Kosovo to Demolish Disputed Milosevic-Era Church (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo’s Minister of Environment, Dardan Gashi, says Serbian church built in Pristina in the 1990s had no planning permit and must be pulled down. BIRN Pristina Minister Gashi told the media on Sunday that a controversial Serbian Orthodox church, built in the capital, Pristina, was erected “illegally” and must go. “It’s a sensitive issue but […]
Read More →Pristina: They do not have a majority to form the Army (Vecernje Novosti)
Decision on the armed forces of Kosovo postponed, Pristina announced it will decide about it after the election. Rakic: We will never accept Pristina’s security forces. Serbs in northern Kosovo welcome the announcement that the formation of the Armed Forces will be decided only after the parliamentary elections and the constitution of the new Assembly, but […]
Read More →Patriarch: Kosovo-Metohija could never be outside Serbia (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – Serbian Patriarch Irinej has voiced hope that Serbia and the Serbian government would never make any gesture that could lead to giving up on the southern Serbian province of Kosovo-Metohija (KiM). “The Serbian people will never accept that. Our history, culture and spirituality are closely linked to that area,” the Serbian Patriarch said […]
Read More →Another 16 Serbs on EULEX list (Politka)
Another 16 Serbs, who committed crimes in last three years, will have to report to EULEX facilities in South Mitrovica, learned Belgrade-based Politika. “Persons who are on the EULEX list, suspects and witnesses, will be summoned to report to EU mission,” said Politika’s source and stressed that it is not about crimes committed during conflict […]
Read More →Petition for release pending trial (Blic)
Serbian National Council of Northern Kosovo (SNV) announced launching of the petition, which will request from EULEX and UNMIK to allow the release pending trial for unreasonably arrested prominent Serbs, Dragoljub Delibasic, Oliver Ivanovic and Nebojsa Vujacic. “Unreasonable arrests of Serbs in northern Kosovo and Metohija, Dragoljub Delibašić, Oliver Ivanovic, Nebojsa Vujacic and their lawyers […]
Read More →Hoxhaj: One of five non-recognizing EU states will recognize Kosovo this year (RTK)
In a programme on RTK on Monday, Kosovo’s Foreign Minister, Enver Hoxhaj, said one of the five non-recognizing member states of the European Union will recognize Kosovo’s independence in the second half of the year. Hoxhaj also said that Kosovo has already applied for membership in several important world organizations, but did not mention any […]
Read More →EU: Special Court will operate outside Kosovo too (RTK)
The European Union has officially confirmed the objective to establish a special court that will look into war crimes allegations in Kosovo. In a written response for RTK, the EU Office said the European Union is not suggesting the establishment of a tribunal, but rather a special court within Kosovo’s judicial system. The court would […]
Read More →Failed plan for EULEX (Kosova Sot)
The paper’s front-page editorial notes that the Government of Kosovo failed in its plan to take away executive competencies from the EU Rule of Law mission in Kosovo. “The state of the judicial system was not seriously addressed and as a result Brussels did not find trustworthy the government’s platform to take away executive competencies […]
Read More →Europe’s Diplomatic Triumph in Kosovo (Wall Street Journal)
Op-ed by Bernard Kouchner, former French minister of foreign and European affairs. Since the Balkan wars, Brussels has played a central role in reconciling Belgrade and Pristina. The European Union has a mixed foreign-policy record. Its behavior on the world stage is driven by good intentions but often marked by indecisiveness and lack of cohesion. […]
Read More →In Kosovo’s capital, new mayor fights corruption – by doing his job (CSM)
Pristina’s mayor, Shpend Ahmeti, has earned plaudits – and death threats – by investigating corruption, making hiring transparent, and even selling the posh mayoral car. Pristina, Kosovo The former mayor of Pristina drove to work every day in a 75,000-euro ($100,000) luxury car. But after Shpend Ahmeti pulled off an electoral upset on the back […]
Read More →Northerners refer to Kosovo government as “neutral” (Koha)
The paper reports that the statute adopted by Zvecan municipality last week does not comply with the Constitution of Kosovo and the law on local self-government. The paper has secured a copy of the statute which does not include the insignia of the Republic of Kosovo as required by the law on local self-government. The […]
Read More →Kosovo Deputy PM Petrovic visits Tirana (dailies)
Several dailies report that Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Slobodan Petrovic led a delegation of minority MPs that visited Tirana on Monday. The delegation met Albanian Parliament Speaker Ilir Meta and Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati. Meetings focused on the integration of minority communities into institutional life in Kosovo, Kosovo’s Euro-Atlantic future, and regional cooperation. Petrovic […]
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