Vetevendosje condemns assault on activist as “cowardly act” (Telegrafi)
Vetevendosje has condemned last night’s attack on one of its activists, Agron Kabashi, as “a cowardly act by the criminal regime”. In a press conference today, Vetevendosje’s Dardan Molliqaj said Kabashi was beaten with metal bars by unknown persons and sustained injuries to his head, face and rest of the body. Molliqaj said the attack […]
Read More →Thaci: We will create armed forces and preserve international partnership (Telegrafi)
President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said he is confident the government will submit to Assembly draft law on Kosovo Security Force transformation and reiterated that the creation of a Kosovo armed force is in the right track. Thaci said that the discussion with members of the Serb community, the civil society and the political spectrum […]
Read More →Klan Kosova: Germany disappointed with Thaci
The initiative of the Kosovo President Hashim Thaci for transformation of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) into a Kosovo army has raised concerns with Germany. “We are disappointed that the proposal was not discussed in advance with Kosovo partners in NATO and other relevant actors. We are concerned because the proposal endangers Kosovo’s cooperation with […]
Read More →EU to Pristina: Draft ZSO statute “without further delay” (B92)
EU officials have called on representatives of the Kosovo government to abandon any further delays in establishing the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO). Tanjug is reporting this on Thursday, citing a statement issued by the EU office in Kosovo. It was published after a meeting in Brussels of “the special group on normalization of relations […]
Read More →Unsolicited advice to Vetevendosje on the question of the army (prishtinainsight)
If the principle is established that the constitution can be breached when there is enough popular and political consensus about it, it will set a dangerous precedent for Kosovo. I address myself to Vetevendosje because talking to the other parties is, I think, pointless. The reason, if you allow me to replace a long explanation […]
Read More →Kosovo MP’s Move to Cut Jail Terms Slated (Balkan Insight)
An amendment by a ruling party MP cut prison terms by a third has drawn a good deal of adverse comment from politicians, experts and international representatives in Pristina. An MP from the ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, Nait Hasani, has been criticized for proposing an amendment that would cut prison sentences by a […]
Read More →Kiev: Pristina’s move to seize Serbian property is illegal (B92)
Ukrainian Ambassador to Serbia Oleksandr Aleksandrovych says the Kosovo government’s decision to “nationalize” the property of Serbia in Kosovo is “illegal.” “The so-called government of Kosovo on March 15 passed a decree to take over the property registered in the name of Serbia and Yugoslavia, as property of the so-called Republic of Kosovo,” said a […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 22 March
• Thaçi: No one can veto the establishment of the Army (RTK1)
• Stojanovic: Srpska List will not return in institutions (RTK1)
• EC urges Kosovo to start drafting the statute of the Association (TV21)
• Government adopts strategy on integration of Montenegrin community (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Srpska List ends it boycott gradually (KTV)
• Civil society sceptical on decriminalization of political scene (KTV)
• Court of Appeals dismisses indictment against Bahtiri (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
UNMIK Headlines 23 March
• Thaci meets U.S. Ambassador, does not change position on army (RTK)
• FM Hoxhaj meets U.S. Secretary Tillerson (Epoka e Re)
• U.S. and NATO discuss Kosovo (Zeri/Bota Sot)
• Simic: Serbian election polls to open on Kosovo territory (Kosova Sot/Zeri)
• O’Connell: I would not vote for a party which supported criminals (Epoka)
• Special prosecution opens investigation against Minister Zharku (Zeri)