Kosovo granted full recognition by FIBA (dailies)
Kosovo has been accepted as the 215th member federation of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). The decision, taken during the FIBA’s Executive Committee meeting in Geneva, sees the governing body become the latest to formally approve Kosovo’s membership after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) granted full recognition to the Kosovo Olympic Committee at its Session […]
Read More →Failure to comply with the Law on use of languages (VOA)
After almost ten years since the adoption, the Law on Use of Languages in Kosovo is not fully implemented. The real reasons for it are finally discovered, was said at the presentation of the research “Monitoring and evaluation of language rights in Kosovo”, which was conducted by the European Centre for Minority Issues in Kosovo, […]
Read More →Vlajic: Ivanovic’s trial will be over until the end of year (KIM Radio)
Lawyer Nebojsa Vlajic voiced expectation that trial to the leader of the Civic Initiative SDP Olvier Ivanovic, which is ongoing in North Mitrovica, will be over until the end of the year, at latest. “Hearing of witnesses of the prosecution for the case from 1999 is nearing to completion and I believe that it will […]
Read More →Under Pristina’s wings or retirement (Vesti)
Like in case of Serbian police officers who were integrated last year in the Kosovo Police, Kosovo judicial system will integrate Serbian judges, prosecutors and judicial administrative staff in Kosovo and Metohija until the 1 September. Their employment in the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Serbia will end on 25 March. Serbian judges […]
Read More →Will anyone from the EU ‘five’ recognize Pristina (Politika)
Minister for European Integration in the Serbian government Jadranka Joksimovic says that there is pressure on EU states that didn’t recognize Kosovo. We again have a reinforced and obviously orchestrated pressure from the part of the European Union and the US on five EU states that didn’t recognize Kosovo to do it. European Parliament, as […]
Read More →FIBA grants Kosovo full membership, Serbia unhappy (Reuters)
World basketball’s governing body FIBA has granted Kosovo full membership amid Serbia’s request to make sure that clubs or national teams from the two countries never meet at any level. “The decision comes on the back of the International Olympic Committee granting full recognition to the Kosovo Olympic Committee in December 2014,” FIBA said on […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 15 March
• Hoti: Many institutions have violated the Law on Public Procurement (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Hyseni: Kosovo has not yet applied for membership in Interpol (TV21)
• Kosovo Assembly to discuss Mustafa’s Governmental Plan (KTV)
• No EU visa liberalization for Kosovo on sight (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Air traffic controllers request from government financial support (Klan Kosova)
UNMIK Headlines 16 March
• Serbian List will vote in favor of special court, but not for KAF (Koha)
• Veseli: The time to come back (Koha)
• Mustafa: Special court will not harm Kosovo’s image (Bota Sot)
• Konjufca: Special court is against the KLA (Zeri)
• Agreement with Serbian List, not implemented (Zeri)
• Special Investigative Task Force, indictments ready (dailies)
• German Chancellor invites Kosovo PM to visit Germany (Bota Sot)
• President Jahjaga visits Switzerland (Epoka e Re)