Forget about normalization! (Kosova Sot)
The paper’s front-page editorial notes that, two years since the agreement for the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia, the signs of normalization have yet to be seen. “The authorities of the Republic of Kosovo have no control over the northern part of the country and parallel structures have yet to be dissolved. The […]
Read More →Welcome, cynical ladies and gentlemen! (Koha Ditore)
Publicist Enver Robelli writes in his opinion piece that in an interview for a foreign newspaper, the EULEX chief Gabriele Meucci said that EULEX has no friends in Kosovo and that therefore its job is difficult and close to impossible. Meucci also said in the interview that the Kosovar society is infiltrated by organized crime. […]
Read More →Discussion about Agreement on justice (RTK2)
At the meeting of Parliamentary Committee for Communities, Kosovo Deputy Minister of Justice Lirak Qelaj said that the agreement on justice provides functioning of the unified system of justice throughout the territory, including the north. Qeljaj said that the first steps in implementing the agreement between Pristina and Belgrade, which refer to the integration of […]
Read More →Vucic and Mustafa about area code and energy (Danas)
In Brussels today would continue the political negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina. Unofficially, the theme of today’s dialogue at the “prime-minister level” should be Telecommunications – assignment of a new area code for Kosovo, energy, including the fate of the hydroelectric system Gazivode and substation Valac, as well as the opening of negotiations on the […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 20 April
• President Jahjaga received the US Ambassador for war crimes (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Two Serbs acquitted for murder of KP officer Enver Zymberi (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV& TV21)
• Agreement on judiciary discriminates non-Serb communities (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Anti-corruption Agency investigates Blerim Shala (TV21)
• Position of women in Kosovo not satisfactory (RTK2, RTK1)
• Northerners will not allow removal of barricade over Ibër River (TV21)
• The suspect for attack on two Serbs surrenders to police (TV21)
UNMIK Headlines 21 April
• Official response from Serbia: Thaci would be arrested in Belgrade (Bota Sot)
• Invitation for Thaci’s visit to Belgrade, annulled (Epoka e Re)
• Rapp: Special court needs to be established (Koha Ditore)
• Busek: Special court should not be established (Zeri)
• Movement “FOL” invites Vucic to Pristina (Epoka e Re)
• Mustafa to participate in “Western Balkans’ 6” conference (Bota Sot)
• Implementation of agreement on Civil Protection fails at outset (Koha Ditore)
• Suspects in Enver Zymberi’s murder, acquitted (dailies)
• Hyseni complains in Brussels (Kosova Sot)
• Lunacek values progress in Kosovo (Epoka e Re)
Serbian prime minister to visit Brussels on Tuesday (Blic, Tanjug)
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will visit Brussels on Tuesday, the government’s media relations office said in a release. Vucic will attend a meeting of prime ministers of the Western Balkan countries organized by EU Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn and Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc, which will focus on developing […]
Read More →Serbia quashes talk of landmark visit by Kosovo minister (Reuters)
Serbia has informed its former province of Kosovo that Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci will be arrested if he tries to attend a conference in Belgrade this week in what would have been a landmark visit by the former guerrilla commander. Thaci is invited to a civil society event on regional reconciliation in the Serbian capital […]
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