Campaign in Kosovo (Danas)
After the leader of Progressives, Aleksandar Vucic, deputy president of Radicals (SRS) Nemanja Šarović, and senior representative of Dveri, Bosko Obradovic, President of Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) Vojislav Kostunica should go to Kosovo, on Wednesday 5 March. He will speak at a rally in Kosovska Mitrovica , while someone from the top of the […]
Read More →Petrovic: We are ready for the Community of Serbian municipalities (Blic)
Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Slobodan Petrovic expects formation of the Community of Serbian Municipalities (ZSO) after an unplanned delay due to the repeated elections in Northern Mitrovica and expressed hope that the institution will become an instrument for the protection and better life of Serbs in Kosovo. As the responsible Minister, long before the election, […]
Read More →Krasniqi reaffirms readiness to step down (Koha)
Kosovo Assembly Speaker, Jakup Krasniqi, said he was ready to step down from his post, KTV reported. After the meeting of the Assembly presidency, Krasniqi said he is ready to hand in his resignation if that is requested by the PDK but added that he has had no such request so far. At the same […]
Read More →Kasoulides: Serbia will not have to recognise Kosovo (Tanjug)
Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides stated that Serbia will not have to recognise Kosovo’s independence at the end of the accession talks because five EU members have not done that either. As the things look now, Serbia will not be obliged to recognise Kosovo’s independence because decisions in the EU are adopted by a consensus […]
Read More →Kosovo Ex-Guerrillas Form New Party (Balkan Insight)
Former Kosovo Liberation Army commander Fatmir Limaj and ex-KLA secretary Jakup Krasniqi have established a new political force to challenge the ruling Kosovo Democratic Party. Edona Peci BIRN Pristina Limaj and Krasniqi’s Initiative for Kosovo (Nisma per Kosoven) party was launched on Friday at an inaugural ceremony held in the Kosovo capital, Pristina, where its […]
Read More →Kostić: CSM after parliamentary elections (RTK2)
Leader of the Civil Initiative ‘Srpska’ Vladeta Kostić assessed hat community of Serbian municipalities (CSM) can’t be formed until parliamentary elections in Serbia and in Kosovo are over. “That would be the best way in my opinion, since we’ll have governments in Pristina and Belgrade, along with parliaments with full capacities and mandates,” said Kostić […]
Read More →Government determined to sanction Serb officials (Epoka e Re)
Bekim Collaku, advisor to Kosovo PM Hashim Thaci, said that Serbia will not be allowed to organize local elections in Kosovo and any Serbian official that uses a visit to Kosovo for political speeches and rallies will not be permitted to visit Kosovo again. With regards to the next week’s announced visit of the Serbian […]
Read More →Kosovo police stopped in Zubin Potok (Zeri)
Kosovo police from the police station Mitrovica South were turned back in Gjuric, which is in the municipality of Zubin Potok, as they were not allowed to travel to Zubin Potok by a group of 50 Serbs blocking the road. The group blocked the Mitrovica–Zubin Potok road in Gjuric on Sunday and did not allow […]
Read More →Missing Albanians declared dead (Zeri)
More than 350 missing persons before and during the last conflict in Kosovo, most of them from the village of Krushe e Vogel, have been declared dead from the Basic Court in Prizren after requests made by family members. The Public Information Officer of the Basic Court, Aferdita Kicaj, confirmed that one of the main […]
Read More →Two Serb activists of Radical Party arrested in Gracanica (Tribuna)
Kosovo police arrested two members of the Serb Radical Party (SRS) in Gracanica as they were putting up their party posters in the municipality. The SRS called on the Government of Serbia to appeal for their release and enable the election campaign to take place “throughout the territory of Serbia.”
Read More →Hoxhaj: Germany, Kosovo’s strategic partner (dailies)
Kosovo Minister of Foreign Affairs Enver Hoxha held a lecture on “Kosovo, Southeastern Europe and Germany” at the Southeastern Institute in Berlin. Hoxhaj spoke in front of numerous academics, politicians and distinguished personalities about the state building in Kosovo and Germany’s role on the European perspective of Southeastern countries. He stated that Kosovo’s main agenda […]
Read More →Elections, obstacle for implementation of Brussels agreement (Tribuna)
This year’s elections in Serbia and Kosovo are expected to slow down the implementation of agreements reached between the parties in Brussels. Although the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security, Catherine Ashton, is making efforts to set up another meeting between the prime ministers, Brussels does not see the current governments in Kosovo […]
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