OSCE Broadcast 18 February
• Law on Elections to be submitted to Assembly Presidency on Friday (TV21)
• CEC accredits 125 more observers for north Mitrovica/Mitrovicë north elections (RTK1)
• Laws on Velika Hoca/Hoçë e Madhe and Prizren not implemented (RTK2, Klan Kosova)
• AAK initiates vote of confidence motion for Government (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV & RTK1)
• Kuçi: Those who burnt north gates will be amnestied (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 18 February
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Office: Kosovo will always remain part of Serbia (Tanjug)
• Vulin: No Serbian government will ever recognize Kosovo (Politika)
• Office: International community must renew investigation (Novosti)
• Serb lists demand OSCE to correct irregularities (Novosti)
• Serbia’s engagement in peacekeeping missions highly praised (Tanjug)
• Incorrect congratulations (Politika)
• Nis Express Bombing: Memory and Faith (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Fule: EU concluded its mission regarding Sejdic-Finci decision (Srna)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo marks independence amid better ties with Serbia (AFP)
• EU urges Bosnia to change its constitution (AP)
• Bosnia peace cracks under 20-year pact (New York Times)
• Protests in Bosnia (The Economist)
• Has International Intervention Helped or Hurt Bosnia? (The Atlantic)
• Bosnia presents a terrifying picture of Europe’s future (The Guardian)
• The fight for freedom comes to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Daily Caller)
AAK signs motion of no confidence on Thaçi’s Government (lajminet)
Deputies of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo at Kosovo Assembly have signed the motion of no confidence on the Government of Kosovo. One of the signers of the request for the motion, deputy Burim Ramadani, stated that Kosovo needs a fundamental change. According to him, the situation in Kosovo is unsustainable and “institutional […]
Read More →For those that did not taste independence (Tribuna)
Vjosa Osmani, member of the presidency of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), writes that Albanians living in the northern part of Kosovo lack freedom of movement and were not able to celebrate the sixth anniversary of independence. “Unfortunately, dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia focused completely on rights and privileges of Serbs living in the […]
Read More →Economy left in the shadows (Kosova Sot)
The paper’s front-page editorial argues that focused on improving relations with Serbia and international recognition, Kosovo institutions are not paying the necessary attention to economic development. “Six years later, there is no rational and feasible economic program, while the government continues to improvise with different projects. The business environment, despite some improvement, is not suitable […]
Read More →Hodzic: I expect elections without tensions (RTK2)
Head of the Administrative Office for Northern Mitrovica Adrijana Hodzic expects that elections in Northern Mitrovica will pass without tensions and that citizens will turn out in ‘sufficient numbers’. Hodzid said to RTK2 that previous campaign was a heavy struggle, particularly in the first round when ballot boxes were destroyed. However, she expects elections to […]
Read More →Belgrade contributed to the Kosovo independence (Vesti online)
Political analyst Djordje Vukadinovic said that by canceling position “both Kosovo and the EU” and choosing “Europe at any cost” official Belgrade significantly contributed that self-proclaimed Kosovo strengthen elements of statehood. Vukadinović said that the actions and omissions of the Serbian authorities influenced that self-proclaimed Kosovo over the past years formally establish control and sovereignty […]
Read More →130 additional soldiers in Kosovo (Akter)
Austrian Minister for Defense Gerald Klug said, following government’s session, that Austria will assign another 130 soldiers to KFOR in Kosovo in the first half of the year. Those soldiers, explained Klug, will we assigned to northern Kosovo and will replace French contingent of KFOR. Following this reinforcement Austria will have 500 soldiers in KFOR. […]
Read More →Alarm over water shortage, additional restrictions expected (Koha)
Director of the Waters Department at the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Naser Bajraktari, announced even harsher water restrictions than the present ones. This means citizens of Pristina can remain without water for hours on end. Bajraktari said all alternative sources will be used in order to overcome the water supply crisis for the […]
Read More →PDK calls a meeting to discuss elections (Telegrafi)
Democratic Party of Kosovo is to meet today and discuss stances on parliamentary elections and election reform. KosovaPress sources said they will meet and adopt a position on the reform and will also discuss the time for holding parliamentary elections. According to the source, the party’s position on election reform will be known today but […]
Read More →Vulin: Serbs must elect mayor of Mitrovica/Mitrovice (Blic,Beta)
Kosovska Mitrovica/Mitrovice- Serbian government minister in charge of Kosovo and Metohija Aleksandar Vulin has called on the Kosovska Mitrovica/Mitrovice citizens to elect on the elections for mayor 23 February candidate of the Initiative “Srpska” Goran Rakic. – Do not let an Albanian to be mayor of Kosovska Mitrovica/Mitrovice, we all know that it is unsustainable, […]
Read More →“Hundreds of Albanians taking part in war in Syria” (B92)
PRIŠTINA — A Priština-based Albanian language daily writes that there is suspicion that hundreds of Albanians from Kosovo are taking part in the hostilities in Syria. So far, six Albanians have been killed in that Middle Eastern country, said Koha Ditore. “That is obviously the reason why the Kosovo government has prepared a draft law […]
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