Headlines 9 March
• Despite reproaches, Thaci doesn’t backtrack on KSF initiative (dailies)
• Selimi: Vetevendosje supports change of KSF mission (Klan Kosova)
• Lekaj: There is no state without an army, let us move forward (Lajmi)
• Simic: We will use all political means to oppose Kosovo army (Koha)
• Tahiri: We will not discuss Kosovo’s airspace with Serbia (RTK)
• Border demarcation could be sent to Assembly in two weeks’ time (Koha)
• AAK: Report on Kosovo’s territory, collection of fairytales (Klan Kosova)
Headlines 27 October
• Mustafa: Brussels wants ratification not declaration on demarcation (RTK)
• “Government has degraded, early elections as soon as possible” (Indeksonline)
• Working group will try to find solution on demarcation (Koha)
• Kosovo Assembly to discuss today courts’ rulings on KLA members (dailies)
• PDK: “Drenica 2” verdict, tendency to criminalize KLA’s war (Telegrafi)
• Democracy Plus against Assembly’s session on Drenica case (Lajmi)
• Rashiti: Dialogue with Serbia will last a long time (Klan Kosova)
• Abrashi: No budget for all KLA veterans (Kosova Sot)
Headlines 26 October
• Declaration on demarcation, hostage of LDK and AAK (Koha)
• Abrashi: There will be more meetings of political leaders (Koha)
• LDK MPs: Veseli wants to become prime minister prior to special court (Zeri)
• Constitutional Court rejects Serbian List demands (Kosova Sot)
• Fadil Demaku resigns his MP post (Zeri)
• “Serbia is dangerously reemerging hegemonistic project” (Epoka e Re)
• Interior Ministry hosts international conference against extremism (RTK)
Government of Kosovo insists it has no funds for KLA veterans (Klan Kosova)
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, said today that his government has no funds and no ways to pay for pensions of Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) veterans. He said that the government commission, which prepared the list of KLA members eligible for a pension, had assured him that there would be no more than 12,000 […]
Read More →Verification of victims of sexual violence in conflict to start soon (Epoka e Re)
Kosovo’s Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Arban Abrashi, said that the process of verification and recognition of victims of sexual violence during the conflict in Kosovo is expected to begin soon. In separate meetings with Flora Macula from the UN Women and Chrystele Todd from United Kingdom’s Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative, Abrashi […]
Read More →Abrashi: Demarcation to return to Assembly soon (Klan Kosova)
Kosovo’s Minister of labor and Social Welfare and spokesperson for the government, Arban Abrashi, told Klan Kosova on Thursday that the withdrawal of demarcation deal from the agenda of the Assembly was the most rational choice, given the situation. “It has been a pragmatic and rational step, since a number of MPs were blackmailed and […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 25 July
• Ratification of demarcation agreement, after 3 August (Zëri)
• Grabovci: International arbitration for demarcation (Epoka)
• Vetëvendosje mobilised to prevent border demarcation (dailies)
• Montenegrin representatives to attend demarcation debate (Kosova Sot)
• Hoxhaj: Dialogue with Serbia should have a deadline (DW/Zëri)
• Russia calls for establishment of Association/Community (Kosova Sot)
• EU: Ibar Mosque is not part of Ibar Bridge revitalisation (Tribuna Channel)
• Ferat Shala appointed Acting Minister of Environment (media)
• Citizens light candles in Pristina honouring Munich attack victims (media)
UNMIK Headlines 18 July
• The West’s diminishing trust in Erdogan (Koha)
• Mustafa: We’re trying to reach consensus on demarcation (Kosova Sot)
• Opposition skeptical over demarcation debate (Epoka)
• Thaçi: Armed Forces, multiethnic and in line with NATO standards (Epoka)
• Ymeri: The ruling coalition will get worse (dailies)
• Serbs address Constitutional Court over Abrashi’s decision on pensions (Zëri)
• Jan Braathu appointed head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo (Kosova Sot)
• Hoxhaj: UNMIK, an extension of Russia in Kosovo (media)
UNMIK Headlines 13 July
• Kosovo Assembly will not vote border demarcation deal this week (dailies)
• LDK leadership discussed demarcation and government reshuffling (Epoka)
• Haliti: Zero information on border demarcation process (RTK)
• O’Connell proposes public debate on border demarcation (Kosova Sot)
• Simić: We did not discuss KAF with Thaçi (Zëri)
• Tahiri: EU increased pressure on Serbia (Epoka)
• Deputy PM Stojanović does not trust Kosovo Police (Koha)
• Police refute reports of gunfire along the Kosovo-Montenegro border (Koha)
UNMIK Headlines 25 May
• PDK nominates Hoxhaj, Kuçi, Koci to Mustafa-led government (Koha)
• Demarcation to be sent to Assembly soon (Zeri/RFE)
• Veseli: Border demarcation should not hinder visa liberalisation (Telegrafi)
• Government doesn’t give in to the conditioning for Association (Epoka)
• Government offered opposition ample alternatives on demarcation (Epoka)
• Stojanović: We are ready to discuss about Armed Forces (Zeri)
• Constitutional Court’s decision could lead to interethnic tensions (Telegrafi)
UNMIK Headlines 21 May
• Constitutional Court decides in favour of Deçan/Dečani Monastery (Koha)
• Deçan/Dečan historians announce protests in front of Constitutional Court (Koha)
• Haliti: Demarcation issue must be solved, visa liberalisation can wait (RTK)
• Abrashi: Draft-law on Armed Forces to be sent to Assembly soon (media)
• Hyseni: Interpol to decide on Kosovo’s membership in June (TV21)
• EU ministers discuss visa liberalisation for Kosovo and other countries (dailies)
• Kosovo imam jailed for ten years for aiding Islamic State (dailies)
Government says banning of Koha Ditore reporter was unacceptable (Koha)
Kosovo Government spokesman, Arban Abrashi, said today that the decision of the Kosovo Medicines Agency to ban Koha Ditore reporter Saranda Ramaj from covering Prime Minister Isa Mustafa’s visit to the agency on Tuesday, was unacceptable. Abrashi said that regardless of the reasons, reporters should not be banned and must be allowed to carry out […]
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