Vetevendosje reacts against arrests of its members (media)
The Vetevendosje Movement issued a media communique today reacting against the arrest of its activists, including its parliamentary group chief Glauk Konjufca and spokesman Frasher Krasniqi by Kosovo Police, in relation to the destruction of EULEX vehicles in Pristina in 2009. The Vetevendosje Movement argues that “seeing that the 17 February protest will be massive […]
Read More →Molotov cocktail thrown at police officer’s house in northern Kosovo (Kosovapress)
Citing unnamed sources, the news site reports that unknown assailants throw a Molotov cocktail at the house of a Kosovo Police officer in Mitrovica North on Monday night. Zeljko Bojic, head of police operations in the north, confirmed the incident. Bojic said the police officer whose house was attacked is a Bosniak and that no […]
Read More →UNMIK Media Monitoring – Afternoon edition
08 September 2014 Latest news Vetevendosje expected to be part of the government, Coalition Block accepted conditions (Gazeta Blic) Coalition of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), agreed with the conditions of Vetevendosje. The news was confirmed by a source of this portal […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 21 – 22 August 1999
DARDANIA press, August 21 Press Conference of the President of the Republic of Kosova, Dr. Ibrahim Rugova Stop the pursuit of Albanians in Presheva and Bujanovc Prishtinë, August 20, 1999 (KIC). In today’s press conference, the President of the Republic of Kosova, Dr. Ibrahim Rugova, said that positive trends in Kosova are still going […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 17 August 1999
KOHA DITORE KD reports on p.2 that yesterday in Mitrovica hundreds of Albanians left the Ibri bridge in after the mayor of the town, Bajram Rexhepi, announced the cancellation of the protest action. He said that the night before it was agreed that each day 25 Albanian families would cross the bridge that divides Mitrovica. […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 09 August 1999
KOHA DITORE “I remain the President of Kosovo and I insist on direct (presidential) elections, before or after the parliamentarian elections,“ said Ibahim Rugova in an interview for Der Spiegel. When asked on Kosovo’s future, Rugova replied “In three years time we are going to hold a referendum. After that Serbs can only accept […]
Read More →31 October 2002
__________________________________________________ • SRSG Michael Steiner meets Serb leaders in Belgrade (all dailies) • Kosovo Govt supports decentralization according to CoE standards (Zëri) • Covic: Current strategies give hope for a better future (Kosova Sot/DW) • Rexhepi: Education and healthcare – Kosovo’s priority in Brussels (Koha) • Will Brussels give Kosovo right to international loans? […]
Read More →30 October 2002
__________________________________________________ • Steiner’s decentralization plan frozen after weak Serb participation (Koha) • No additional appointment of assembly members, at least not now (Koha) • Mitrovica parallel structures hold decentralization/7-point plan hostage (Zëri) • Rada Trajkovic: Kosovo is Serbia!!! (24 Orë) • Steiner and Covic to talk about decentralization in Belgrade today (Epoka) • Two […]
Read More →29 October 2002
__________________________________________________ • Ukë Bytyçi’s murder has political background, says Rugova (Koha) • Serbs want decentralization meeting, UNMIK says criteria not fulfilled (Zëri) • Haselock: Gjilan meeting wasn’t cancelled, it was postponed (Zëri) • Covic says conference on decentralization will be held soon (Koha/Epoka) • Coalitions can be expected in one third of Kosovo municipalities […]
Read More →28 October 2002
__________________________________________________ • SRSG Steiner cancels 1 November meeting on decentralization (Koha/Zëri) • Rakic: Serbs have understood they shouldn’t trust the intl community (Koha) • Janjic: Decentralization doesn’t depend on Steiner (Koha Ditore) • Suhareka MA chairman and his two associates killed in Leshan (all dailies) • AAK and PDK willing to co-govern in municipalities […]
Read More →27 October 2002
__________________________________________________ • KACI: LDK loses absolute majority, Serbs expel Povratak (Koha Ditore) • SRSG Michael Steiner tours the municipalities on election day (all dailies) • Unclear whether decentralization will be fulfilled (Koha Ditore) • K-Albanian leaders consider vote as step toward independence (Koha Ditore) • Serbs mainly boycotted elections (Blic) • Covic: Local elections […]
Read More →26 October 2002
__________________________________________________ • Steiner: Kosovo’s partition leads automatically to civil war (all dailies) • Brayshaw tells Serbs: It’s not wise to spend next four years in vain (Koha) • Boycott of elections costs donors’ conference and coalition Govt (Koha) • Steiner to visit Prizren, Fieschi will visit 11 polling stations (Zëri) • Kosovars to elect […]
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