directed against all state institutions and Kosovo. Without wanting to prejudge whether it is in the line of violent acts announced, the government of Kosovo considers that such acts will not […]
Read More →PDK condemns attack on Kosovo Assembly (Klan Kosova)
The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) strongly condemned the attack on the Kosovo Assembly on Thursday night, considering it as an organized criminal act against the values of the highest legislative institution of Kosovo. “This criminal attack against the Kosovo Assembly is an attack on the achievements of the state and its citizens. The PDK […]
Read More →EU’s Kosovo meddling risks Balkans chaos (Gazeta Express/EU Observer)
By Edmond Krasniqi Kosovo has accumulated plenty of domestic problems since the 1998-1999 independence war, but the US and EU are just making things worse by pressuring its leaders to ratify a border agreement with neighbouring Montenegro. The border delineation was agreed in August 2015 and ratified by Montenegro’s parliament four months later. But Kosovo’s opposition […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 5 August
• Explosive device thrown at Kosovo parliament building, no casualties (media)
• Mustafa: No one will be allowed to terrorise state institutions (Koha)
• AAK condemns attack at the Kosovo Assembly (Koha)
• Civil society to protest today in Pristina (Indeksonline)
• Indictment filed against Klina Mayor Sali Bashota (dailies)
• Montenegrin authorities arrest man wanted for war crimes in Kosovo (Koha)
Assailants Strike Kosovo’s Parliament With Explosive (NYT/AP)
Assailants struck Kosovo’s Parliament with an explosive device late on Thursday causing damage to the building but no injuries, the police said in a statement. The force said the device that hit the building was fired from a distance. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/08/04/world/europe/ap-eu-kosovo-explosion.html?_r=0
Read More →EULEX Assessing Kosovo Wiretap Claims (Balkan Insight)
As new leaks allegedly reveal fresh examples of politically influenced appointments to top jobs in Kosovo, EULEX prosecutors are starting to evaluate the content of the wiretaps. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/eulex-checking-kosovo-wiretap-claims-08-04-2016
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