Pope Francis hosted a private audience with President Thaci (Koha)
Pope Francis, hosted today at the Holy See in Vatican, a private audience with the President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci. “Thaci stressed that Kosovo has continued to preserve patience, faith and values that we have as society – love and solidarity in family and society, respect for everyone’s dignity, tolerance and cooperation,” informs a press […]
Read More →Pillips: Kosovo –Serbia dialogue to be about mutual recognition (Klan Kosova)
David L. Phillips, Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights, presented to the students of the American University in Kosovo a review of the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue and stressed that “a dialogue needs to be a state-to-state negotiations about Serbia recognizing Kosovo.” “Unless that is […]
Read More →Pacolli discusses visas with Tanja Fajon (Gazeta Metro)
Kosovo’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Behxhet Pacolli, met today in Brussels with the European Parliament MP, Tanja Fajon. The latter informed about the meeting on social media. “Meeting with Kosovo’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Pacolli on prospects for visa liberalization and priorities of the new government. Continuous support within the European Parliament for EU […]
Read More →Kurti against Rama’s stance on demarcation with Montenegro (Koha)
Vetevendosje MP Albin Kurti has opposed today the position of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on the border demarcation between Kosovo and Montenegro. At a joint press conference in Tirana with Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on Wednesday, Rama suggested that Haradinaj should no longer as a member of the opposition and distance himself from […]
Read More →Mitrovic’s detention extended for two more months (Kontakt Plus Radio)
The court in Prizren has extended detention to Bogdan Mitrovic, who was arrested in August while visiting his family house near Suva Reka, for two more months, Kontakt plus radio reported. Mitrovic’s defence lawyer Dejan A. Vasic said that decision on extension of detention was not expected, taking into account testimonies of witnesses interviewed so […]
Read More →“Defense and culture ministers could be sacked” (Tanjug, Politika, B92)
Any possible changes in the Serbian government will not be decided about via the media, Belgrade daily Politika has learned from PM Ana Brnabic’s cabinet. “The prime minister is listening very carefully and following the comments made in the public. But she will not make decisions under pressure,” Politika was told. According to the newspaper, […]
Read More →Kosovo Minister taking part in education conference in Belgrade (Koha)
Kosovo’s Minister of Education, Science, and Technology, Shyqiri Bytyqi, is attending a two-day conference on education and training taking place in Belgrade. The Western Balkans ministers will discuss during the conference the prospects of developing regional policies and priorities for regional cooperation, increase of research capacities as well as education reform.
Read More →Delawie: Kosovo Assembly to begin work as soon as possible (RTK)
The U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo, Greg Delawie, said he agreed with the statement of the EU Special Representative Nataliya Apostolova who criticized the Kosovo Assembly for being slow in scheduling the next session. “Assembly should get to work as soon as possible to serve the people of Kosovo. Real problems need solutions now,” Delawie tweeted.
Read More →“This year two Serbian families took over exhumed bodies in Kosovo” (BETA, KIM Radio)
Chair of the Serbian Government Missing Persons Commission, Veljko Odalovic, stated that this year, only two Serb families took over the bodies exhumed in Kosovo, KIM Radio reported. Odalovic also stated to BETA news agency there are no exhumations in Kosovo at the moment and the question remains whether activities would continue by the end […]
Read More →Sapic visits Kosovo, received with protests and insults (TV N1, KoSSev portal)
Former famous Serbian water-polo player and current mayor of Novi Beograd municipality, Aleksandar Sapic is paying a two-day visit to Kosovo, upon the invitation of Oliver Ivanovic, leader of the Civic Initiative Freedom, Democracy, Justice, N1 TV reports quoting KoSSev portal. However, Sapic was received last night in Mitrovica North with protests, where a group […]
Read More →Jeremic to form political party in October (Blic, B92)
Vuk Jeremic plans to form a political party, named Peoples Party and its constitutive session would be held on 22 October in Belgrade, Serbian media reported. According to Jeremic’s team, there was no need to collect the signatures as the party would be formed by re-registration of the Peoples Movement of Serbia, whose initial founder […]
Read More →NATO concerned over Pristina’s army plans (Novosti)
Unnamed NATO official said to Novosti daily that NATO is concerned over Pristina’s proposal to transform Kosovo Security Forces (KSF) into armed forces without constitutional amendments. Such unilateral steps are not helpful, Novosti daily reported today. The official also said, the NATO Secretary General passed this message to the Kosovo authorities directly. He also called […]
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