Vulin in Kosovo today (indeksonline.net)
Serbian Minister for Kosovo Aleksandar Vulin will visit the northern part of Kosovo today. Belgrade-based B92 news agency reports that Vulin will visit the rehabilitation center for children with disabilities in Mitrovica. In Zubin Potok, he will attend the opening of a factory. Accompanied by the mayor of northern Mitrovica, Vulin will also address students […]
Read More →Withdrawal of French troops, in accordance with circumstances (koha.net)
Security experts argue that the French government’s decision to withdraw its military contingent in Kosovo (600 troops) is in accordance with security circumstance and that a large presence of KFOR in the country is no longer necessary. Florian Qehaja, executive director of the Kosovo Center for Security Studies, told Radio Free Europe that the current […]
Read More →Cliff: Luxurious villas and vehicles, the shame of politicians (Zeri)
“It is exceptionally shameful if Kosovo politicians build villas and drive luxurious vehicles because it is clear that they cannot afford such expenses from their legitimate incomes,” British Ambassador Ian Cliff said in an interview for the paper. “A certain level of corruption is being tolerated, although this was not expected to happen in Kosovo […]
Read More →Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga will meet today representatives of institutions in charge of organising run-off elections in most Kosovo municipalities on Sunday. International representatives and leaders of institutions in Kosovo have called for a fair and free elections where citizens will be able to freely exercise their right to vote.
Read More →Jacobson: Party leaders will be held responsible for incidents in elections (koha.net)
“The international community will closely follow the process of run-off elections this Sunday,” US Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson said during an interview for KTV. “The November 3 local elections were a success story and the same should happen on Sunday. Leaders of political leaders will be held responsible for eventual incidents on election day.” “I […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 30 November
• Jacobson: Party leaders will be held responsible for incidents in elections (koha.net)
• President Jahjaga to meet election stakeholders today (kosovapress.com)
• Cliff: Luxurious villas and vehicles, the shame of politicians (Zeri)
• Withdrawal of French troops, in accordance with circumstances (koha.net)
• Vulin in Kosovo today (indeksonline.net)
Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 29 November
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Mihajlovic: Serbia will not give up resources in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS)
• Vulin: Next agreement in Brussels on property issues (Tanjug)
• Djuric continues visit to Britain (Tanjug)
• Boljevic: If Serbia accepts EU request to withdraw its courts from Kosovo it will recognize independence of Kosovo (Beta)
• People’s Party doesn’t recognize results of local Kosovo elections (Danas)
• Adoption of a draft resolution on parliament’s role in EU accession (Radio Serbia/Danas/Novosti)
• Breedlove: KFOR reduction depends on situation in northern Kosovo (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Preparations completed for possible political agreement on Sejdic-Finci (Dnevni Avaz/Fena)
• Lagumdzija: Unfounded statements on Arab incursion (Fena)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia’s Fiscal Council Demands Tougher Budget (BIRN)
• Dagong downgrades Serbia’s credit rating outlook (Xinhua)
• Macedonia ‘Collaborator’ Hunt Faces Political Deadlock (BIRN)
Serbian officials won’t be allowed to visit Kosovo on Sunday (indeksonline.net)
Serbian officials will not be allowed to visit Kosovo on Sunday during the municipal run-off elections. Kosovo’s Interior Affairs Minister Bajram Rexhepi said today that eventual requests from Serbian Government officials to visit Kosovo on Sunday would not be approved. Rexhepi also said that members of the so-called Civil Protection would not be allowed to […]
Read More →Thaci believes elections will be fair (rtklive.com)
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci thanked today all political parties for their conduct during the election campaign. He said this marks the first time that elections are organized throughout Kosovo’s territory. Thaci congratulated the winners of the first round of elections and called on candidates for Sunday’s run-off elections to continue the fair campaign. Thaci […]
Read More →The election finale (Zeri)
Xhavit Haliti, vice president of Kosovo’s Parliament, writes in his opinion piece that run-off elections this Sunday “are the finale of the great Kosovar and international test”. “We have to welcome, seriously manage and accept the final results once they are announced by institutions. One thing is certain: the peaceful and democratic acceptance of the […]
Read More →EU seeks abolition of the courts in Kosovo (B92, Beta)
Belgrade – President of the Judges Association Dragana Boljević says that Serbia will, if it accepts the EU request to withdraw courts from Kosovo, effectively recognize the independence of Kosovo. Boljevići told reporters in Belgrade that the new Law on Courts and prosecutors in Serbia provided that the issue of Kosovo courts is resolved by […]
Read More →Pantic, Ivanovic request vote counting in Kosovska Mitrovica (Tanjug)
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA – The candidates for mayor of northern Kosovska Mitrovica, Krstimir Pantic and Oliver Ivanovic, filed together a request to the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) that votes be counted in that town after the closing of polls in the second round of elections on December 1. Pantic is a candidate of the Citizens’ Initiative […]
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