More than 300 Albanians from Kumanovo found temporary shelter in Presevo (Danas)
Police and Customs services performed their duties normally at the Presevo border crossing, during the clashes in Kumanovo. The buses, transporting tourists to the resorts in Greece were regularly passing. Border police denied the allegations of some media that the crossing was closed during the fiercest escalation of conflicts, which occurred between FYROM security forces […]
Read More →Belgrade, Pristina to discuss energy issues in Brussels (Dailies)
Director of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric will take part in talks on the issues related to the energy sector, as part of the Belgrade-Pristina technical dialogue, in Brussels on Monday. The Djuric-led Belgrade delegation will include representatives of the Office for KiM and Minister of Energy and Mining Aleksandar Antic, […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 11 May
Police operation in Kumanovo ends, Kosovo journalists released (All monitored broadcasters, TV21&KTV) Although heavy police forces have withdrawn from the neighbourhood where the fighting occurred, tense situation goes on in Kumanovo, Macedonia. Mayor of Kumanovo declared extraordinary situation in the municipality. In the meantime, the OSCE representatives have entered the “Lagja e Trimave” neighbourhood to […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 11 May
• 22 killed in Kumanovo clashes (dailies)
• NLA announces even harsher actions (Koha)
• Kosovo politicians react against violence in FYROM (Zeri)
• Kosovo deploys special police along border with FYROM (Koha)
• Kosovo insisting on implementation of agreements (Epoka e Re)
The false peace (Kosova Sot)
The paper’s front-page editorial notes that the international community’s intervention in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia may have secured several years of peace, the Ohrid Agreement and regional partnership, but in the long-term this country faces great uncertainties mainly due to the poor treatment of Albanians and the majority’s lack of respect for the […]
Read More →NATO and EU are equally responsible for situation in FYROM (Koha)
Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj notes in his opinion piece that “the European Union and NATO have invested so much energy and attention to the ‘name issue’ that for years they have ignored the real and increasing problems in Macedonia”. According to Palokaj, “NATO and the EU have proved powerless vis-à-vis an irrational Greek blockade, and […]
Read More →Serbia’s Prime Minister Charts an Uncertain Course West (The Wall Street Journal)
A year into office, Aleksandar Vucic says ‘no turning back’ on EU membership bid BELGRADE— Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s 45-year-old prime minister, has a reputation for combining brawn with brains. A law student as the former Yugoslavia began to unravel a quarter century ago, Mr. Vucic, then a fervent Serb nationalist, studied hard during the week, […]
Read More →Macedonia blames Kosovans for deadly Kumanovo clashes (BBC)
Macedonia says five Kosovans led the armed group which was involved in deadly clashes with security forces in the northern town of Kumanovo. Eight officers and 14 gunmen were killed in the fighting, Interior ministry spokesman Ivo Kotevski said. Those named were members of the now dismantled Kosovo Liberation Army. Mr Kotevski said the operation […]
Read More →Kosovo’s youths flee in search of jobs, opportunity amid political, economic crisis (Washington Times)
Mentor Hajrizi was saying goodbye to six of his relatives at the city bus station as they departed for the Serbian-Hungarian border, where they planned to illegally cross into the European Union. He likely will not be seeing them back in his hometown of Vushtrri in northern Kosovo anytime again soon. “My family needs a better […]
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