Kosovo Asks EU to Set Up New Tribunal (Balkan Insight)
President Atifete Jahjaga said she would ask the EU to set up a special court outside Kosovo to deal with war crimes committed in the 1990s, having secured all-party consent. Edona Peci BIRN Jahjaga said she would ask Catherine Ashton, the EU foreign policy chief, “to establish a Kosovo court located outside the country in […]
Read More →Japan pledges continued support for Kosovo, stability in Balkans (Kyodo News)
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci on Monday, declaring Japan’s continued support for stability in the Balkan region, which has a history of ethnic conflict. “The stability and development of Kosovo, the youngest nation in the area, is key to stability in the Balkans,” Abe told a joint press conference […]
Read More →EULEX continues with arrests, without mentioning names (Danas)
Upon the request of the prosecution, an international judge of the Basic Court in Kosovska Mitrovica ordered the one month detention of a 32-year-old individual who is under suspicion of murdering officer Enver Zymberi in July 2011, stated EULEX. EULEX did not divulge the names of the suspect. Media is speculating that the arrested person […]
Read More →NATO: We bombed without permission, but it was legitimate (Blic)
It is a historical fact that NATO did not have the approval of the United Nations Security Council to bomb Serbia, however the action was carried out in line with international law, learned Tanjug. Asked to reflect on Friday’s statement made by NATO where they openly recognise that the bombardments were carried out without the […]
Read More →Klina: Tractor stolen from returnees (KIM radio)
Last night, a tractor was stolen from returnees in the village of Duge near Klina/Klinë, according to returnees’ representative Vlado Rašković. The tractor was donated to returnees by the delegation of the European Commission in Kosovo. “It was the first tractor donated to our village after we returned in 2010. In the morning, I realised […]
Read More →Jacobson: Kosovars in Syria are siding with radical groups (Telegrafi)
In an interview for Radio Free Europe, U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo, Tracey Ann Jacobson, called on institutions to react to the issue of Kosovars going to war in Syria. Jacobson commented on the language of hate that some imams use in mosques and said that such speech has no room in democracy. “I think this […]
Read More →Civil society, a springboard to government (Kosova Sot)
The paper’s front-page editorial notes that on the eve of parliamentary elections, an old phenomenon is coming into play again, with renowned civil society activists openly expressing their party beliefs and officially becoming members of political parties. “Every individual is certainly entitled to political engagement, but the transfer from non-governmental organisations to political parties separates […]
Read More →A Kosovar company takes over one of biggest factories in Serbia (Koha Ditore)
In a front-page story, the paper reports that a Kosovar can become the owner of the biggest metal processing company in Serbia. Jeton Sadiku, a Kosovar with British citizenship, who owns the Llamkos Company in Vushtrri, can obtain the majority of shares in the “Zelezara” steel company in Smederevo, Serbia. The Government of Serbia is expected […]
Read More →Vulin stopped (Tribuna)
“The Office for Kosovo calls on the international community to condemn the decision for denying entrance to Minister Vulin, who was planning to visit the village of Budriga e Poshtme, Gjilan municipality, and the village of Rajanoc, in Kamenica municipality. The international community should do everything in its power to prevent this from happening again,” […]
Read More →Netherlands, a place of tribunals (Lajm)
The European Union has asked the Netherlands for sensitive trials resulting from investigations by the Special Investigations Task Force to be held in Hague. Dutch ambassador to Kosovo, Robert Bosch, told Radio Free Europe that Brussels made the request even before it was decided that the main headquarters of the special court would be in Pristina. “The European […]
Read More →Application in three international organisations (Lajm)
Kosovo Minister for Foreign Affairs, Enver Hoxhaj, said in an interview for Tirana-based ABC News, that Kosovo would apply for membership in three important international organisations this year. Hoxhaj said all studies have been made and that preparations are now being finalized to apply to the three organisations, one of them being the Council of Europe.
Read More →There will be less implementation of the agreements (Epoka e Re)
The political analyst from the International Crisis Group in Pristina, Naim Rashiti, told this daily that there will be less implementation of agreements reached between Pristina and Belgrade in Brussels this year. He added that fewer agreements would be reached during this year as well. He called on Kosovo institutions to create functionalizing mechanisms for […]
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