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Permanent traffic ban and permanent check point at Mitrovica bridge (TVMost))

By   /  19/08/2016  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Commenting on the anxieties of the citizens of northern Mitrovica regarding the future opening of the bridge, Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić informed TV Most that “King Peter Street in Mitrovica will be fully closed for traffic and transformed into a modern pedestrian zone, like Knez Mihailova in Belgrade […] […]

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Prime Minister Mustafa meets UNMIK chief Tanin (media)

By   /  19/08/2016  /  Articles from Kosovo media  /  No Comments

Koha covers today’s meeting between Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa and UNMIK chief Zahir Tanin under the headline “Kosovo aspires to join the United Nations”. Zeri quotes PM Mustafa as saying that Kosovo has achieved progress in all areas. The Office of the Prime Minister issued the following press release after the meeting: “The Prime Minister of the […]

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U.S. Vice President Biden on visit to Kosovo (media)

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Several media are covering United States Vice President Joe Biden’s post on Facebook about his recent visit to Kosovo. Biden wrote: “In 2001 and 2002, my son Beau served our U.S. Department of Justice abroad by helping train judges and prosecutors in Kosovo as it began to overcome the war and war crimes committed there […]

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#Iprotest to hold fifth protest in downtown Pristina today (media)

By   /  19/08/2016  /  Articles from Kosovo media  /  No Comments

The group of citizens #Iprotest will hold their fifth protest against crime and corruption today in downtown Pristina. “Citizens of Kosovo we call on you to join the fifth protest that will be held today at Zahir Pajaziti Square starting from 17:00,” the group said in a Facebook post. #Iprotest started organising protests two weeks ago after […]

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Djuric Accuses Kosovo of Trying to Enable Wiretapping of Phones (TV Most)

By   /  19/08/2016  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Kosovo representatives have tried to get access to Serbia’s telecommunications company (Telekom Srbija), which would have allowed them to wiretap Serbian citizens’ phones, Marko Djuric, director of the government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, said. Earlier this week, Belgrade-Pristina talks in Brussels failed to yield an agreement on telecommunications. Before the talks, the head of […]

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Mustafa: Friendship with U.S. depends on fulfilment of obligations (media)

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Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, reported at the Kosovo government meeting today on the visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Mustafa said Kosovo will continue to have the support of the U.S. but that it needs to fulfil its obligations. “We received clear messages that Kosovo is an ally of the U.S., but that […]

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OSCE Broadcast 18 August

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• Thaçi calls upon MPs to ratify demarcation with Montenegro (Klan Kosova & RTK1)
• Mustafa: Kosovo should fulfil its international obligations (TV21)
• Srpska List commends Biden’s visit to Kosovo (TV21)
• Vetëvendosje calls a general protest on 01 September (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Serbs not aware about their right to use their language in institutions (RTK2)
• Amendment of the Criminal Code not foreseen in the legislative calendar (KTV)

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Bahtiri seeks the return of 12 thousand Albanians in northern Kosovo (Zëri)

By   /  19/08/2016  /  Development/Humanitarian  /  No Comments

Mayor of Mitrovica South Agim Bahtiri, during a meeting with representatives of UNHCR in Kosovo has sought to resolve the problem of 12 thousand Albanians displaced from the north, who now live as refugees in the south. Bahtiri said it is not fair and human that it is not being discussed at all for the […]

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Headlines 19 August

By   /  19/08/2016  /  UNMIK Media Reports - Morning Edition  /  No Comments

• Thaçi: Let us fulfill international obligations (media)
• Ymeri: Thaci wants to revive the Association (Koha)
• Mustafa insists on ratification of current version of demarcation (Epoka)
• Veseli: Biden confirmed to me his support for demarcation (RTK)
• AAK will not join Vetëvendosje’s protest on 1 September (dailies)
• “Association, after Belgrade dissolves parallel structures in Kosovo” (RFE)
• “Serbia has to recognise Kosovo prior to joining EU” (Epoka)
• Serbian government won’t accept Kosovo high-ranking officials in Nis (Koha)

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Kosovo Celebrates Joe Biden’s Late Son By Naming A Highway After Him (The Huffington Post)

By   /  19/08/2016  /  International  /  No Comments

Kosovo celebrated the contributions of Vice President Joe Biden’s late son, Beau, by dedicating a 22-mile national highway to the former Delaware attorney general. President Hashim Thaci and Prime Minister Isa Mustafa of Kosovo and members of the Biden family were in attendance at an emotional ceremony in the village of Sojeve on Wednesday. The Joseph R. “Beau” Biden […]

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