Vučić will meet Putin on Thursday (Politika)
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will meet on Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Although, Russian Ambassador in Belgrade Alexander Chepurin said there was no official announcement on Vucic’s meeting with Putin – because “meetings at that level are announced only a day or two in advance,” Vucic’s cabinet confirmed that the meeting is scheduled for […]
Read More →Pushkov: Result of vote in UNESCO hard to predict (Tanjug)
The outcome of voting at the UNESCO General Conference on admitting the so-called “Republic of Kosovo” is difficult to predict, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee Alexey Pushkov said yesterday. Russia and its allies oppose the Kosovo’s membership in UNESCO, Pushkov told reporters ahead of the promotion of his book in Serbian […]
Read More →Scanned copies of the registers handed over to Zubin Potok municipality (Kossev)
Last week, 409 copies of registers of births, marriages and deaths, scanned and certified in Nis, were handed over in the premises of the Kosovo Ministry of Internal Affairs. Director of the Office for Civil Registration Lulzim Ejupi did handover of registries. As stated by Ministry officials, Ejupi received the representatives of the municipality Zubin […]
Read More →Justice demanded for the death of woman from domestic violence (Koha)
The death of a 39-year old woman from Suhareka, who was stabbed to death by her husband, has sparked criticism of the Kosovo institutions’ handling of the case as the victim had several times in the past reported her husband for domestic violence. The husband was several times arrested but released shortly after, said the […]
Read More →Bura hampers the ZSO (Vecernje Novosti)
Special Advisor to the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini for dialogue Ana-Maria Bura, otherwise staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece, advocates the prolongation of the agreement on the Community of Serbian municipalities, Vecernje Novosti writes. Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic at a working dinner, which was recently organized by Mogherini in Brussels […]
Read More →Is War About to Break Out in the Balkans? (Foreign Policy)
After 20 years of peace, Republika Srpska threatens to tear apart the agreement that has held Bosnia together. The West must stop it. Lost in the cacophony of international news about Russian airstrikes against U.S.-backed anti-Assad rebels in Syria and refugees flooding through the Balkans on their way to Western Europe, a crisis is brewing […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 26 October
• Haliti: Next Assembly session during this week (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Thaçi accuses the opposition for the blockade (KTV)
• SAA to be signed on Tuesday (All monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova)
• Vetëvendosje reports to internationals (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Women’s Caucus concerned with increase of gender-based violence (Klan Kosova & TV21)
UNMIK Headlines 27 October
• Kosovo to sign Stabilization/Association Agreement with EU today (Zeri)
• AAK to support ratification of SAA (Gazeta Blic)
• Assembly session this week, opposition irritated (Zeri)
• Government rules out possible referendum on agreements (Koha)
• “There is no parliamentary crisis in Kosovo” (Epoka e Re)
• Thaci: A drunken MP can wreck the people (Bota Sot)
• Agreements with Serbia lack status of international agreements (Koha)
• Prosecution gives five-day deadline to opposition MPs (Koha)
• Italy mediates Kosovo-Serbia dialogue on UNESCO membership (Bota Sot)
• Police arrest suspect for the bus stoning incident (Kosova Sot)
Kosovo on the threshold of EU membership (DW)
Kosovo is the last southeastern European country to sign the EU Association Agreement. But the country still has a long road to EU membership. “To us, this is a historic moment, a historic step. Kosovo has begun an irreversible journey towards EU membership,” asserted Kosovo’s minister for EU integration, Bekim Collaku, in an interview with Deutsche […]
Read More →Two Kosovo Serbs Convicted of EU Police Attack (Balkan Insight)
Two Serbs were given suspended sentences for attacking EU rule-of-law mission police and property and endangering UN staff during unrest that flared after Kosovo police were deployed near Serbia’s border. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/two-sentenced-five-acquitted-on-eulex-attack-case-10-26-2015
Read More →Kosovo, EU To Sign Stabilization Pact (RFE/RL)
The European Union will sign a long-awaited stabilization agreement with Kosovo on October 27, establishing closer ties and opening the way to membership for the small Balkan country. http://www.rferl.org/content/kosovo-eu-sign-stabilization-pact-october-27/27328747.html
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- Russian Hackers Accused of Cyberattacks on Kosovo Government Websites - Prishtina Insight 08/05/2024
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