Adoption of the budget is a test for relations between Serbs and Albanians (RTS)
Voting for the Kosovo budget in the coming year will be the first test for relations between Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo’s new government. The proposed budget for the return and work of local governments in Serbian areas was cut almost for half. For the return of displaced persons is provided six million, and for […]
Read More →Kosovo, seeking IMF help, wins praise for ditching pay hike plan (Reuters)
The International Monetary Fund praised Kosovo’s new prime minister on Monday for defying a strike threat and sticking to plans for steep public sector pay hikes. Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, who took power two weeks ago, has vetoed a pledge by his predecessor to raise public sector salaries by 25 percent annually for the next […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 22 December
• Assembly approved 2015 draft budget (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Surroi: Kosovo is captured by state conquerors (KTV)
• Jahjaga: I preserved my impartiality (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Mayor Bahtiri met Albanians of Kroi i Vitakut neighbourhood (Klan Kosova)
• No political party has applied for elections in Gracanica/Graçanicë (Klan Kosova)
UNMIK Headlines 23 December
• 2015 budget approved in principle (all media)
• Mustafa & Thaci together in Brussels (Epoka e Re)
• Thaci: Serbia is de facto recognizing Kosovo in all fields (Bota Sot)
• Indictments ready before the establishment of special court (Koha Ditore)
• Mustafa meets head of EULEX (Tribuna)
• Kosovo perceived as corrupt (Tribuna)