Eurostat: Over quarter of asylum seekers come from Kosovo (Tanjug)
Over one quarter of 185,000 people who applied for asylum in the EU in the first quarter of the year are inhabitants of Kosovo, which makes them the most numerous category among asylum-seekers, states the report of EU statistical office Eurostat released on Thursday. With almost 49,000 asylum requests, ethnic Albanians rank above citizens of […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 18 June
• Kosovo Assembly urges Slovenia to release Haradinaj (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Slovenian PM Cerar promises fast review of Haradinaj case (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Slovenian businesses in Prishtinë/Pristina attacked (Most monitored, Klan Kosova, KTV)
• Zbogar proposes solution for the ‘Peace Park’ (Klan Kosova)
• Parish house in Vushtrri/Vucitrn stoned (RTK2)
• Prizren Mayor disappointed with his directors (KTV)
Jevtić, Kostić: Collective centers to be closed (KIM Radio)
Minister for Communities and Return in the Kosovo government Dalibor Jevtić and Mayor of Gračanica/Graçanicë Vladeta Kostić yesterday agreed that collective centers should be closed as soon as possible on the territory of Gračanica/Graçanicë Municipality, and other municipalities, too. Jevtić and Kostić yesterday signed the agreement on division of rights and obligations beetwen the Ministry and Gračanica/Graçanicë Municipality with […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 19 June
• Slovenia waiting for ICTY reply on Haradinaj (Zeri)
• Assembly urges government to send letter of protest to Slovenia (dailies)
• PM Mustafa has a phone conversation with Slovenian counterpart (Bota Sot)
• Vandalism targeting Slovenian businesses in Kosovo condemned (dailies)
• Demarcation with Montenegro according to 1974 Constitution (Epoka e Re)
• Legal shortcomings, a result of UNMIK regulations (Kosova Sot)
Belgrade Media Report 18 June 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic and Ashton again on Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Danas)
• Ramush Haradinaj from Decani via Hague to Ljubljana (RTS)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• A new coalition in the FB&H possible? (klix.ba)
• Cavara: FB&H has parliamentary majority (Oslobodjenje)
• Covic: FB&H government at current capacity for another month or two (Oslobodjenje)
• Report of urgent reforms for Macedonia as Besimi meets with Hahn in Brussels (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo Urges Slovenia to Free Former PM (AP)
• EU Counts 185,000 Asylum Seekers, Led by Kosovo, Syria (Bloomberg)
• ‘Shock and surprise’ over Hungary’s plan to build fence along Serbian border (AP)
• Serbia-Turkey Ties Crucial for Balkans, Experts Say (BIRN)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Court Indicts Twelve Suspected Islamic State Fighters (Hetq Online)
• Macedonia, Greece Mull Steps to Rebuild Trust (BIRN)
Where the past isn’t even past (The Economist)
A special court to try Kosovars for war crimes moves closer
Read More →Kosovo urges Slovenia to release detained ex-PM (Reuters)
Kosovo’s prime minister has called his Slovenian counterpart to ask for the release of a Kosovar opposition leader and former guerrilla commander detained on Wednesday on a war crimes warrant issued by Serbia. The arrest of Ramush Haradinaj, who served briefly as prime minister of Kosovo in 2004-05, has infuriated Kosovars, many of whom consider […]
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