KSF begins demining activities for 2014 (Telegrafi)
The Kosovo Security Force launched activities today to demine five locations across Kosovo. The sites where mines are left over from the fighting fifteen years ago include two locations in Ferizaj/Urosevac, one in Luzhnica of Suhareka and another in the village of Nivokaz, Gjakova/Djakovica municipality. KSF has undertaken all preparatory measures to carry out the […]
Read More →Draft agreement between Kosovo, EU on EULEX transformation (Publiku)
Based on information secured by Publiku.net, over 90 percent of proposals presented by the Kosovo side in the draft request addressed to European Union institutions have already been agreed upon. According to the draft agreement, EULEX will be called EULEX Kosovo and, as of 15 April, will not take on new criminal cases. EULEX Kosovo […]
Read More →Kosovo dialogue “not right place to discuss Ukraine” (B92,Blic)
BELGRADE — Milovan Drecun says he “does not believe that the EU will take advantage of today’s round of the Kosovo dialogue to influence Serbia about Ukraine.” Drecun, who chairs the parliamentary committee on Kosovo and is an official of the SNS party, told B92 TV on Monday that the EU “so far has had […]
Read More →Selimi: recognition by Slovakia within weeks (telegrafi.com)
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Petrit Selimi stated that the recently elected President of Slovakia, Andrej Kiska, has a positive attitude towards the recognition of Kosovo. “We expect that Slovakia will recognize Kosovo very soon, even within a few weeks. On the other hand, the official initiation of issuing Schengen visas for Kosovo citizens demonstrates […]
Read More →Kosovo Blames Serbia for Delays in Normalization Deal (Balkan Insight)
The authorities in Pristina accused Belgrade of slowing the pace on implementing the EU-mediated deal to normalize relations and failing to fulfil commitments on judicial changes. BIRN Pristina Bekim Collaku, political adviser to Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, said that Serbia was to blame for the delay in integrating the judicial authorities in Serb-dominated northern […]
Read More →Brussels possibly pressures Belgrade (Danas)
The new Serbian Government will try to balance relations between Russia and the European Union, given the drastic deterioration in relations between the Kremlin and the West caused by the Ukrainian crisis, assessed foreign and domestic experts on foreign policy. In this context, they emphasize that Serbia will be requested to align its policy with […]
Read More →Serbs against Kosovo election law (Politika)
If the draft law with the provision stipulating that displaced Serbs, who don’t possess Kosovo documents, will not be able to vote in Kosovo elections, is adopted, ‘Srpska’ will reconsider the decision on participation in the elections. Serbian MPs who are not satisfied with the draft law on elections are boycotting the work of the Kosovo […]
Read More →Priština “declared independence legally” -U.S. embassy (B92, Tanjug)
“The Kosovo parliament declared the independence of Kosovo from Serbia in a legitimate democratic process under UN administration,” says the U.S. embassy. This happened “after all other options were exhausted,” a statement added late last week. The U.S. embassy in Serbia reacted after Tanjug asked for a comment on a recent statement by U.S. President […]
Read More →Minorities announced boycott of the parliament (KIM radio)
Minority MPs decided not to take part in the Kosovo Assembly’s work unless the draft Law on General Elections remains in the assembly’s agenda. The Independent Liberal Party stated on Friday that MPs representing minorities in Kosovo agreed with this decision. “Today, we held a meeting at the Kosovo Assembly with regards to disputable draft […]
Read More →New round of Belgrade-Pristina talks to be held on Monday (Tanjug)
The 23rd round of the EU-facilitated dialogue on normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina, expected to deal with the issues of judiciary and the setting up of the Community of Serb municipalities (ZSO), will be held in Brussels on Monday. First Deputy Prime Minister of the outgoing Serbian government and future prime minister Aleksandar […]
Read More →Delibasic transferred to custody in Kosovska Mitrovica (Tanjug)
Dragoljub Delibasic, former police chief in the Serb-majority northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica, has been transferred from custody in Pristina to a detention unit in Mitrovica, Irina Gudeljevic, spokeswoman for the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX), said Saturday. Gudeljevic told Tanjug that the transfer was conducted late on Friday. Delibasic, arrested […]
Read More →“Special court for Kosovo crimes to be set up in Hague” (B92)
Those accused of organ harvesting and trafficking will be tried before a special court in The Hague and not in Priština as sought by the Kosovo government. This was reported by Tanjug, which said it learned this from diplomatic sources in Brussels. The cases concern crimes that are the subject of a report by former […]
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