Kosovo warned, illegal use of state code (Tanjug, B92)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) warned in its latest bulletin from June 1, that radio-amateurs from Kosovo illegally and unlawfully use a code dedicated to states, Serbian media reported. According to ITU such unlawful use of Z6 prefix represents breaching of radio regulations, Tanjug news agency has learned. ITU called upon International Radio-Amateurs Union to instruct […]
Read More →Derguti: I asked ITU not to allocate prefix through Serbia (Koha)
Vetevendosje MP, Aida Derguti, has denied she asked the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) not to issue Kosovo a dialing prefix. She said that in a letter to ITU which is in the public domain, she spoke about the need to avoid getting the code through Serbia. Derguti was responding to allegations from the Minister for […]
Read More →Austrian FM Kurz: Dialing prefix for Kosovo, historic (RTK)
Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz hailed the decision of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to grant Kosovo a dialing prefix as historic, the Austrian news agency APA reported. Kurz recalled that Austria applied on behalf of Kosovo on 1 January 2016 and that the ITU decision will enable cheaper and simpler telephone calls. Furthermore, he said […]
Read More →+383 geographic area code assigned to Kosovo (Tanjug)
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has assigned the “geographic area” of Kosovo the +383 dialling code pursuant to the Brussels agreement on telecommunications and a formal letter from Serbia. “This is a historic achievement in the field of telecommunications that strengthens the international entity of Kosovo,” the website of the Kosovo government quoted Minister for […]
Read More →ITU allocates +383 telephone code to Kosovo (media)
Most news websites quote Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, as saying today that the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has officially allocated the 383 international telephone code to Kosovo. “We want to inform the public that in line with the telecom agreement, the ITU has published the telephone code for Kosovo. This news is a […]
Read More →Headlines 14 December
• Mustafa: The wall, a dirty act of Belgrade and Serb parallel structures (RTK)
• Tahiri: Wall in Mitrovica coordinated by Serbia (Klan Kosova)
• Albanians from the north accuse Mustafa, Tahiri and Bahtiri (media)
• “PM Mustafa should be transparent about his meeting with Markovic” (RTK)
• Albanian PM scolds EU over visa liberalisation for Kosovo (RTK)
• EU calls on Pristina to cooperate with the Special Court (RTK)
• Clash between legal and illegal structures in the north (Koha Ditore)
• First telephone call with 383 in February (Koha Ditore)
Headlines 13 December
• Lavrov: Russia will not accept biased review of Resolution 1244 (media)
• Serbia has agreed on a “geographical code” for “Kosmet” (Koha)
• Civil society requests clarification of bridge revitalisation plan (RTK)
• Xhemajlaj: Lawsuit against Thaci ready for Court (Indeksonline)
• Arifaj: Thaci has not supported any candidate (Klan Kosova)
• Journalists concerned with media blackout in Syla’s trial (Telegrafi)
• Albanians to have determining role in new FYROM government (Koha)
Headlines 6 December
• Runoff elections in Drenas/Glogovac called for 18 December (Koha Ditore)
• PDK’s downfall (Zeri)
• PDK has “understood” Drenas/Glogovac message (Koha Ditore)
• Xhemajlaj: I will win the runoff (Zeri)
• Drenori: I will not support either candidate in Drenas/Glogovac (Epoka e Re)
• Results in Drenas/Glogovac, the will of citizens (Zeri)
• Serbia submits dialing prefix letter to ITU (Koha Ditore)
• Appeals court reduces prison sentence of Slobodan Gavric (dailies)
Headlines 28 November
• Pristina-Belgrade dialogue to resume this week (Koha)
• Northern municipalities approve Kosovo budget for 2017 (Koha)
• Union of Albanian municipalities takes shape in Tirana (Telegrafi)
• “Prime Minister, find bosses of casinos, racketeering and bribing” (Lajmi)
• Nikolic: Serbia wants to join EU but it cannot recognize Kosovo (Telegrafi)
Tahiri: Kosovo to get dialing prefix on 15 December (RTK)
Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue and chief negotiator, Edita Tahiri, said at the government’s meeting today that the recent telecommunication agreement reached in Brussels with Serbia ends the activity of illegal telephony operators in Kosovo. Tahiri said Austria has already applied on Kosovo’s behalf to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and that the dialing prefix of […]
Read More →Headlines 15 November
• ITU won’t recognise Kosovo, even after allocating telephone code (Koha)
• Code that makes Serbia’s presence official in Kosovo (Zeri)
• Limaj: Serbia remains the owner of the telephone code (Kosovapress)
• Buja: PDK should not pay the bill for Mustafa’s failures (Klan Kosova)
• PDK’s Deliu-Kodra refuses post of European Integration Minister (Koha)
• Appeals Court expected to reduce sentence for Lushtaku (Telegrafi)
• Justice Minister did not hear call of protesters, travelled to US (Koha)
• Kosovo honors General Reinhardt (Zeri)
Kosovo seeks new int’l precedent with dial code demand (InSerbia)
BELGRADE – As Belgrade and Pristina resume talks to normalize their relations, the latter’s request for its own telephone code present a problematic precedent for China and other countries across the world, Dusan Prorokovic, former state secretary in Serbia’s Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija, told Sputnik Serbia on Tuesday. Kosovo’s demands for its own telephone […]
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