Petition for construction of monument to the Serbian victims (RTK2)
The Association of Families of Kidnapped and Murdered in Kosovo marked the 17th anniversary of the first mass kidnapping in Kosovo and initiated collecting signatures for the construction of the monument for the Serbian victims in Belgrade. “As an Association, we will initiate a petition so that the state, citizens, veterans’ organizations, the Ministry of […]
Read More →West makes the order in the Balkans (Blic)
The arrest of Bosnian wartime commander Naser Oric, who was arrested 12 days ago at the airport in Bern according to the Serbian arrest warrant, is in the hands of the Swiss investigating authorities. They have a deadline for taking decision, which expires in next five days. Serbian request for extradition will be rejected, claim […]
Read More →Vucic and Mustafa to reach agreement on area code and “Peace Park”? (Politika)
At least on two agenda items, out of the four planned for today’s talks in Brussels between negotiations teams of Belgrade and Pristina, will be reached a “final agreement”, Politika learn. “Most probably they will close issues on telecommunication and the bridge over the Ibar river, that connects the North and South part of Mitrovica” […]
Read More →Serbia, Kosovo Under Pressure to Reach Deals (Balkan Insight)
The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo continued EU-mediated talks on Tuesday with the focus on energy, communications, Mitrovica and the Association of Serbian Municipalities in Kosovo.
Read More →UNMIK (UN), EULEX (EU) and their standards (Zeri)
Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) Bilall Sherifi in an opinion piece published in Zeri and several online media writes that since the end of the conflict in Kosovo, prosecution of war crimes was an exclusive competency of international missions in Kosovo. Initially, it was UNMIK that investigated and tried war crimes until 2008 when this responsibility […]
Read More →No construction activity in Kroi i Vitakut today (Koha)
Albanian residents of the Kroi i Vitakut neighbourhood in the northern part of Mitrovica changed their position regarding resuming construction work on their houses today. Earlier, neighbourhood representatives said they would continue construction today but they have now decided to wait for the outcome of talks between Pristina and Belgrade representatives in Brussels.
Read More →Freedom House: Kosovo democracy level at 5.14 (Koha)
According to the newest Freedom House report “Nations in Transit”, there is no consolidated democracy in any of the Balkans countries while four out of seven countries registered have recorded a decline in their democracy level. Kosovo, which scored 5.14, has been ranked amongst the countries with semi-consolidated authoritarian regime along with Armenia and Kyrgyzstan […]
Read More →Kosovo to host regional community policing conference (Telegrafi)
Kosovo Police and OSCE mission in Kosovo are hosts to a regional conference in Pristina that is to take place today. The conference is about community policing and efficient use of security forums in communities. International community policing and public safety experts will share their experiences with representatives from Belgrade, Podgorica, Pristina, Skopje, Tirana and […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 22 June
• Opposition against ‘smuggling’ of the Special Court draft law (Klan Kosova, RTK1& KTV)
• Women raped during the war feel misused (RTK1)
• Houses reconstruction at Kroi i Vitakut resumed and stopped again (All monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• National strategy on property rights launched (RTK2, TV21)
• Kamenicë/Kamenica mayor insult and expels KTV crew from Assembly room (KTV)
• Construction of location for Christian cemeteries in Llapushnik suspended (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
UNMIK Headlines 23 June
• Pristina and Belgrade expected to reach agreement on telecom (Koha)
• Content of draft law on specialized chambers (RTK)
• Association/Community to legitimize north’s illegal structures (Zeri)
• Government wants to fund defense of special court indictees (Koha)
• Hodzic: Mitrovica mayors to discuss “Peace Park” in Brussels (Koha)
• Albanians say they will resume construction in Kroi i Vitakut (Koha)
• Islamic, Catholic communities concerned over Llapushnik cemetery (Zeri)
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