CEC has not certified Gracanica mayor (Koha Ditore)
Central Election Commission (CEC) has not certified today Vladeta Kostic for mayor of Gracanica, because he still carries a post at the Government of Serbia. CEC held today a meeting, but it did not make public the decision not to certify the result of the elections for Gracanica mayor. Koha.net sources within CEC informed that […]
Read More →Italy to support Kosovo towards the EU (Koha)
The President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, was received today in Rome by the Acting President of the Republic of Italy, Mr. Pietro Grasso. Jahjaga and Grasso discussed the overall development in Kosovo and the region, as well as special emphasis was paid to the Kosovo’s European integration, the commitment on internal reforms, the rule of […]
Read More →Nojkic: Victory of Kostic expected, Rasic to be included (RTK2)
Former Kosovo MP and head of Kosovo branch of the Serbian Renewal Movement, Randjel Nojkic, who is well informed about political situation in Kosovo, particularly when it comes to Serb community, said to RTK2 that victory of Vladeta Kostic at mayoral elections in Gračanica/Graçanicë was expected. “Practically, there won’t be any changes, it is about […]
Read More →SNS: Former Tadic’s regime most responsible for situation in KiM (Tanjug, Blic)
Former regime of Boris Tadic (former president of Serbia) is most responsible for current situation in Kosovo and Metohija, said official of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), Aleksandar Martinovic, and rejected criticism that actual problems with Trepca comes as a consequence of the manner in which this government had negotiated the Brussels Agreement. “Only with […]
Read More →700 miners refuse to resurface in ownership row (World Bulletin)
Miners demand Kosovo Assembly nationalizes near-bankrupt mining company within 24 hours. Hundreds of miners in northern Kosovo have refused to resurface, demanding that the Kosovo government takes over their near-bankrupt mine in Mitrovica within 24 hours. About 700 miners were still 750 meters underground on Wednesday after refusing to return to the surface at the end […]
Read More →NISMA to join protest on Saturday (Gazeta Express)
The Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), through a press release announced that supports the Saturday’s protests organized by the “Cries of Mothers” Association and the Vetevendosje Movement. In the press release it says that NISMA is following with concern the recent development in Kosovo. “The citizens of Kosovo have started to organize protests throughout Kosovo, to […]
Read More →Kosovo to speed up work on visa liberalization (Koha)
Bekim Collaku, the Minister of European Integration, today met the working group on visa liberalization. Collaku briefed the relevant institutions on visa liberalization process and was informed on the remaining challenges in this process. The working group discussed the remaining criteria in the implementation of the roadmap for visa liberalization. “The government of Kosovo has […]
Read More →Albin Kurti, a comeback departure (Koha Ditore)
Adriatik Kelmendi, KTV’s editor-in-chief, writes that Albin Kurti’s announcement that he is stepping down from the post of Vetevendosje leader in order to focus on the grassroots of the party is something that has not been witnessed so far in the region’s political scene. While the decision to withdraw from party’s top position is something […]
Read More →Serbia “not Russian, not anybody else’s puppet” – PM (B92)
DAVOS — Aleksandar Vucic says it is possible to foster friendly relations with Russia and be a member of the EU at the same time, and that Serbia is “nobody’s puppet.” “Serbia is not Russia’s or anyone else’s puppet,” the prime minister told the Swiss tabloid Blick, adding that he “said in Russian President Vladimir […]
Read More →“Compensation for Trepca” report is false – official (B92)
BELGRADE — Marko Djuric has rejected as false the claims that the government is considering “accepting the loss of Trepca in exchange for compensation.” The Belgrade-based daily Danas wrote, quoting anonymous sources and running the piece under the headline, “Serbia expects compensation for Trepca,” that the dispute over the mining complex “will most likely be […]
Read More →Dacic in Pristina without Serbian flag (Vecernje Novosti)
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dacic will go in March in Pristina, where he will participate in the continuation of the ministerial summit of the Western Balkans, whose first meeting was held in Belgrade, at the end of October. Serbian authorities require status neutral format of the meeting i.e. holding of […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 21 January
• Thirty-day detention for Srpska List MP (KTV)
• Kurti not to re-run for Vetëvendosje’s chairperson (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Jablanovic’s dismissal requested (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Opposition against the manner that Veseli is running the Assembly (KTV)
• Prosecutorial Council approves the list of candidates for Prosecutor’s post (RTK1& Klan Kosova)