EU: Kosovo government to prevent irregular migration (Radio Kosova)
Milica Petrovic, the European Commission Press Officer for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, told Radio Kosova on Thursday that the government of Kosovo should take strict measures to prevent the irregular migration. According to Petrovic, Kosovo government should increase its information campaign for immigrants; strengthen border controls in accordance with fundamental rights; investigate bus companies […]
Read More →Dacic: U.S. support Serbian govt’s reforms, objectives (Blic, Politika, Tanjug)
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, who will attend the traditional national prayer breakfast in Washington on Thursday, said this morning that he had very good meetings with U.S. administration officials at the U.S. Congress and State Department and that they had stressed their support for reforms and objectives pursued by the Serbian government. “The United […]
Read More →Kandic: Crimes in Kosovo are documented (Politika, Blic)
Natasa Kandic, Project Coordinator of the “Kosovo Memory Book”, said in Pristina that the book documents the crimes in Kosovo, it is important to tell the truth, to shed light on the events, and the courts to be informed and to prosecute those responsible for the deaths of more than ten thousand people. Kandic said […]
Read More →Serbs step away from leaving government (Vecernje Novosti)
Decision of Isa Mustafa to dismiss Aleksandar Jablanovic from the post of the minister for communities and return had brought into question participation of representatives of the Serbian List in the Kosovo government. Whether they will leave the government might be known already today following their talks with the Serbian Prime Minister, Aleksadar Vucic, in […]
Read More →Kostic: Decision on dismissal is wrong (KIM Radio)
The leader of the Civic Initiative ‘Srpska’ Vladeta Kostic said that decision on dismissal of Aleksandar Jablanovic is wrong. “By doing so, the matrix has been set for any minister in the government, no matter is it Serb or Albanian, to be dismissed due to street protests. Thus, government is not showing the strength and […]
Read More →Germany “not hindering Serbia on its EU path” (B92)
BRUSSELS — Germany “is not hindering Serbia on its European integration path but it still insists on respect of fundamental enlargement process principles.” This is according to German politician and European Parliament Rapporteur for Serbia David McAllister. “As a member of the European Parliament I cannot speak on behalf of the German government but I […]
Read More →Vucic and Hahn to meet in Brussels on February 9 (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will meet with Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn in Brussels on February 9. Vucic and Hahn agreed to meet in a phone call on Thursday. The officials also agreed to intensify their contacts. Vucic and Hahn talked about Serbia’s advancement along the EU […]
Read More →Italian ambassador: irregular migration hinders visa liberalization (Gazeta Express)
The Italian Ambassador to Kosovo, Andreas Ferrarese, told RTK that Kosovo people that are fleeing the country are victims of criminal organizations that promise future in the European Union countries. Ferrerase said that irregular migration is not the solution to the economic situation that Kosovo is currently. According to him, Kosovo people “should stay in […]
Read More →Yes, visa liberalization reduces migration from Kosovo (Koha)
KTV editor-in-chief Adriatik Kelmendi argues in an opinion piece that Kosovars have lost their patience and by fleeing in mass numbers to the West they have decided to throw away the naïve idea that the visa regime policy will prevent the illegal crossing of borders and illegal migration. “In the last couple of months, they […]
Read More →Set the Trojan Horse on Fire (Foreign Policy)
This is the winter of discontent in Kosovo. The lingering euphoria over independence in 2008 has given way to frustration with economic stagnation and political squabbling. Unemployment sits at 45 percent, and an estimated 500,000 of Kosovo’s 1.8 million citizens — the vast majority of whom are ethnic Albanians — live on less than $2 […]
Read More →Mass migration from Kosovo not abating (Tanjug)
PRISTINA – Mass migration from Kosovo do not seem to abate as thousands of families are setting off for some EU countries and their children are even dropping out of schools, Pristina media reported on Wednesday quoting the release issued by the local Ministry of Education. The Kosovo Ministry of Education released alarming statistics late […]
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• Vucic will decide if Srpska remains in coalition with PDK and LDK (KTV)
• No interpellation of Prime Minister for Jablanovic (KTV)
• Hungary negotiates returns of Kosovars with Serbia (KTV)
• FM Thaçi: Illegal migration is as result of the six-month political deadlock (TV21)
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