Đurić’s message to Pristina – Do not hide behind the Serbian List (KIM radio)
Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Đurić last night in Gračanica has sent a message to Albanian politicians in Pristina not to hide behind the MPs of the Serbian List, and not to shift cowardly the responsibility for the outcome of yesterday’s session of Parliament, with the agenda on the ratification of […]
Read More →A school in Mitrovica north burned (Kosova Press)
A powerful blast occurred on Thursday at around 23:00 hours at the old school “Brank Radicevic” in John Kennedy Street, Mitrovica north. Some people were injured and there are material damages as well. Kosova Press sources informed that three families of Serb nationality, two from Mitrovica south and one from Croatia lived at this school. […]
Read More →Çollaku: We will overcome challenges that impede EU integration (Insajderi)
Kosovo’s Minister for European Integration said that he expects Kosovo’s integration in the European Union this year, despite the challenges faced recently. Çollaku made this statement during his first meeting with new head of the European Union Office in Kosovo, Nataliya Apostolova. He also stressed that the EU should continue with procedures on visa liberalisation […]
Read More →Last night opened “Gračanica” Radio Television Centre (KIM radio)
In Gračanica, last night, has opened Radio-TV Centre “Gračanica” which will operate within the framework of the Public Enterprise “Mreža Most”. The RTV Centre “Gračanica” in Gračanica was established in cooperation with the Public Enterprise “Mreža Most” and the support of Slobodan Ristić, who has lived and worked in Norway, and who personally contributed to […]
Read More →“Montenegro and Kosovo in dispute over Serbian territory” (B92, Sputnik)
Montenegro has unfortunately recognized Kosovo as independent, and now Podgorica and Pristina are in dispute over a piece of territory that belongs to neither. This is what Milovan Drecun (SNS), chairman of the Serbian Assembly’s Committee on Kosovo and Metohija, has told Sputnik. Instead this territory – the subject of a contentious demarcation agreement – […]
Read More →Šarčević: Our education in Kosovo will survive and thrive (Blic)
Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development, Mladen Šarčević in Gračanica wished the pupils, in the system of the Republic of Serbia, a happy beginning of the school year. On that occasion he said that the Serbian education would survive and thrive in the southern province. The Minister stressed that he intends to often stay […]
Read More →Havolli: Demarcation withdrawn because MPs were blackmailed (Top Channel)
Sokol Havolli, advisor to Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, told Tirana-based Top Channel that the reasons for withdrawing the border demarcation deal from the Assembly were not related to number of votes. “The government withdrew the agreement after considerable pressure and threats made towards the MPs,” Havolli said. He stressed that the ratification of demarcation deal […]
Read More →Staro Gracko: Memorial plaque to Serb victims desecrated (RTK2, KIM radio, B92)
Unknown persons overnight desecrated and damaged a memorial plaque dedicated to Serb victims from the village of Staro Gracko in Kosovo. The names of 14 Serb farmers gunned down while harvesting their fields in July 1999 were inscribed on the plaque, as well as those of the victims of NATO’s aggression that took place earlier […]
Read More →One month detention for three Vetëvendosje activists (dailies)
The Basic Court in Pristina decided the measure of one month detention for the three out of six Vetëvendosje activists arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of throwing explosive device at the Kosovo Assembly building. The other three activists were put on house arrest for one month.
Read More →Abrashi: Demarcation to return to Assembly soon (Klan Kosova)
Kosovo’s Minister of labor and Social Welfare and spokesperson for the government, Arban Abrashi, told Klan Kosova on Thursday that the withdrawal of demarcation deal from the agenda of the Assembly was the most rational choice, given the situation. “It has been a pragmatic and rational step, since a number of MPs were blackmailed and […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 1 September
• Members of the Management Team for Association appointed (RTK2 & Klan Kosova)
• Government withdraws Agreement on demarcation from Assembly (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Thaçi: Delays jeopardize visa liberalisation and establishment of Army
(All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Fajon and Lunacek disappointed by non-ratification of demarcation (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Simic: Ruling coalition did not fulfil its promise on the Association (Most monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova)
• Protest against demarcation ends peacefully (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Two VV MPs arrested (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• VV: A victory for Kosovo citizens (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
Kosovo government holds up debated vote on Montenegro deal (AP/Fox News)
Kosovo’s Cabinet has withdrawn a much-contested draft law on the ratification of the border demarcation agreement with neighboring Montenegro, apparently bowing to opposition pressure. Prime Minister Isa Mustafa on Thursday said the law was withdrawn because of the tense situation, and pledged renewed cooperation on a new draft. For a year now the opposition Self-Determination […]
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