One more citizen from Kosovo killed in Syria (Kallxo, KoSSev portal)
One more citizen from Kosovo was killed in Syria, KoSSev portal reports today referring to the Pristina based Kallxo.com. The person is from the village Palabarda, near Djakovica. According to Kallxo.com members of his family are informed about his death last night. However, the circumstances of this murder are not clear. It is not known […]
Read More →MPs claim border demarcation is being discussed at wrong parliamentary committee (Kallxo)
Members of the Kosovo Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee said it should be the forum where the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro is discussed and not the European Integration Committee. Foreign Affairs Committee Chairperson, Vjosa Osmani, said the issue needs to be clarified as it could lead to procedural problems. Visar Ymeri, also part of the […]
Read More →Report: Kosovo has high level of inactive women in labour market (Kallxo/Koha)
A recent report published by the Democracy for Development (D4D) think tank has found that Kosovo has the highest percentage of inactive women in the labour market compared to countries in the region. D4D director, Shpend Emini, said the report sheds light into reasons why 80 percent of women in Kosovo don’t seek employment. He […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Kosovo to apply for EU candidate status in 2018 (Kallxo)
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, said today at a conference organised by the Balkans Policy research Group that the government’s goal was to create conditions for Kosovo to apply for EU candidate status in 2018. Haradinaj also called on the EU to intensify bilateral relations with Kosovo and that there was no alternative to […]
Read More →Former University of Pristina rector convicted of fraud (Kallxo)
Enver Hasani, former rector of the University of Pristina (UP) and former head of Kosovo’s Constitutional Court, has been found guilty of fraud. Hasani’s other two co-defendants, Albert Rakipi from a Tirana based company and Hakif Veliu, University of Pristina official, were also found guilty and ordered to pay a fine while Hasani was given […]
Read More →Mikullovci waits confirmation from PAN before calling Assembly session (Kallxo)
Chairman of the Kosovo Assembly’s constitutive session, Adem Mikullovci, said he was waiting for an official confirmation from PAN that they have secured the necessary votes for electing speaker before announcing the date of the next session. “I cannot call a session simply based on media reports,” Mikullovci said. “The moment they ask for a […]
Read More →Konjufca: PAN trying to buy time (Kallxo/Telegrafi)
Vetevendosje’s Glauk Konjufca said in a press conference following the consultative meeting of heads of parliamentary groups which he did not attend that PAN coalition was only trying to buy time by asking for additional meetings and not attending Assembly’s constitutive session. “They are trying to buy time to close the deals they have started […]
Read More →Mustafa: Serbia’s damages in Kosovo estimated at over USD 20 billion (Kallxo)
Economy professor and former MP from the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Muhamet Mustafa, said that damage Serbia has caused to Kosovo from 1990 to 1999 reaches a figure of over USD 20 billion. Mustafa, who led economy experts group at the Kosovo status talks in Vienna, said Kosovo agreed to pay off its external […]
Read More →Serbian PM’s statement on north’s autonomy does not cause surprise in Pristina (Kallxo)
The statement of the new Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic over the idea of a broad autonomy for the north of Kosovo has not come as a surprise to Pristina analysts. Behlul Beqaj said he expected such a statement from the Belgrade government. He said he has warned that the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities is […]
Read More →Constitutional Court overturns appointment of Supreme Court president (Kallxo)
Kosovo’s Constitutional Court has overturned appointment of Enver Peci to head the Supreme Court and called on the judicial council to launch a new hiring process. The decision came after Valdete Daka, currently head of the Central Election Commission (CEC), submitted a complaint to the Constitutional Court claiming that Peci’s appointment was marred with irregularities.
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 31 May
Political parties to officially launch election campaign today (Telegrafi)
CEC criticized for “unjustifiable failures” (Koha Ditore)
Slovenian Peterle to lead EU election observing mission (Koha Ditore)
Apostolova would like to see TV debate between leading candidates (Kallxo)
U.S. Embassy to engage observers on Election Day (Koha Ditore)
Around 4,000 citizens from Serbia to vote in Kosovo elections (Zëri)
European Parliament allows Kosovo’s participation in EU programs (Epoka)
NATO comments on KSF law (Kallxo)
The news website quotes NATO officials as saying that NATO will support the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) within its current mandate. NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu told Kallxo: “as the NATO Secretary General said during his recent visit to Pristina, NATO supports the development of the Kosovo Security Force within its current mandate”. Lungescu added that […]
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