Biden Warns Kosovo of the ‘Cancer’ of Corruption (VOA)
Vice President Joe Biden warned the Kosovar government Wednesday of the “cancer” of corruption, during his first visit to the Balkans since 2009. “I’m here today to affirm the United States is going to continue to stand with the people of Kosovo on your journey to become a prosperous, peaceful and multi-ethnic democracy,” he told […]
Read More →Kosovo’s success is overwhelmingly in US interest – Biden (Euronews)
The US Vice President has praised the independence of Kosovo during a political and personal visit to the Balkan country. On a visit to Pristina, Joe Biden also pushed for ties to be mended with Belgrade. “Your success is overwhelmingly in the interest of my country. Overwhelmingly,” Biden said. “For if you succeed, the region […]
Read More →Vetëvendosje calls for popular protest against demarcation on September 1 (media)
Vetëvendosje leader Visar Ymeri told a press conference in Pristina today that a popular protest will be held on September 1 in Pristina to reject the border-demarcation agreement with Montenegro. “The Kosovo Government is working against the interests of the people and the state. If this agreement is implemented, Kosovo will lose its precious peaks, […]
Read More →Sejdiu: Pronto clan abuses friendship with the U.S (RTKlive)
Deputy leader of the Vetëvendosje movement, Dardan Sejdiu, wrote on his Facebook page that Kosovo has not used the U.S. support properly. “Despite the fact that there were many visits of the senior U.S. officials to Kosovo since the declaration of independence, including Bill Clinton in November 2009, Hillary Clinton in October 2010, Philip Reeker […]
Read More →Room for consensus after Biden’s visit (RTK)
The ruling coalition will have to secure by September 1 the necessary votes in parliament to ratify the border-demarcation deal with Montenegro. Opposition parties meanwhile have not changed their position on the matter. Political analysts in Pristina argue that the remaining period must be used to try and reach consensus. Frashër Krasniqi, spokesman for the […]
Read More →US vice president offers Kosovo £1.7bn aid and fast track deal into EU – if it plays nice (Express.co.uk)
US Vice President Joe Biden has given his backing to Kosovo joining the European Union (EU) and promised £1.7billion in aid. VP Biden and his wife Jill flew into Serbia and Kosovo in a bid to smooth over a border and immigration row bubbling away in the Balkans. And he said politicians in the capital […]
Read More →Kosovo government expels Serbs?! (KoSSev)
Kosovo government intends to reconstruct its ranks, namely to reduce the number of ministries to the detriment of Serbs. According to the web portal Sputnik, the Ministry for Communities and Return which is led by a Serb, would be abolished and would be lowered at the level of the Office, which will operate under the […]
Read More →DSS request discussion over the Chapter 35 (Večernje Novosti)
Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) has submitted a proposal for a session to be called where Jadranka Joksimović, the Minister without portfolio in the Serbian Government in charge for European Integrations, and Marko Đurić, director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, would answer the MPs’ questions about Chapter 35 and normalization of […]
Read More →Đurić: Big powers also need CSM (Beta, B92)
The director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Đurić, said that big powers now, in a way, need Association/Community of Serb majority municipalities as a kind of leverage for making the balance in politics. Đurić said to TV Pink that it is ‘very important’ that something that was Serbia’s proposal is […]
Read More →Marić: Interests of Serbia and US matching in regard to CSM (RTS,Tanjug)
The final message after the visit of the US vice-president Joseph Biden to Belgrade and Pristina is that interest of Serbia and US are now matching when it comes to the Association/Community of Serb majority municipalities (A/CSM), said Minister for Local Government Administration in the Kosovo government, Ljubomir Marić. “We can conclude that Serbian government, […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 17 August
• Biden: Kosovo to move forward with the demarcation and the Association (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Opposition threatens with protests against demarcation and Association (TV21)
• Biden opens Kosovo street named after his late son (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Special Prosecution to file indictment against Azem Syla (KTV)
Headlines 18 August
• U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s messages during Kosovo visit (media)
• Çollaku: Let us work to conclude visa process this year (Epoka e Re)
• Ymeri: Internationals don’t help Kosovo by praising government (Telegrafi)
• “There is room for doubt over demarcation deal” (Koha)
• Serbian and Albanian governments to meet in Nis (media)
• Lumezi: We are investigating the employed from taping scandal (Kosova Sot)
• Prosecution asks for extended detention for Azem Syla (Zëri)
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