Djuric: Decision of Pristina ‘kills’ the dialog (Vecernje Novosti)
Decision of the Constitutional Court to suspend the agreement on the Community / Association of Serb municipalities (ZSO), Pristina kills the dialogue and any mutual trust, said the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric. “Serbia will not stay silent before the cracking of the Brussels agreement basis and our understanding with […]
Read More →Stojanovic: Burnt returnee houses will be reconstructed (Blic)
Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanovic promised to the returnees in the village of Siga near Pec that Kosovo Government will rebuild two recently burnt houses. “We will rebuild the burned houses, by which will be sent a message to the perpetrators and to those who supposed to find the perpetrators, that rebuilding of the […]
Read More →Simic: Pristina tries to delay the main part of the agreement (Vecernje Novosti)
President of the Serbian list in Kosovo Assembly Slavko Simic said that the decision of the Kosovo Constitutional Court to suspend the part of the Brussels Agreement is an attempt to postpone the implementation of a key element of the agreement – establishment of the Association / Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO). Simic said that […]
Read More →Drecun: Unacceptable move (Vecernje Novosti)
Chairman of the Committee for Kosovo of the Serbian Assembly Milovan Drecun said that although the move of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo about the agreement on the Association / Community of Serb municipalities (ZSO) could be interpreted as a procedural step, one cannot avoid the conclusion that this was a deliberate move to obstruct […]
Read More →Two new EPS companies soon in the north (KIM Radio)
Two new companies, ‘EPS trgovina’ and ‘Elektrosever’ are expected to become operational in next couple weeks in northern Kosovo and will have direct links with the Serbian Energy Company (SEC). Companies will be registered in Pristina and they will enable unhindered implementation of SEC business policy, said executive director of SEC Aleksandar Obradovic to TV […]
Read More →Pristina takes hard the failure of ‘UNESCO operation’ (Tanjug, RTK2)
Decision of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo on temporary suspension of the Brussels Agreement could be expected and it shows that Pristina took very hard the failure of ‘UNESCO operation’, stated leader of the Civic Initiative SDP Oliver Ivanovic. Ivanovic said to Tanjug that failure of Kosovo’s bid to win membership in UNESCO has hit […]
Read More →Vulin: Pristina believes that violation of the agreements is allowed (Vecernje Novosti)
In regards to the decision of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo to suspend agreement on the formation of the Community of Serb municipalities (ZSO), Serbian Minister of Labour, Employment, Veterans and Social Policy Aleksandar Vulin said that it will be a test for the EU, adding that Pristina believes that violation of the agreement is […]
Read More →Vucic thanks Russia on voting in UNESCO (Tanjug, Politika)
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic yesterday received Russian Ambassador Aleksandar Chepurin and thanked him on wholehearted support of Russia during voting on Kosovo’s membership in UNESCO at the General Conference, which decided not to admit Kosovo to this organization. Chepurin yesterday addressed citizens who gathered in front of the Russian Embassy in Belgrade to express […]
Read More →Maric: Decision of the Constitutional Court will complicate Brussels talks (Vecernje Novosti)
Coordinator of the team for the establishment of the Community / Association of Serbian Municipalities (ZSO), Ljubomir Maric, said that the decision of the Kosovo Constitutional Court to suspend part of the Brussels agreement related to the ZSO is a bad message. “The Constitutional Court brought decision on suspension only one day after UNESCO’s decision […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 11 November
• Constitutional Court temporarily suspends agreement on Association (dailies)
• Jahjaga: Association affects constitutional order (Koha Ditore)
• Were it not for challenges, Kosovo would have been EU member (Koha)
• Lunacek: EU should liberalize visas for Kosovo (Epoka e Re)
• AKJ demands security for journalists (Zeri)
• EULEX launches investigations against its former prosecutor Bamieh (Koha)
• Civil society: Political responsibility and review of dialogue (Zeri)
• Selimi: UNESCO campaign united Kosovo people (Epoka e Re)
OSCE Broadcast 10 November
• Court suspends Agreement on the Association with interim measure (All monitored broadcasters, KTV&TV21)
• EC Progress Report on Kosovo issued (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Kosovo Government continues dialogue with Serbia (KTV)
• AKJ welcomed Progress Report findings on freedom of expression (RTK1)
• Opposition parties consider Veseli call as a naive effort (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Serb representatives visited a burned house in Cigë village of Pejë/Pec (RTK2, Klan Kosova)
Kosovo deal to empower Serbs is put on hold by constitutional court (The Guardian)
Kosovo’s constitutional court has put on hold an EU-brokered agreement that would give greater powers to local Serb communities after it was challenged by the opposition, which wants the deal scrapped. Read more at: www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/11/kosovo-deal-to-empower-serbs-is-put-on-hold-by-constitutional-court
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