DSS: Kosovo in IOC would be scandalous (B92)
Democratic Party of Serbia assessed that accession of Kosovo in the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would present another step in its abduction. The DSS has criticized Serbian Government for its policy regarding Kosovo and Metohija and reiterated its standpoint that Government “by accepting the Brussels Agreement, practically accepted independence of the so called Republic of […]
Read More →New incident in Klina (RTS)
Hose of Vlada Radosavljevic in Klina/Klinë downtown was stoned last night, carried RTS. Entrance door and a window were broken last night on the house of Radosavljevic in the incident, which was reported to Kosovo police. This is the fourth incident in a row in Klina/Klinë and Istok/Istog municipalities in the last four days, where […]
Read More →Jevtic with representatives of the OSCE on the return (KiM radio)
On the eve of the upcoming regional conference on the return of displaced persons, which should be held in mid-November in Skopje, Minister for Communities and Returns, Dalibor Jevtic, met with representatives of the OSCE and discussed the joint steps. “I expect that this, like the previous conference on the return of displaced, will be […]
Read More →Belgrade hosts informal regional conference (B92)
BELGRADE — An informal meeting of foreign and finance ministers of the West Balkan dedicated to economic management and cooperation, will take place in on Thursday. This was announced by the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The meeting will be attended by Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs Jyrki Katainen, […]
Read More →Another Serb returnee’s house in Kosovo set on fire (Tanjug)
ISTOK – A house owned by the Serb returnee family Pantic in the village of Ljug, Klina municipality, was set on fire, the head of the Pec District Vinka Radosavljevic told Tanjug. The incident occurred last night, said Radosavljevic, adding that the part of the house that caught fire was empty as the Pantic family […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 22 October
• Jevtic and OSCE representatives discuss IDP return (RTK2)
• Jevtic condemns burning of a returnee house in Klinë/Klina village (RTK2, TV21)
• Another Serb house set on fire in municipality of Istog/Istok (RTK2)
• Haradinaj responds to Doris Pack (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Thaçi: Hoxhaj and Ismajli will go to Belgrade (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1&KTV)
UNMIK Headlines 23 October
• Bloc to make a decision (Tribuna)
• Bloc doesn’t want Thaci to be President (Tribuna)
• Kurti suggests giving up on Assembly Speaker post (Koha)
• Americans meet Thaci (Koha)
• IOC grants provisional recognition to Kosovo Olympic Committee (dailies)
• Hoxhaj and Ismajli equal to other ministers (Epoka e Re)
• Crimea delays Slovakia’s recognition of Kosovo (Tribuna)
• Drug lord gets Kosovo passport (Zeri)
Kosovo FM to go to Serbia for first time as tensions ease (AFP)
Kosovo’s foreign minister Enver Hoxhaj said Wednesday he will attend a regional conference in Belgrade in his first such visit since the territory unilaterally seceded from Serbia in 2008. “This visit is an indicator of the normalisation of relations between Kosovo and Serbia as two independent and sovereign states,” Hoxhaj said in a statement. While […]
Read More →Kosovo granted provisional Olympic recognition by IOC (Reuters)
Kosovo is on track to take part in its first ever Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 after the region in the Balkans was granted provisional recognition by the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday. It could now achieve full membership as early as the IOC session in December, the IOC said in a […]
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