Kosovo moves to take control of mining giant anger Serbia (Reuters)
Kosovo’s government said on Friday it planned to take over the giant Trepca mine complex to save it from bankruptcy and restore it to its former glory, angering the country’s former master Serbia. Serbia said the plan, which is expected to be debated by the Kosovo parliament on Monday, would threaten a fragile thaw in […]
Read More →Families of kidnapped send letter to OSCE (Kontakt plus, Tanjug)
BELGRADE – The Association of the Families of the Kidnapped and Murdered in Kosovo and Metohija has sent an open letter to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), asking for assistance in ensuring the release of the kidnapped Serbs in Kosovo. We are forced to address you with a request for help in […]
Read More →Government backs down, changes the changed bill for Trepca (Koha Online)
The Government of Kosovo held its seventh meeting today, where it approved the Draft Law for Amendment and Change of the Law on Reorganization and Change of Certain Enterprises and Their Property. The purpose of this bill is to improve the timeliness for the reorganization of certain enterprises under the administration of the Privatization Agency […]
Read More →AAK start collecting MP signatures for Jablanovic’s dismissal (Telegrafi)
The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) today has started collecting signatures of members of Parliament to request the dismissal of Aleksandar Jablanovic, the Kosovo Minister for Communities and Returns. Protests are being held in several Kosovo cities against Jablanovic who used the word beasts referring to protesters in Gjakova.
Read More →Sebastian Kurz to visit Kosovo and FYROM (Blic)
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria, Sebastian Kurz to visit Kosovo and FYROM today. As announced in Vienna, Kurtz will be tonight in Pristina and meet religious leaders and Interior Minister Skender Hyseni and Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga, and he would talk about “jihadism and radicalization in the Western Balkans”. Austria for some time is […]
Read More →New mayor of Gracanica elected (B92)
GRACANICA — Citizen’s Initiative Srpska candidate Vladeta Kostic has been elected mayor in early elections in the Serb-majority town of Gracanica in central Kosovo. According to preliminary results, Kostic got support from 64.9 percent of the electorate, or 4,614 votes, Chairperson of Kosovo’s Central Election Commission (CEC) Valdete Daka announced on Sunday evening. Daka said […]
Read More →Peaceful protests in Zvečan and Leposavić (TV Most)
Employees of the Trepča mining company in northern Kosovo have staged protests due to draft amendments of the law on public companies adopted by the Kosovo government, which would enable Trepča to become the property of Kosovo. The protests are currently peaceful, and employees are flying Trepča and Serbian flags. TV Most reports that the […]
Read More →Government “will not allow Trepca to be taken” (Dailies)
The government “will not accept” a unilateral decision of Pristina to take over the ownership of the Mining, Metallurgical and Chemical Combine Trepca. The reason is the fact the Republic of Serbia Development Fund owns a majority stake in the mines, Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said on […]
Read More →Vulin: Serbia will never give up on Kosmet (IRS,Politika)
Minister of Labor and Social Policy Aleksandar Vulin has said that Serbia will never give up on Kosovo-Metohija. Speaking of Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic’s visit to Kosmet, Vulin has pointed that Vucic has done what no other prime minister had done over decades. Media have described the visit as a historical one, whereas Vulin said […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 19 January
• Serbia interferes in Trepca mine (Kosova Sot)
• Government backs down on Trepca, proposes restructuring (Gazeta Blic)
• Jacobson: Preventing liquidation of Trepca a tough job (dailies)
• Northern Serbs will block Mitrovica-Leposavic road today (Kosovapress)
• Mustafa calls on people not to leave Kosovo (Bota Sot)
• Vladeta Kostic elected Gracanica mayor (Zeri)
• Kosovo to host “Western Balkans 6” summit (Epoka e Re)
• Greece doesn’t rule out recognition of Kosovo (Epoka e Re)
Belgrade Media Report 16 January 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Serbia has become an exporter of security (Tanjug)
• Djuric: Serbia will know to protect Trepca (RTS)
• Ljajic: Telekom property in Kosovo and Metohija part of the negotiating process (Tanjug)
• Dacic: IPAP – step forward in relations between Serbia and NATO (Tanjug)
• Stoltenberg: Serbia valuable partner (RTS/Tanjug)
• Mihajlovic: Serbia wants a just solution (RTS)
• EULEX still cannot find Janjicijevic’s murderer (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Zvizdic fulfills requirements to chair Council of Ministers (Oslobodjenje)
• Collegium refuses for MPs to consider Dzaferovic’s dismissal (Fena)
• Steinmeier and Hammond today in Sarajevo (Srna)
• Grabar Kitarovic: Everyone in Croatia is a Croat Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic (BHT1)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Hundreds demonstrate in Montenegro against Kosovo official (AP)
• Hungarian Minister Proposes Greece-Macedonia-Serbia Gas Pipeline as South Stream Alternative (Novinite.com)
• In-fighting delays formation of Bosnia govts (Balkan Insight)
• Bosnia Told: Embrace EU-Requested Reforms or Expect Turmoil (ABC News)
• Bosnia’s Muslim top cleric slams Mohammed cartoon (AFP)