Kosovo cannot join international organizations (TV Most)
The refusal of the General Assembly of UNESCO to accept Kosovo membership confirmed the commitment of that organization to the principles of international law stipulated by the UN SC Resolution 1244. Kosovo, which is still controlled by the UN, cannot be considered a legal state and therefore cannot aspire to membership in international institutions, and […]
Read More →Simic: Outcome of voting shows that sense prevailed (Tanjug, RTK2)
The chairperson of the Serbian List Slavko Simic said to Tanjug that during the voting on Kosovo’s membership in UNESCO sense of some ambassadors prevailed and they brought good decision not to support Kosovo’s bid to become a member of this organization. “We know what happened in last 16 years to our churches and monasteries, […]
Read More →A/CSM a mechanism for protection, development and return of Serbs (KIM Radio)
Creation of the Association/Community of Serb municipalities (A/CSM) has no alternative because it is the only mechanism for protection, development and return of Serbs, said ministers in the Kosovo government Jevtic and Maric at a meeting with the Vice-President of the European Parliament Urlike Lunacek. Minister for Communities and Return Dalibor Jevtic and Minister for […]
Read More →Sava Janjic to be declared ‘persona non grata’ in Kosovo (KIM Radio)
Director of the Department for Public Communication at the Kosovo Ministry for Diaspora Lorik Pustina wrote on his Twitter account that “Sava Janjic should be declared ‘persona non grata’ in Kosovo. Pustina believes that it should be done because of “spreading ethnic hatred and intolerance.” In a separate tweet, this official of the Kosovo government […]
Read More →Slovak FM explains his country’s vote against Pristina’s bid (B92, RTS, Beta)
Slovakia voted against Kosovo’s UNESCO bid because Belgrade and Pristina are expected to table such proposals in mutual agreement. According to the Beta agency, this is what Slovakian Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak said in the wake of the UNESCO General Conference vote where Pristina’s bid to join the organization failed on Monday. Lajcak also noted […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 9 November
• Kosovo fails to become a member of UNESCO (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Lunacek: Kosovo to request change in dialogue (Klan Kosova)
• Court of Appeal leaves two PDK MPs without mandate (KTV)
• Vetëvendosje municipal councillor Ylli Hoxha released (Klan Kosova & KTV)
• Candidates for Constitutional Court members took written test (RTK1)
UNMIK Headlines 10 November
• US and UK disappointed with UNESCO vote (Kosova Sot)
• Veseli: We shouldn’t be discouraged (Epoka e Re)
• Mustafa: We will win over any racist campaign against Kosovo (Bota Sot)
• Thaci says dialogue with Serbia will continue (RTK)
• Lunacek irritated by votes against Kosovo in UNESCO (dailies)
• CDHRF: Continuing dialogue with Serbia is senseless (Koha)
Kosovo fails in bid to gain UNESCO membership (Reuters)
The United Nations’ cultural agency UNESCO narrowly voted against granting Kosovo full membership on Monday in a decision that Serbia hailed as a diplomatic victory. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/09/us-kosovo-serbia-unesco-idUSKCN0SY1CW20151109#joPB6IQzTgWs1mXu.97
Read More →Unesco Rejects Kosovo Membership in a Victory for Serbia (NYT)
Unesco, the United Nations’ cultural agency, narrowly denied Kosovo membership on Monday, handing a sizable political victory to Serbia, which had fought a fierce battle against the bid for months. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/10/world/europe/unesco-rejects-kosovo-membership-in-a-victory-for-serbia.html?_r=0
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