Slavisa Ristic, president of the People’s Movement of Serbs from Kosovo ”Fatherland” (RTV Mir, Kossev)
MP in the Serbian Parliament Slavisa Ristic from Zubin Potok today was unanimously elected President of the People’s Movement of Serbs from Kosovo “Fatherland”, report Serbian media based in Kosovo. More than 70 delegates from the entire territory of Kosovo attended the election assembly. As vice presidents are elected Dr. Nenad Kojic from Vitina and engineer Nebojsa […]
Read More →Overseeing Kosovo’s conditional independence (European Council on Foreign Relations)
Read More →Overseeing Kosovo’s conditional independence (European Council on Foreign Relations)
Pieter Feith, a Dutch diplomat who served as International Civilian Representative and EU Special Representative for Kosovo, writes in an op-ed for the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) think-tank that an important lesson of the Kosovo experience deals with the model used by the ICO (International Civilian Office) to supervise Kosovo’s independence for a […]
Read More →Top EU Diplomat: Enlargement Realistic but Not Binding Deadline (VOA)
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini is dismissing criticism of the newly released European Commission enlargement strategy for the Western Balkans. Unveiled Tuesday, the strategy document says aspiring member nations Serbia and Montenegro in particular could become full members by 2025, assuming they successfully implement all required reforms and commit to “fundamental values” of the […]
Read More →Kosovo Arrests Two Police Over Ivanovic Investigation (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo police have arrested two police officers from northern Mitrovica on suspicion of having manipulated evidence in the investigation into the murder of the Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic. http://bit.ly/2G3HrEG
Read More →Prague: Petition for withdrawal of Kosovo recognition (Kontakt plus radio, Vecernje Novosti)
Read More →Prague: Petition for withdrawal of Kosovo recognition (Kontakt plus radio, Vecernje Novosti)
A protest will be organized in Prague on February 17 because of the unilateral declaration of Kosovo’s independence, and on that occasion a petition will be initiated for the Czech withdrawal of recognition of Kosovo, writes Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti. The document, which should be found before the Czech parliament and the government, was […]
Read More →Austrian vice-chancellor: Kosovo undoubtedly part of Serbia (B92, Beta, Tanjug, Politika, RTS)
Read More →Austrian vice-chancellor: Kosovo undoubtedly part of Serbia (B92, Beta, Tanjug, Politika, RTS)
Kosovo is without a doubt a part of Serbia, says Austrian Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache. In an interview for Belgrade-based daily Politika ahead of his visit to Serbia, Strache said it would be desirable if northern Kosovo had the right to “self-determination or autonomy” – and that it would be wrong to pressure Belgrade to recognize […]
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