Kosovo’s diplomacy focused on lobbying for new recognitions of the independence (Turkish Weekly)
4 September 2014 Senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs say that the UN General Assembly Session which will be held this month in New York, will be used by the delegation of Kosovo for lobbying. Deputy minister of Foreign Affairs, Petrit Selimi says that the focus of the delegation of Kosovo, which will […]
Read More →Jahjaga ready for a meeting with Nikolic (Danas)
Pristina, Belgrade – Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga is open for a new meeting with the President of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolic, whenever needed, whether on a regional or international level, the cabinet of the President of Kosovo said to Danas, answering the question of whether a meeting is planned and when of the highest representatives of […]
Read More →Dutch Hunt for Alleged Kosovo Organ Trafficking Doctor (Balkan Insight)
04 Sep 14 Dutch police are seeking to arrest doctor Yusuf Sonmez, accused by EU prosecutors in Kosovo of organised crime and people trafficking from a Pristina clinic where organ-trading took place. Marija Ristic BIRN Belgrade Dutch officers are attempting to detain Sonmez, a Turkish doctor accused of being a key figure involved in trafficking […]
Read More →We will be part of the solution, not the problem (KiM radio)
“The Serbian List doesn’t want to be a part of the problem, but part of the solution,” said Kosovo deputy PM, Slobodan Petrovic, adding that the position of the Serbian List did not change. “We are ready to take part of the responsibility, not only in parliament but also in the government. We will support […]
Read More →Rakic and Bozovic: Some in prison for years without indictment (Politika)
Mitrovica – Leaders of the Mitrovica municipality, Ksenija Bozovic and Goran Rakic visited today Detention Unit in Mitrovica and talked with prisoners and, as stated, some of whom are in detention for years without indictment. As stated, the purpose was to visit Serbian prisoners in Detention Unit, as well as detained Serbs accused before the […]
Read More →Djuric in Brussels on Chapter 35 (Blic)
Informal consultations concerning Chapter 35 will be held in Brussels on Sept. 5 between the Belgrade delegation, which will be headed by the director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric, and representatives of the European Commission’s external relations office. The Office for Kosovo and Metohija told Beta that, after the fulfilment of […]
Read More →Assassination planned for North Mitrovica Mayor (Vesti)
Kosovo Police arrested one person of Albanian ethnicity on suspicion of participating in the planning of an assassination against Goran Rakic, Mayor of North Mitrovica. EULEX learned about this first, and forwarded the information to Kosovo Police. Mayor Rakic said: “Kosovo Police from the North Mitrovica station yesterday informed me that they had received official […]
Read More →EULEX obstructing the arrest of doctor Yusuf Somnez? (Danas)
While Serbian War Crimes Prosecution Office claims it has strong evidence that the Turkish doctor Yusuf Somnez, suspected of trafficking in human organs, is in the Netherlands, EULEX still checks this information. Eight days ago, the Serbian Prosecutor’s Office submitted the information to EULEX chief prosecutor Jonathan Ratel, including the address in Amsterdam, where Somnez […]
Read More →Constitutive session to continue on 12 September (kohaonline)
The chairperson of the constitutive session of the Assembly of Kosovo, Flora Brovina, decided during her meeting with the representatives of the Democratic Party of Kosovo and minority parties, to hold the constitutive session of the Assembly, on 12 September, at 10:00 a.m. The Democratic Party of Kosovo was represented by Enver Hoxhaj, while the […]
Read More →Jennifer Brush appointed to UNMIK (Tanjug, Blic)
PRISTINA – Jennifer Brush, former Director of the Office of South Central European Affairs at the US Department of State, has been appointed as Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo. The decision to appoint Brush was announced by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday, UNMIK said in a statement. Brush succeeded Robert […]
Read More →Gračanica: School buses ‘hampering’ start of the school year (RTS)
Transportation company in Gračanica/Graçanicë, which operates in the Serbian government’s system, appeared to be unprepared for the start of the new school year, because school buses which are meant to transport students from villages to schools in central Kosovo are not registered. Buses which used to transport students are now parked at parking lots. Due […]
Read More →Technical talks on integrated management set for Thursday (Tanjug, Politika, KiM radio)
BELGRADE – Belgrade and Pristina will discuss integrated border management on Thursday, and head of the Serbian government office for Kosovo Marko Djuric will hold on Friday informal consultations with EU officials about the future of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, that is about the issues that are not significant to Chapter 35 of […]
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