On principles that must be laid out (Koha Ditore)
Lumir Abdixhiku, executive director of the Pristina-based research institute RIINVEST, writes in an opinion piece that dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade must happen but that “the process should respect some general principles that Kosovars need to lay out”. The first and most important principle, according to Abdixhiku, should be national unity. “National unity is important […]
Read More →Kosovo’s image scares investors, meeting hears (Balkan Insight)
At a meeting on a new law on strategic investment in Kosovo, participants blamed corruption, weak rule of law and the ongoing political crisis for the poor rate of foreign investment. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-s-image-scares-investors-away–01-28-2016
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 29 January
• Delawie: Special court to try the people that Kosovars cannot (Telegrafi)
• Government: Association in compliance with the Constitution (Zeri)
• European Parliament hails signing of SAA with Kosovo (Epoka e Re)
• Council of Europe passes resolution on Kosovo (dailies)
• Scenarios that empower UNMIK (RTV Dukagjini/Telegrafi)
• Konjufca: No coordination between Pristina and Tirana (Kosovapress)
• Opposition parties silent on quorum for election of president (Koha)
• Tahiri: Elections in Serbia could slow down dialogue (Epoka e Re)
• AAK agrees to return to Assembly to vote on election reform (Lajmi)
Kosovo Serb Leader Ivanovic Back Behind Bars (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo Serb political party chief Ivanovic, who was under house arrest pending his appeal against his recent war crimes conviction for ordering ethnic Albanians’ murders, was ordered back into custody. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-serb-war-criminal-back-in-custody-01-28-2016
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 28 January 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Brussels talks, process of formation of ZSO unblocked (RTS)
• Djuric denies Mustafa’s statements (Tanjug)
• Mogherini: “Serbia and Kosovo confirmed mutual recognition of diplomas and license plates” (New Serbian Political Thought)
• Dikovic meets with Schissler (Tanjug)
• EP: Serbia devoted to normalization of relations with Pristina (RTS/Beta/Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Fahrudin Radoncic ordered into custody (Fena)
• B&H Court: A one-month custody for Radoncic within the legal deadline, Radoncic: This is a political process (Nezavisne)
• RS government finds coordination mechanism related story finished (Srna)
• Attempt to incriminate Dodik – attack on RS (Srna)
• Inzko: 2016 offers opportunity to take a decisive step forward (Srna)
• Milo Djukanovic’s government won the vote of confidence (RTCG)
• SDSM accepts State Election Commission proposal for purification of the voter’s list (MIA)
• Azem Vlasi, a political analyst and a lawyer: Radoncic is a victim of a political persecution (Dnevni avaz)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Balkans Foreign affairs MEPs assess reform efforts of Serbia and Kosovo in 2015 (eureporter.co)
• Macedonia Starts Cleaning up Electoral Roll (BIRN)
Council of Europe to discuss situation in Kosovo today (Koha)
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe today will discuss and vote the draft resolution titled “The situation in Kosovo and the role of the Council of Europe”. This draft-resolution was initially voted in the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy. Kosovo media report that three articles of the resolution included after Serbia’s proposal on […]
Read More →AAK demands early elections after Mustafa’s travel to Brussels (Indeksonline)
The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) reacted after yesterday’s meeting between Kosovo PM Isa Mustafa and Serbia PM Aleksandar Vucic. “The AAK considers that after the decision of the Constitutional Court which said the agreement on Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities is not entirely in line with the Constitution, PM Mustafa has lost the […]
Read More →Islamic State hacker from Kosovo makes first US appearance in federal court (Reuters)
A Kosovo resident accused of hacking the personal data of more than a thousand U.S. officials and sending it to Islamic State militants in Syria appeared in U.S. federal court in Virginia on Wednesday. It was the first time Ardit Ferizi, 20, had publicly appeared in the United States since being extradited from Malaysia, where […]
Read More →Rašić: Serbian List still undecided about supporting Thaci (KIM Radio)
The Serbian List MPs have still not decided whether they will support the election of the incumbent Deputy Prime Minister Hashim Thaci for the new President of Kosovo, says Nenad Rasic. For the coalition agreement between the ruling parties, DPK and LDK, Deputy Prime Minister Hashim Thaci should replace Atifete Jahjaga as President of Kosovo. The […]
Read More →Collaku requests from EU to treat Kosovo equally as its neighbors (Lajmi.net)
Kosovo’s Minister for European Integration, Bekim Collaku, has requested from the European Union countries to treat Kosovo in an equal manner as its neighboring countries. He assessed that it is the prime time for EU to do so. During a presentation on the achievements of Kosovo in the European path, organized by Aspen Institute in Berlin, […]
Read More →Janjić: Dialogue the best and most efficient way forward (Tanjug, TV Most)
Following the end of yesterday’s round of dialogue, political analyst Dusan Janjic said that talks between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels are the best and most efficient way forward for addressing problems. Janjic said that problems have been resolved and working groups can start dealing with what has been agreed, and added that the reaching of an […]
Read More →Austrian daily: Thaci for President (Lajmi.net)
The Austrian daily Österreich, published an article, which says that the current Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, will be elected President of Kosovo next week. According to the daily, Thaci has majority support of the population of Kosovo, being that the 48 year old had led Kosovo towards its independence. “The president of […]
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