OSCE Broadcast 29 May
• AKJ requests a code of conduct for media in elections (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• CEC presented the design of ballot paper (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Bugajski: New Government cannot stop the Special Court (TV21)
• Prosecution interrogates PTK officials about the agreement with Z-Mobile (KTV)
• Meha pleads not guilty (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Efficiency of prosecutors to be increased (Klan Kosova)
UNMIK Headlines 30 May
• President Thaci calls for fair and democratic elections (Epoka e Re)
• Fragile situation in the north involves OSCE in 11 June elections (Koha)
• German Embassy calls for peaceful election campaign (Koha)
• 14,000 outside voters for June elections (Kosova Sot/Zeri)
• Tahiri: Brussels dialogue to take on the Vienna format (Epoka e Re)
• “Citizens paying €8 million for north’s energy consumption” (Indeksonline)
The Enduring Agony of Wartime Rape in Kosovo (Balkan Insight)
Women who have suffered in silence for years in Kosovo, after being tortured and raped in the war, are being offered a reparations scheme – but the stigma of rape means many of them may not apply for it. http://bit.ly/2rN9ch7
Read More →Political parties sign statement pledging increase of financial transparency (Koha)
Kosovo political parties signed a statement aimed at increasing financial transparency during election campaign, Koha reports. Shpend Emini from the Democracy for Development said the absence of auditing into finances of political parties is damaging for democracy and that the problem has also been noted by the European Commission in its annual progress report. “The […]
Read More →Daka: Calling of snap elections, challenging for CEC (RFE)
The head of the Central Election Commission (CEC), Valdete Daka, said in an interview that calling snap elections in Kosovo presented quite a challenge for the institution she leads. “Early elections are always challenging, even more so when we had a 30-day timeframe window”, Daka said. She recognised that the short time for organizing elections […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 28 May
• Daka: Part of diaspora will not be able to vote (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Kurti: We will annul the Agreement on Association (RTK1)
• Thaçi: My recent visits are not campaign related (Klan Kosova)
• Civil society against privileges of former high officials (TV21)
• Role of women in media discussed (RTK1)
UNMIK Headlines 29 May
Thaci: Meetings with citizens, part of my work (Bota Sot)
Kurti: We will annul agreement on Association/Community (Koha)
Poll: PDK first, LDK second and Vetevendosje third (Epoka)
“Plan to remove majority of current leaders from Kosovo politics” (media)
Bugajski: No Kosovo government can stop special court (Zeri)
Mitrovica bridge construction works awaiting elections (Koha)
Petritsch warns of EU “Balkanisation” (Koha)
Montenegrin FM: Montenegro has excellent relations with Kosovo (Koha)
UNMIK Headlines 27 May
Draw determines order of parties in election ballot (Koha Ditore)
“President Thaci has joined PDK’s election campaign” (Koha)
Mustafa accuses public broadcaster of serving PDK interests (Koha Ditore)
Jahjaga to speak about sexual violence victims at Belgrade event (Telegrafi)
UNMIK Headlines 26 May
• Risk of increased incidents during election campaign (Koha Ditore)
• Haradinaj: Serbia won’t exist in Kosovo if I am Prime Minister (media)
• Serbian Minister reacts to Haradinaj’s statement (media)
• Police arrest four persons suspected of planning terror attacks (Koha)
Serbian List: One condition – that there is no Kosovo army (media)
President of the Serbian List Slavko Simic rejects that Serb representatives had “four conditions for the transformation of the Kosovo Security Forces into an army.” Thus Simic has denied the statement of the outgoing Minister of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) Haki Demolli, reports Serbian media. Demolli told Klan Kosova TV that the Serbian List […]
Read More →U.S. Envoy Urges Balkan States To Guard Against Russian Influence Efforts (RFE)
A top U.S. diplomat on May 24 urged Balkan nations to guard against efforts by Russia to increase its influence in the region and undermine ties with the West. “We, of course, remain hopeful that Russia will play a constructive role in the Balkans, as it has in the past, but we must remain vigilant, […]
Read More →Thaci: Kosovo to have stable, pro-European and multiethnic government (RTK)
President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said in an interview for Austrian daily Salzburger Nachrichten that he would like to see Brussels more engaged in the Western Balkans region but that he was not expecting any “miracles” from the meeting between the EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and Western Balkans leaders. Asked about visa liberalisation, […]
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