Shame (Kosova Sot)
In today’s editorial the paper writes that the degradation of the Kosovo Assembly is a result of the country being “captured” by leaders of political parties who came to power through stolen votes and who put their personal interests above those of the people they are called to represent. The paper further writes that yesterday’s […]
Read More →What is in the draft negotiation platform for Chapter 35 (Vecernje Novosti)
According to the paper’s sources text of the draft negotiation platform for Chapter 35, which was handed over on Wednesday in Brussels to the head of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric, has 49 counts, from which most are not status neutral, instead they directly stipulate recognition of Kosovo’s independence. Paper’s […]
Read More →Thaci: Kosovo ready to receive 500 refugees (RTK)
Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci said today at the high-level EU conference “Eastern Mediterranean – Western Balkans Route” in Luxembourg that Kosovo was a place of origin of migrants but is no longer so as a result of a series of measures undertaken by Kosovo institutions. Thac noted that although the current Middle East influx […]
Read More →Simic refutes Stojanovic’s claims (Tanjug)
The Serbian List caucus whip in the Kosovo parliament Slavko Simic rejected today as untruthful claims of Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanovic that they have joined the opposition in its boycott of the work of the Kosovo parliament, and said that discussion over the Association/Community of Serb municipalities was not on the parliament’s agenda. […]
Read More →Kadaj-Bujupi: There will be resistance and protests (KlanKosova)
The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) parliamentary group chief, Donika Kadaj-Bujupi, said that the actions of the opposition parties yesterday were the only way to stop the degradation that is being done to Kosovo. “It was the only way to interrupt the session which the ruling parties claimed it was a regular session. Our […]
Read More →Serbs want repartition of Mitrovica (Telegrafi)
The news site reports that in addition to dividing the city of Mitrovica into southern and northern municipalities, the city could now face another negative development. According to the Brussels Agreement, the Mitrovica South and Mitrovica North must define their cadastral boundaries by October 10. Serbs however want to go beyond the Ahtisaari Package and […]
Read More →Stojanovic: Acts of opposition shame and call on hatred (RTK2,Tanjug)
Deputy Kosovo Prime Minister Branimir Stojanovicn said that yesterday’s acts of opposition MPs in the parliament were great shame and call on hatred. “No matter that some are trying to frighten population in Kosovo that Community (of Serb municipalities) will do harm, that it will jeopardize someone’s life, it is ridiculous and senseless call on […]
Read More →Rasic: Why some Serb MPs took part in the work of the parliament? (RTK2)
Strengthening of nationalism in multi-ethnic Kosovo should not happen, said Serb MP in the Kosovo parliament from the ranks of the Serbian List and chairperson of the Progressive Democratic Party, Nenad Rasic, and added that this was the reason for the boycott of the work of parliament of some Serb MPs. “We were supposed to […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 8 October
• Opposition disrupts Assembly’s work using teargas and whistles (All monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova & KTV)
• Opposition will not stop only with teargas (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Actions of opposition MPs at the Assembly condemned (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1&KTV)
• Next Assembly plenary session scheduled for 15 October (All monitored broadcasters, TV21)
Veseli to meet Quint countries’ ambassadors (Telegrafi)
President of the Kosovo Assembly, Kadri Veseli, will meet today at midday ambassadors of Quint countries in Pristina. The meeting is expected to focus on yesterday’s events at the Assembly where the opposition used teargas in an effort to block its work.
Read More →Vucic: Pristina aims to impose solution sidestepping dialogue (Tanjug)
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic stated on Thursday that Pristina is trying to incorporate provisions on the status on Kosovo in the negotiating platform for Chapter 35 sidestepping the dialogue in Brussels. This has to do with a draft document which is imposing Pristina’s stance on the status of Kosovo, Vucic said, stressing that adopting […]
Read More →Protesting MPs release tear gas in Kosovo parliament (Al Jazeera)
At least two MP’s faint after opposition legislators release clouds of tear gas in protest at deal reached with Serbia. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/protesting-mps-release-tear-gas-kosovo-parliament-151008123407983.html
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