Opening of negotiations, beginning of recognition (lajmi.net)
Kosovo’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Petrit Selimi, says any movement of Balkans countries towards European Union is good news for Kosovo and the opening of Serbia-EU negotiations marks the beginning of Kosovo’s recognition process. In a statement for lajmi.net, Selimi mentioned the key condition for Serbia’s path to European integrations which is full normalization of its […]
Read More →UN Security Council session over Kosovo on 10 February (Tanjug)
United Nations Security Council will hold the session on 10 February at UN headquarters in New York where UNMIK’s report is due to be presented on situation in Kosovo and Metohija. Security Council will discuss regular quarterly report of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Last session of the UN Security Council dedicated to Kosovo took […]
Read More →“Pace of EU accession talks to depend on Serbia’s progress” (Tanjug, B92)
The EU’s negotiating framework, which defines the process of Serbia’s accession to the European Union, became an official document on Tuesday. It said that the pace of the accession talks will depend on Serbia’s progress in meeting the requirements for membership. In addition to general membership requirements, based on the Copenhagen criteria, the EU notes […]
Read More →Screening on Chapter 35 begins (Tanjug)
BRUSSELS – The screening on chapter 35 of Serbia’s EU accession negotiations relating to the process of normalization of the Belgrade-Pristina relations will begin in Brussels on Wednesday. Serbia’s delegation will be headed by Aleksandar Vulin, Serbian minister without portfolio in charge of Kosovo-Metohija, and Marko Djuric, advisor to the Serbian president, and the goal […]
Read More →Locals, internationals clash over new PAK director (Koha Ditore)
The Kosovo Privatisation Agency is destined to remain without a director after 26 January, when Shkëlzen Lluka’s mandate expires. There is at present a deep division amongst international and local members of the PAK board as to who will succeed Lluka; during the last meeting in December, there was a failure to come to an […]
Read More →Minor progress on human rights in Balkans (Epoka e Re)
The Human Rights Watch organization has seen limited progress in the western Balkans when accountability on war crimes and uprooting of discrimination and abuse of Roma minorities are concerned. In the 2013 human rights report, the group concluded that there was minor progress in this region when addressing violence against journalists and the gay community. […]
Read More →Haradinaj: EULEX still needed in Kosovo (dailies)
Leader of the Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK) Ramush Haradinaj said after a meeting with EULEX chief Bernd Borchardt that he supports EULEX’s mandate extension. “Haradinaj reconfirmed that AAK’s position has not changed and that it believes Kosovo still needs the support of the EU rule of law mission, especially in the fight against […]
Read More →Agreement on new mission in March (Epoka e Re)
Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Hajredin Kuçi stated that the positions of Kosovo and the EU on EULEX’s transition have narrowed, although it is still unknown how the new mission would look like. He explained that the agreement on the new EU mission could happen by the beginning of March. Kuçi added that the future EU […]
Read More →Jahjaga: Mutual Kosovo-Serbia recognition through treaty (Tribuna)
Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga said that the dialogue facilitated by the EU and supported by the US is the only way to renew relations with Serbia as two independent states. “We have entered the dialogue process convinced that only through this process can we achieve the necessary stability of our countries, the revival of our […]
Read More →National elections on 22 June (Zëri)
Citing international sources, the paper reports on the front page that national elections will most likely be held on the third week of June: 22 June. The same sources said that the biggest political parties – PDK, LDK and AAK – have agreed on the date. “For the time being, the Kosovo Government plans to […]
Read More →Serbia “doesn’t understand” Kosovo condition (Koha Ditore)
Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said the official opening of EU membership talks is the most important date for Serbia since World War II. He said his country will be ready for accession in 2018 and thanked EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Catherine Ashton for her commitment. “Without her efforts, without her […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 22 January
• Serbia “doesn’t understand” Kosovo condition (Koha Ditore)
• National elections on 22 June (Zëri)
• Jahjaga: Mutual Kosovo-Serbia recognition through treaty (Tribuna)
• Agreement on new mission in March (Epoka e Re)
• Haradinaj: EULEX still needed in Kosovo (dailies)
• Minor progress on human rights in Balkans (Epoka e Re)
• Locals, internationals clash over new PAK director (Koha Ditore)
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