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Protest over election laws (Blic)

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Workers employed in Serb majority Kosovo municipalities today will organize a peaceful protest against a set of laws by the Government of Kosovo that regulate the issue of elections. The peaceful protests, the second in the past week, will be held in Serbian municipalities from 9:00 to 9:30 am, according to the Information Service of […]

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Zbogar: The reeport for visa liberalization to be published soon (Radio Kosova)

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The head of EU office in Kosovo, Samuel Zbogar said that soon it will be published the report of two evaluation mission of European Commission in connection with the fulfillment of criteria for visa liberalization He said that the report will serve Government to carry out necessary reforms. These comments have been made during the […]

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Draft-law for general elections approved in principle (Radio Kosova, Kosovapress)

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Kosovo Assembly approved in principle the draft-law on general elections. However, the draft-law was evaluated as not including expected changes. Parliamentary groups gave their support for the draft law with the exception of Vetevendosje that abstained in the voting. The draft law was passed with 44 MPs voting in favour, 2 against and 18 abstaining, […]

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Kosovo Anti-Corruption Agency Criticizes Judges (Balkan Insight)

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  Local judges and prosecutors have the means to raise indictments for corruption cases but lack the courage to do so, the country’s anti-corruption agency said. Edona Peci   BIRN Pristina Comparing international prosecutors to local ones, Hasan Preteni, head of the Anti-Corruption Agency, said local judges and prosecutors “enjoy the stability, security and financial […]

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Zeman: Creation of Kosovo military would mean arming UCK (CTK)

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    ČTK 3 April 2014   Belgrade, April 2 (CTK) – The idea to build up the independent Kosovo armed forces would mean to again arm the members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK) that committed terrorist acts, Czech President Zeman said during his visit to Serbia Wednesday.   Some countries do not recognise […]

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Assembly to debate again on the draft law on KLA veterans (Kosovapress/Lajmi)

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Assembly of Kosovo is resuming its plenary session today and is expected to review the draft law on general elections as well as the draft law on Kosovo Liberation Army veterans. According to Lajmi, Vetevendosje will vote in favour of the law on KLA veterans as will PDK and AAK. Vetevendosje MP, Rexhep Selimi, said […]

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Constitutional Court legitimizes transformation of KSF into KAF (Koha Ditore)

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The Constitutional Court of Kosovo has ruled that the future establishment of the Kosovo Armed Forces (KAF) has full legitimacy. Agim Ceku, minister for the Kosovo Security Force, announced the court’s ruling during the government meeting on Wednesday. Ceku said the Constitutional Court ruled that constitutional amendments for the KSF transformation into KAF do not […]

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Beqaj: We have understanding with IMF on salary increase (Koha Ditore)

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Kosovo Government officials said on Wednesday that there is no disagreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the decision to increase salaries. “The Stand-By Program includes seeking funds from the IMF to increase financial stability in the country, whereas we don’t need funds from the IMF. After the end of the 20-month program with […]

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Vucic is laying the groundwork for recognition of Kosovo (Lajm)

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Lajm on the front page quotes Kosovo analysts saying that the statement of the new Serbian Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vucic, regarding how he will not say bad words for the Kosovo delegation, means he is laying the groundwork for the recognition of Kosovo’s independence. Analysts said that after talks led by Dacic, Kosovo de facto […]

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Cliff: Going to war, harmful occurrence (Lajm)

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Ambassador of Great Britain in Kosovo, Ian Cliff, has joined the increasing concerns in connection Kosovar youth going to other countries to fight. While commenting on the latest case of a young man from Ferizaj who is reported to have been in a suicide attack in Iraq, Ambassador Cliff said that the issue should not […]

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Cliff confirms Tribunal is being discussed in Brussels (Koha Ditore)

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British Ambassador to Kosovo, Ian Cliff, said during a visit to Lipjan on Thursday that an eventual tribunal that would try alleged crimes committed by the Kosovo Liberation Army is already being discussed in Brussels. “We all know that there was a report by Dick Marty on organ trafficking, and we also know that everyone […]

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Agreement on election date to be reached today (Epoka e Re)

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The leaders of the biggest political parties in Kosovo are expected to meet this morning with the US Ambassador in Kosovo, Tracey Ann Jacobson, and discuss the setting of the date for parliamentary elections. “The meeting is expected to result in an agreement for the date of parliamentary elections,” said a source of the newspaper.

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