World Bank supports Kosovo in extending internet in rural areas (Epoka e Re)
Unleashing development opportunities in rural Kosovo requires access to communication infrastructure and information. In this vein, the World Bank and the Ministry of Economic Development of Kosovo have officially launched the first phase of a grant-financed technical assistance project entitled “Innovative and Green Growth for Rural Areas of Kosovo”, aimed at providing an analytical foundation […]
Read More →Kosovo Migrants Flown Home from Hungary (Balkan Insight)
Around 70 Kosovar immigrants were flown back from Budapest to Prishtina on a flight organized by the Ministry of Interior of Kosovo. The passengers were a wider group of Kosovar migrants to countries including Austria, Sweden, Germany, Slovakia, Finland and Hungary whose temporary asylum status in these countries had expired. They were sent to Budapest […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 26 February
• Ombudsperson Kurteshi accuses Constitutional Court (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Assembly elects new Judicial Council members (Most monitored broadcasters,TV21)
• Morina: KPC has met its constitutional obligations (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Minister Tahiri asks EU officials to dissolve Civil Protection (RTK2)
• Interpol issues 17 arrest warrants for crimes committed in Kosovo (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV&TV21)
UNMIK Headlines 27 February
• Kosovo Assembly holds plenary session (dailies)
• Hyseni: Belgrade to pursue war criminals (Zeri)
• Ombudsperson accuses Constitutional Court of ruling forgery (Koha Ditore)
• Kosovo helps US in combating tax evasion (dailies)
• EU concerned with influx of asylum seekers from the Balkans (Koha Ditore)
Belgrade Media Report 26 February 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic: Detention of Ivanovic and others is abuse of law (RTS)
• Cuba supports Serbia’s position on Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Detention extended for Ivanovic (Tanjug)
• Kosovo places Stojanovic on Interpol’s warrant (Politika)
• Vulin: Time and place or issuing warrant not accidental (Tanjug)
• Seselj: Interpol’s warrant continuation of pressure on government (Beta)
• Obradovic: No illegal immigrants crossed border in last two days (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• No agreement on formation of the new FB&H Government (Srna)
• Dodik: Law on B&H gas unacceptable transfer of jurisdictions – RS will oppose it (Oslobodjenje)
• Dodik: Message to all ambassadors in B&H is to stay out of internal matters (Srna)
• Wounded jihadists medically treated in FB&H (Glas Srpske/Srna)
• Zaev: Fourth series of secret recordings (Tanjug)
• Gruevski: Zaev undermines the system and endangers citizens’ privacy (MIA)
• Xucla: False is that I asked for monitoring Macedonia (MIA)
• Kitarovic visiting B&H 3rd of March (Srna)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Wave of Kosovan migration sparks unease in European capitals (Financial Times)
• What next for Kosovo Serbs? (TransConflict)
• Amnesty Gives Balkans Mixed Verdict on Rights (Balkan Insight)
• OP-ED: The disaster of Kosovo should be a warning to all humanitarian interventionists (The Week)
• Appeals court: Former Bosnian prison guard can be extradited (Associated Press)
Warrant a new trap for Belgrade (Vecernje Novosti)
Momir Stojanovic former head of the Military Security Agency, current SNS MP and head of the Committee for control of the security services, has ended up on the ‘red’ Interpol’s warrant. Retired general was informed about it, as we learned, on Monday through Serbian Interpol bureau, that it Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs. The list […]
Read More →Serbs not participating in today’s Kosovo parliament session (KIM Radio)
The Serbian List caucus whip in the Kosovo parliament Sasa Milosavljevic stated that MPs from that list will not take part in today’s parliament session. “MPs from the Serbian List are still waiting to be summoned for a meeting with the Prime Minister of Serbia and representatives of the Serbian Government with regard to decision […]
Read More →Government to receive draft law on Kosovo Armed Forces next week (Koha)
Kosovo Security Force Minister Haki Demolli said that the draft law on the establishment of Kosovo Armed Forces (KAF) will be presented to the government next week. He added however that before a draft law on transformation of the KSF into KAF is passed, the Kosovo Assembly needs to vote in favour of constitutional changes. […]
Read More →Thaci to visit Germany early March (Kosovapress)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Hashim Thaci, is expected to visit German early March on invitation of his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Apart from discussing ways to deepen cooperation, Thaci will also discuss with his German host economic and trade exchange between Kosovo and Germany.
Read More →Natasa Kandic to be awarded honorary citizenship of Gjakova/Djakovica (Telegrafi)
Municipal Assembly of Gjakova/Djakovica approved the proposal to award the Serbian human rights activist, Natasa Kandic, honorary citizenship.
Read More →Detention extended to Oliver Ivanovic for another two months (KoSSev)
Detention to Oliver Ivanovic was extended yesterday for another two months, communicated Ivanovic’s party CI SDP ‘Oliver Ivanovic’ on its official Facebook and Twitter accounts commenting it as ‘shameful’. Ivanovic is in detention as of 27 January 2014. His detention has been extended despite none of ten witnesses of the prosecution, who were questioned so […]
Read More →Europe, Kosovo people are also entitled to free movement (Koha Ditore)
The former RTK Belgrade-based correspondent, Fahri Musliu, writes in an opinion piece that the lack of visa liberalization is the main cause of the recent irregular migration of Kosovo people towards European Union (EU). Musliu writes that the EU is responsible for Kosovo people taking the “route through hell”, spending their money and putting their […]
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