Opposition disrupts Kosovo’s Parliament session; wants Serbia, Montenegro deals canceled (AP)
Kosovo’s opposition used tear gas and pepper spray inside Parliament and pelted police with rocks and pink paint outside the building Tuesday in another attempt to force the government to renounce recent deals with Serbia and Montenegro. http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/11/17/kosovo-parliament-session-halted-by-oppositions-tear-gas
Read More →Destroyers of holy shrines must go before the court (Vesti, TV Most)
In three days of violence in March 2004, ten Serbs have been killed, 35 churches and monasteries burned and 935 facilities owned by Serbs, 4,012 Serbs expelled from six towns and nine villages in Kosovo. Precisely that was one of the main arguments of Serbia why Pristina does not deserve membership in UNESCO. The Serbian […]
Read More →We are not interested in the game of Pristina (Vecernje Novosti)
Serbian political representatives from Pristina stated that their participation in Kosovo government would be senseless in case the Community / Association of Serb municipalities (ZSO) will not be formed. “We will support the Serbian List in their struggle for full implementation of coalition agreement. We are also offering support to our representatives related to the […]
Read More →A/CSM will be created (Beta)
The chairperson of the Serbian List Slavko Simic said yesterday that Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities (A/CSM) will be created despite political instability in Kosovo. Simic said to Beta agency that current instability has been created by political parties of Kosovo Albanians, however it did not avoid Serbs either. He voiced hope that all that is […]
Read More →Nato in charge for security in Kosovo (RTK2)
Terrorist attacks in Paris have provoked a question throughout the world about protection from this kind of violence. Analyst from Kosovo Naim Maloku argues that extreme radicalism is a global problem to which Kosovo is not immune either. “France can’t do it on its own, nor can any state fight the global terrorism on its […]
Read More →Teargas used again at the Assembly session today (Kosovo media)
Opposition representatives used pepper spray and teargas today in an effort to block the work of the Kosovo Assembly. Vetevendosje MP Albin Kurti released pepper spray in the direction of the government ministers which then led to the ruling coalition MPs vacating the hall where the session was taking place and resuming it in an […]
Read More →AAK: Mustafa should have dismissed demarcation commission today (Koha)
The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) said in a press release that the least that Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa had to do today ahead of the Assembly session was to dismiss the Kosovo Government commission on border demarcation with Montenegro and launch investigations into its actions. “The normal reflection of this government […]
Read More →Tear gas and pepper spray fired – again – in Kosovo parliament (Reuters/Daily Mail)
Opposition lawmakers in Kosovo fired tear gas and pepper spray in parliament on Tuesday, the latest such incident in a deepening political crisis over relations with former master Serbia. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3321736/Tear-gas-pepper-spray-fired—Kosovo-parliament.html
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 17 November
• King Abdullah of Jordan to visit Kosovo today (dailies)
• Opposition: Today’s Assembly session to be called off (Kosova Sot)
• Vetevendosje to protest today in front of Assembly building (Infokusi)
• Delawie: Real provocation is violence in Assembly (Epoka e Re)
• Veseli suggests calling Assembly session to discuss border demarcation (Koha)
• After attacks in Paris, Kosovo increases security measures (Epoka e Re)
• EU to respect Constitutional Court’s decision (Koha Ditore)
• Hoxha: Progress Report, a hypocrisy towards Kosovo (Zeri)
OSCE Broadcast 15 November
• Assembly convenes on Tuesday to approve the budget (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Delawie considers use of violence to disrupt the Assembly as real provocation (RTK1)
• Opposition to organize anti-Government rally on 28 November (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Kosovo increases security measures following Paris attacks (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• VV criticizes EC Progress Report (Klan Kosova & KTV)
• Legal framework on tolerance not being implemented in practice(RTK2)
Kosovo Detains Terror Suspects Returning From Turkey (RFE/RL)
Authorities in Kosovo say they have arrested three people suspected of organizing and taking part in terrorist activities. Read more at: http://www.rferl.org/content/kosovo-turkey-terror-suspects/27368880.html
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