Ymeri: Trepca bill, flawed (Telegrafi)
Vetevendosje leader, Visa Ymeri, took to Facebook to comment on the recent decision of the Kosovo government to submit to the Assembly draft law on the Trepca mining complex. According to Ymeri, the bill has a series of flaws and if not amended, it will fail to save Trepca. He said the government of Kosovo […]
Read More →Stojanovic warns Serbian List could decide to boycot Kosovo Assembly (Lajmi)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister from the Serbian List, Branimir Stojanovic, warned that the Serb MPs could decide to boycott the work of the Kosovo Assembly. In an urgent meeting of the northern Kosovo’s predominantly Serb municipalities, Stojanovic said the draft law on revitalisation of the Trepca mine is unacceptable and political.
Read More →Nikolic: We will not give in to Kosovo on telecom (Koha)
President of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolic, said in an interview for the Belgrade paper Kurir that they have made enough concessions to the Albanians in Kosovo and cannot afford to continue them by handing over telecommunication assets. “We cannot do this. Let someone else secure them the telecommunication and postal codes, they cannot touch our assets”, […]
Read More →Haradinaj requests interruption of the dialogue with Serbia (media)
The leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) Ramush Haradinaj and that of the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) Fatmir Limaj held today a press conference at the AAK Headquarters. Haradinaj said that the government should not continue with experiments and that it should focus on law and order, war against corruption and economic […]
Read More →Urgent meeting called of northern Serb municipalities over Trepca bill (Klan Kosova)
An urgent meeting has been called with representatives of the four Serb northern municipalities as the Kosovo Assembly is expected to vote on the draft law for the Trepca mining complex today. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 10:00 hours in Zvecan municipality and the only topic of discussion is the political and security […]
Read More →Vucic: We will try to improve telecommunications agreement (Tanjug)
“Serbia will continue the discussions with Pristina on the agreement on telecommunications and try to improve the situation,” Serbian Prime Minister said Thursday. “We will have many more contacts, we will talk to everyone, and try to see if there is anything we can improve or everything is set in stone, in layman’s terms,” Vucic […]
Read More →Kosovo Parliament to Debate Trepca Law Despite Protests (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo’s parliament on Friday is to start debating the draft law on transforming the Trepca mining and industrial processing complex into a shareholding company. The debate starts almost two years after the government withdrew the draft law from parliament due to opposition protests. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-parliament-to-debate-trepca-law-despite-protests-10-07-2016
Read More →Fresh Probes Threaten Kosovo Party’s Power (Balkan Insight)
New probes launched against several officials of the ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, threaten to undermine the power of the party that has dominated politics for over a decade. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/wiretap-probes-may-weaken-kosovo-s-biggest-party-10-05-2016
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 6 October
• Assembly Committee approves draft law on Trepça, Srpska List against (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Ahmeti to Janjic: Law must be respected (RTK2)
• Mustafa: Demarcation will be submitted if opposition does not want to dialogue (RTK1)
• National Security Council strongly criticized (KTV)
• Only three per cent of Kosovars know what SAA is (KTV)
• Final decision on “New Kosova” power plant on Friday (KTV)
Headlines 7 October
• Mustafa: If opposition doesn’t answer, I’ll proceed with demarcation (Epoka)
• Gecaj: No elections if demarcation fails (Zëri)
• “Coalition must undertake thorough reformatting of government” (Epoka)
• Tahiri: Serbia has to release Thaci (Zëri)
• EU: Pristina-Belgrade dialogue is not about ultimatums (Kosova Sot)
• Hoxhaj congratulates Guterres on his selection as UN chief (RTK)
• Court of Appeals sides with Grabovci, overrules decision against him (Koha)
• Demolli: Preparations for transformation of KSF are completed (Epoka)
• Final decision on Kosova e Re power plant to be made today (Koha)