Kosovar pulse (Kosova Sot)
The paper highlights the findings of the most recent survey of the United Nations Development Programme’s Public Pulse which identified corruption, unemployment and economic development as the main concerns of the interviewed citizens. Around 60 percent of the respondents cited unemployment as their main concern, stresses the paper and adds that promises of thousands of […]
Read More →Belgrade insider in Pristina (Danas)
Belgrade, Pristina – Serb decision to participate in the central government in Kosovo is a constructive move, given that due to the “encouragement” and “blessing” they’ve got from Belgrade will be able to strongly represent their interests, assessed for Danas political experts. In their view, such an arrangement of representatives of Serbs from Kosovo and […]
Read More →Janjic: Serbian List ready and to participate in the Kosovo government (Dnevnik)
There are plenty of issues that need to be finished or started in the two or three talks between Belgrade and Pristina, if there will be some in fall in Brussels, then should be expected to define it until the end of the chapter 35 concerning Kosovo. This means that there is a little chance […]
Read More →What Vucic told the Serbs from Kosovo? (Vesti online)
A meeting between Kosovo Serbs and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, which was postponed several times, was held in Belgrade on Tuesday. Representatives of the Serbian List which won the most votes in the recent Kosovo elections and municipal presidents spoke with Vucic about the future unified position. Still, the prime minister didn’t, as expected, stand […]
Read More →Secret code: “Peace Park” (Koha Ditore)
KTV’s editor-in-chief Adriatik Kelmendi says that it seems the Serb leadership in the north of Kosovo has adopted a new formula: “We will not apply Serbia’s laws anymore but now we will break those of Kosovo”. One of the first acts guided by this formula, according to Kelmendi, is giving a new name to the […]
Read More →Five people connected to ISIS were to be arrested on Friday, but fled Kosovo (Express)
Gazeta Express reported last Friday that Kosovars with connections to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) could be preparing to carry out suicide attacks in Kosovo. Kosovo Police received a list of five people who had to be arrested but failed to apprehend them as the suspects fled Kosovo and their last known […]
Read More →Kosovo Police arrest three terrorist suspects in Hani i Elezit (Koha)
Sources in Kosovo Police told Koha that police have arrested three people suspected of terrorism in Hani i Elezit/Deneral Jankovic. Police are also searching for another suspect. The source could not reveal the identities of the suspects. A Kosovo Police spokesman in Ferizaj/Urosevac confirmed the arrests but could not provide further details, saying that “the […]
Read More →Kosovo Serbs with conditions for their participation in government (REL)
Belgrade authorities have announced that Kosovo Serb representatives that participated in 8 June parliamentary elections have agreed on a joint front in political processes in Kosovo. The unity was reached after their meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday. Following the meeting, Marko Djuric, head of the Serbian Government’s office for Kosovo, said […]
Read More →Kosovo Nationalists Demand End to Serbia Talks (Balkan Insight)
News 26 Jun 14 As a condition for supporting an opposition coalition seeking to form a government after recent polls, the nationalist Vetevendosje Movement wants EU-backed dialogue with Belgrade to stop. Arben Sylejmani BIRN Pristina Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti said he would back the opposition coalition that wants to form a government instead of outgoing […]
Read More →Kosovo War Crimes Institute Accused of Inaction (Balkan Insight)
News 25 Jun 14After three years, the Kosovo War Crimes Research Institute has done almost nothing to document alleged atrocities by Serbian forces and has not published a single report, analysts said. Edona Peci BIRN Pristina The Institute, which was set up by the Kosovo government in 2011 to collect, process, classify and archive war […]
Read More →Fajon says “Peace Park” tensions situation, it should be removed (kohaonline)
Deputy of the European Parliament, Tanja Fajon, spoke in an interview for Radio Dukagjini about the “Peace Park” set immediately after the removal of the barricade over the River Ibër/Ibar bridge. “I would urge both p[arties, Albanians and Serbs, to restrain from violence and clashes. Normal flow of life in Kosovo is extremely important. Also […]
Read More →PDS announces the appeal (RTK2)
Member of the Progressive Democratic Party (PDS) Initiative Board Goran Marinkovic stated yesterday that PDS will file the appeal with relevant Kosovo institutions due to serious omissions during elections held on 8 June, as soon as the official election results are published. “PDS has valid proves that serious omission have taken place during the election […]
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