Kosovo Assembly to vote on border demarcation agreement on 1 September (RTK)
The agreement on border demarcation with Montenegro will be put up for vote before the Kosovo legislators on 1 September, decided the Kosovo Assembly presidency in today’s meeting. Although the agreement was expected to be voted by the MPs this week, the presidency decided to give more time to the ruling and opposition parties to […]
Read More →U.S. vice president to visit Serbia next week – White House (B92)
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden will visit Belgrade and Pristina at the beginning of next week, the White House announced on Tuesday. During an August 15-17 tour of the Balkans, Biden will hold meetings with the president and the prime minister of Serbia and speak with the Kosovo authorities, Reuters has reported, quoting a White […]
Read More →Đurić: Strengthening institutions in Kosovo (Danas)
Strengthening the institutional organization of Serbs in Kosovo is a key priority of the new government of Serbia, which this fall will begin the process of better organization of public services in Kosovo, said the head of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić. In talks with representatives of Serbs from northern […]
Read More →Ymeri compares Mustafa, Thaçi and Veseli to characters from Orwell’s Animal Farm (media)
Vetëvendosje leader Visar Ymeri has compared Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, Assembly President Kadri Veseli, and President Hashim Thaçi to the pigs from George Orwell’s Animal Farm accusing them of violating democracy in Kosovo. Ymeri said Vetëvendosje will spare no means to oppose the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro from being ratified. He also said […]
Read More →Konjufca sets off teargas in Assembly presidency meeting (Koha)
The Vetëvendosje Movement parliamentary group chief, Glauk Konjufca, during the Kosovo Assembly Presidency meeting today set off teargas as a sign of protest against sending the border-demarcation agreement to the Assembly for ratification. The meeting was temporarily interrupted and later continued in a different venue.
Read More →KLA veterans urge MPs not to ratify border demarcation agreement (Telegrafi)
The Association of Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) veterans has expressed concern over the border demarcation process with Montenegro saying it has caused a huge rift of the Kosovo society. The KLA veterans consider that the arguments presented by relevant experts opposing the agreement are right. “Kosovo needs its western allies but we don’t believe our […]
Read More →Tensions along the Kosovo-Montenegro border (Telegrafi/Koha)
Montenegro police has prevented residents of villages from Deçan/Dečani and Peja/Peć municipalities from reaching the so-called Kulla e Zhlepit location which the opposition and local residents claim is where the border between Kosovo and Montenegro should be. Police said that area is in the territory of Montenegro. The residents turned back but urged the Assembly […]
Read More →Çollaku: No visa liberalization without ratifying demarcation deal (Indeksonline)
Kosovo’s European Integration Minister, Bekim Çollaku, said on Wednesday that the European Union might not discuss the visa liberalization issue for Kosovo if the Kosovo Assembly does not ratify the border-demarcation agreement with Montenegro. “The European Parliament has made it clear that the ratification of this agreement is a condition for visa liberalization. If the Assembly […]
Read More →The report on the problems of Serbs presented (KIM radio)
Usurpation of property, security, inefficient justice system and budgetary funding at the local level, breach of the right to use their language and script are the problems of Serbs in ten municipalities where they constitute a majority, says Slavko Simić President of the Serbian List. The MPs of the Serbian List presented today a report […]
Read More →AAK and NISMA urge MPs not to vote demarcation deal (Indeksonline)
The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) during a joint press conference today urged the Kosovo Assembly MPs not to vote the border-demarcation deal with Montenegro. AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj said that sending the border-demarcation agreement to the Assembly for ratification was the wrong choice. “Today the leadership will […]
Read More →The head of the UN Mission in Kosovo visited the municipality of Klokot/Kllokot and Parteš/Partesh (KIM radio)
The head of the UN Mission in Kosovo, Zahir Tanin and his associates visited the municipalities of Klokot/Kllokot and Parteš/Partesh. “My goal is to get more acquainted with the situation and the way people live, and with what kind of problems they face, so that we can help, me and my colleagues from the international community,” […]
Read More →Đurić today with representatives of Kosovo Serbs (TV Most)
The Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Đurić, is set to meet in Belgrade today with representatives of Kosovo Serbs from the political and public spheres of life, communicated the Office. The Office said in a communique that Đurić will acquaint the representatives of Kosovo Serbs with the flow of […]
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