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Attack on the parish house in the Serbian part of Orahovac (KiM radio)

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Fifteen minutes after the termination of the football match between Serbia and Albania was stoned parish house in the Serbian part of Orahovac, learned Radio Kontakt Plus. Three Albanian youths, uttering “Albania, Albania,” passed through the Serbian part of the city, smashing glass bottles along the walls of the houses. In the square outside the […]

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Shefqet Krasniqi released from detention, placed under house arrest (Gazeta Express)

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The Basic Court in Pristina has released from detention Shefqet Krasniqi, imam of the Grand Mosque in Pristina. The court has ordered a 30-day house arrest for Krasniqi. Krasniqi, who was arrested together with several other imams on September 17, is suspected of committing criminal offences against the constitutional order and security in the Republic […]

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Hoxhaj in Thaci’s chair (Vesti online)

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Enver Hoxhaj, the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo, could be the Prime of the new government in Pristina. This option arrived from Germany, and its aim is to overcome a months-long political crisis, learned Vesti. The embassies of the sponsors of Kosovo’s independence do not want to participate directly in the formation of […]

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Remains of Serbs and Albanians exchanged (Tanjug)

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Representatives of EULEX and the Serbian government’s commission on missing persons have exchanged the remains of three Serbs and 12 ethnic Albanians, Veljko Odalovic, chairman of the Serbian commission, said on Tuesday. The exchange of the remains was done at the Merdare administrative crossing between central Serbia and the province of Kosovo-Metohija on Monday, and […]

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Committee chair sees “network of radical Islam” in Kosovo (B92)

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Milovan Drecun has accused Bajram Rexhepi of trying to diminish the gravity of an incident when a Serbian Orthodox monastery was vandalized with graffiti. The inscriptions inside the Visoki Dečani medieval monastery’s compound in Kosovo included the message “the caliphate is coming,” and acronyms of the Islamic State (ISIS), the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA; Albanian: […]

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FM: Stadium incident was planned political provocation (Blic, B92)

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Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić has said that an incident during the Serbia-Albania football match was a deliberate and planned political provocation. Dačić believes that Serbia bears no responsibility for the fact the European championship qualifier game was interrupted and could not be resumed late on Tuesday. “This has never happened on any football game and […]

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OSCE Broadcast 14 October

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• Haradinaj: President cannot call elections (All monitored broadcasters, KTV&RTK1)
• “6 Plus” caucus against new elections (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• US officials cancel planned visits due to political stalemate (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Peci: Majority of judges unwilling to deal with serious cases (KTV)

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Serbia-Albania match abandoned following drone stunt, brawl (Reuters)

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By Zoran Milosavljevic BELGRADE Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:58am BST (Reuters) – The politically-sensitive Euro 2016 qualifier between Serbia and Albania was abandoned on Tuesday following a brawl between players from both sides after a flag stunt. The Group I game, with no away fans permitted, was interrupted when a flag depicting so-called Greater Albania, […]

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Drone toting pro-Albanian flag causes riots that end Albania vs. Serbia Euro 2016 qualifier early (Washington Post)

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Updated at 9:45 p.m. EDT  Albania’s coach Giovanni de Biazzi of Italy has told Albanian media that four of his players were injured in the scuffle. “We also complained [to UEFA delegate Harry Been] that security staff in the stadium attacked us physically, as well as fans and some players,” he Biazzi told Albania’s Supersport […]

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UNMIK Headlines 15 October

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• Coalition bloc: We won’t meet with Thaci (Zeri)
• Bloc to seek clarifications from Constitutional Court (Lajm)
• Krasniqi: Hashim, leave! (Zeri)
• Submission to UN of petition on rape gets delayed (Koha)
• Ceku takes part in Adriatic Charter meeting (Tribuna)
• Meta lobbies for Kosovo, requests recognition from India (Epoka e Re)
• Former KLA fighter arrested in Serbia (Tribuna)

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Flag-Carrying Drone Ends Albania, Serbia Match (Balkan Insight)

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15 Oct 14 Albania, Serbia Euro 2016 qualifier was suspended after a drone flying Albanian flag over the pitch sparked a brawl between the teams. BIRN Belgrade First football match between Albania and Serbia in decades was halted and abandoned in 41st minute at 0:0, after a clash between the teams. The match was interrupted […]

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