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Vetevendosje members convicted of terrorism (media)

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Most online media report that four Vetevendojse members – Frasher Krasniqi, Atdhe Arifi, Egzon Haliti and Adea Batusha – have been found guilty on terrorism charges by a court in Pristina and sentenced to a total of 21 years in prison. The four members, including Astrit Dehari who died whilst in detention, were accused of […]

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Haradinaj-Mogherini press conference gets cancelled (RTK/Koha/RFE)

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The media report that a scheduled joint press conference between Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, got cancelled at the last minute. While no official explanation behind the decision was made available, agenda issues are being mentioned as reason. Radio Free Europe […]

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Haradinaj in Brussels comments on Simmons’ statement (Indeksonline/Politico)

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Kosovo Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj, in an interview to Politico, commented on a statement by Malcolm Simmons, former EULEX judge, who said that due to political reasons the EU Rule of Law mission in Kosovo had tried to remove Fatmir Limaj from the political scene. Haradinaj said that “Simmons’ statements would have been respected more […]

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Bosnian Serbs Won’t Quit Govt Over Kosovo Row (Balkan Insight)

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The Bosnian Serb bloc in the state government has dismissed calls to quit both the government and other state institutions over suggestions that Bosnia may recognise the independence of Kosovo. http://bit.ly/2zGSl3e

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Top Judge In EU’s Kosovar Mission Resigns Amid Allegations Of Wrongdoing (RFE)

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The top judge in the European Union mission that oversees Kosovo’s justice system has resigned and is under investigation for unspecified offenses, the EU mission said. http://bit.ly/2hHb7AX

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EULEX Claims Resigned Judge ‘Was Under Investigation’ (Balkan Insight)

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After Malcolm Simmons quit as president of the judges of the EU’s rule-of-law mission in Kosovo, saying it had become too politicised, EULEX has said the judge himself was the subject of serious investigations. http://bit.ly/2A6tt5I

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Top judge quits EU Kosovo mission, alleging corruption (Politico)

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The chief judge at an EU organization tasked with improving the rule of law in Kosovo quit and accused other senior members of the mission of corruption and malpractice, Le Monde reported Thursday. http://politi.co/2hGmRno

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Office for Kosovo and Metohija: Urgently to find out who attacked Staletovic (RTS)

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The Office for Kosovo and Metohija asked the competent authorities in Kosovo to urgently determine who committed the attack on Bojan Staletovic in the multi-ethnic settlement of the Bosniak Mahalla in the northern part of Mitrovica, RTS reports. “We warn that incidents of this kind, besides the Serbs’ unrest in Kosovska Mitrovica, can cause an […]

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Serbian minister: EU won’t be forcing us to recognize Kosovo (B92, Beta)

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Minister of EU Integration Jadranka Joksimovic says Serbia “will not be conditioned by recognizing Kosovo in order to become a member of the EU.” Reacting to President Aleksandar Vucic’s statement that the EU will ask Serbia to sign a legally binding document on normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina, Joksimovic said that this does […]

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Elections in two municipalities with Serbian majority on Sunday (RTS)

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In Kosovo, a second round of elections for the presidents of 19 municipalities will be held in Kosovo on Sunday. Elections will be held in two municipalities with Serb majority: Klokot, and in Partes and Pasjane. The second round will be held in Klokot, because president of the municipality was not elected in the first […]

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Serb beaten in Mitrovica (KIM radio, Kontakt plus radio)

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A 33-year-old Serb from Kosovo (B. S.) was beaten last night in the northern part of Mitrovica in a multi-ethnic settlement of the Bosniak Mahalla when several unidentified persons came upon him, Kontakt plus radio reports. B. S. is in the Mitrovica hospital. Radio reports that he was intercepted by a group of unidentified persons […]

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OSCE Broadcast 16 November

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Preliminary investigation into Lumezi file, in contradiction with law, KLI says (KTV)
Mogherini confirms change in format of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (RTK1)
Lawyers have doubts on new initiative of Ministry of Justice (KTV)
Çollaku: Kosovo to ratify demarcation agreement soon (RTK1)
UP will initiate lawsuit for restitution of usurped property by Serbian Church (RTK1)
Hodges: U.S. Army will not leave Bondsteel Camp for at least five next years (TV21)

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