Loading...
You are here:  Home  >  2015  >  January  >  28  -  Page 2
Latest

The protest of Serbian journalists (KIM Radio)

By   /  28/01/2015  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Serbian journalists from Kosovo requested the response of the security authorities, representatives of Kosovo and international institutions, because of the attack on journalists of RTS, B92 and RTK2, during protests which were held on Saturday.  President of the Association of Journalists of Kosovo and Metohija Budimir Ničić said that Serbian journalists are not afraid of […]

Read More →
Latest

Mustafa: Trepca is not protected by those who vandalize Pristina (Koha)

By   /  28/01/2015  /  Articles from Kosovo media  /  No Comments

Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa in a meeting of the government today expressed regret over the people injured in the protest yesterday and the support for the police in guaranteeing a safe and secure environment. He reiterated that the protest was politically motivated. “The main cause of yesterday’s escalation of the protest was the […]

Read More →
Latest

Freedom House: Kosovo, partly free (Radio Free Europe)

By   /  28/01/2015  /  Articles from Kosovo media  /  No Comments

The US-based human rights watchdog Freedom House in its annual Freedom in the World report ranked Kosovo among the partly free countries. For the first time however, Kosovo was included in the group of countries with electoral freedom due to the comparatively successful conduct of June elections and subsequent agreement by rival parties to form […]

Read More →
Latest

Balkan is the largest security hole in EU (Novi Magazin)

By   /  28/01/2015  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Balkan is the biggest security hole in Europe, which was recognized and by terrorists, because most of the arms that they are using is coming from the region, according to the Vienna daily “Kronen Zeitung”. List indicates that the assassins in Paris used a weapon that is originating from the Balkans, where currently, according to […]

Read More →
Latest

Protests do not discredit Kosovo (Gazeta Blic)

By   /  28/01/2015  /  Opinions  /  No Comments

Tirana based opinion writer for this news portal,  Mero Baze, writes that Kosovo faced on Tuesday one of the most violent days since June 1999. Protest, called by the opposition parties, escalated with violent actions against the police, state institutions and private businesses, after a climate of depression, economic stalemate and a six-month political crisis. […]

Read More →
Latest

Djuric: Protests in Pristina due to the poor economic situation (RTS)

By   /  28/01/2015  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

The real reasons for the protest in Pristina are economic and social, not political, say the director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric. The property question will certainly be on the agenda of the talks in Brussels, said Djuric. Marko Djuric, visiting the RTS morning news, said that 15 years nobody deals […]

Read More →
Latest

Police, protesters fight running battles in Kosovo (Reuters)

By   /  28/01/2015  /  International  /  No Comments

Riot police fought running battles with protesters hurling rocks and petrol bombs in Kosovo’s capital Pristina on Tuesday in the worst unrest since the former Serbian province seceded in 2008. Triggered by remarks by an ethnic Serb cabinet minister and a row over a disputed mine, the violence was a potent reminder of the depth […]

Read More →
Latest

OSCE Broadcast 27 January

By   /  28/01/2015  /  OSCE broadcast report  /  No Comments

• OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns violent protests (RTK1 23:00)
• Kosovo police used tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters
o (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1, KTV)
• PM Mustafa and DPM Thaçi consider the protest as politically motivated
o (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• President Jahjaga calls for peace and restoration of order (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Jacobson: Destruction of public and private property is criminal act (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Maxhuni: Police used necessary and proportional force (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Serb journalists called on institutions to condemn recent attacks (RTK2)

Read More →
Latest

UNMIK Headlines 28 January

By   /  28/01/2015  /  UNMIK Media Reports - Morning Edition  /  No Comments

• UNMIK concerned by violent events in Pristina (Zeri, Kosova Sot, Epoka e Re)
• Mustafa & Thaci: Protest was about greed for power (dailies)
• Kurti: Protests will continue (dailies)
• Statement by Kosovo government on protest (dailies)
• Statement by Kosovo President on the protest (dailies)
• US Ambassador: Destruction of private property a criminal act (dailies)
• Two police officers seriously injured in yesterday’s protest (Kosova Sot)
• Hyseni: Jablanovic’s statement unimportant, no permission to protest (Koha)
• Stojanovic: Mustafa never asked for Jablanovic’s dismissal (Kosova Sot)

Read More →