EU confirms: Kosovo has applied for new state telephone code (Telegrafi)
The European Union today confirmed a statement issued by Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue Edita Tahiri, who said that Austria has applied with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for Kosovo to receive a country code in line with the Brussels agreement. Angelina Eichhorst, the Director for Western Europe, Western Balkans & Turkey at European External Action […]
Read More →Kusari-Lila calls for peaceful protest to Serb pilgrims’ visit (Koha)
Mimoza Kusari-Lila, the Mayor of Gjakova/Djakovica municipality, wrote on her Facebook account today about the announced protest by Gjakova residents against a visit by Serb pilgrims to the city on Orthodox Christmas. Kusari-Lila argued that the right to protest is equal to the right for freedom of movement. “Gjakova has paid a high cost for […]
Read More →Gjakova residents protest to visit by Serb pilgrims (Kosovapress)
The news site reports that a group of Gjakova/Djakovica residents gathered today in front of the Orthodox Church to protest against a visit by Serb pilgrims for Orthodox Christmas. Protesters said they did not want people who took part in the Kosovo conflict to return to Gjakova where many crimes were committed in 1999. “I […]
Read More →“Borders erased between states – new ones drawn in Serbia” (Vecernje Novosti, B92, Tanjug, Blic)
Why new borders are being drawn within Serbia if Europe is uniting by erasing borders between states, Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej has asked. “I am not dealing with politics when I’m saying this but, as the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, I am contemplating further consequences of a fragmented Serbia living in a […]
Read More →Court upholds earlier decision of house arrest for opposition MPs (Koha)
The court in Pristina has refused the appeal of the defence for the Vetevendosje MPs – Albin Kurti, Albulena Haxhiu, Faton Topalli, – that called for their release from house arrest. The court decided to uphold its earlier decision and announced that the next court session against the MPs who are being charged with using […]
Read More →Albanians protest in front of the church in Djakovica/Gjakova (RTS)
Several dozen Albanians gathered in the so-called Serbian street in Djakovica/Gjakova to protest over the arrival group of displaced Serbs from the city which were supposed to arrive around noon. Strong Kosovo police forces are deployed along the street leading to the church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary. Bus with fifty Orthodox believers […]
Read More →Constitutional Court doesn’t free its premises to Ombudsperson institution (Zeri)
The Constitutional Court has not yet freed its premises to the institution of the Ombudsperson as per the decision of the Ministry of Local Government Administration issued back in 2012. The reasons for the two-year delay have not been revealed by the Constitutional Court’s officials who were unavailable for comment but the paper notes that […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 5 January
• Austria has applied for Kosovo’s telephony code (All monitored broadcasters, TV21&KTV)
• Opposition: 09 January will mark the end of the Government (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Electronic procurement platform launched (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Serb pilgrims to visit Gjakovë/Djakovica on Wednesday (Klan Kosova)
• Indictment against eleven suspects in ‘Apex’ case rejected (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
UNMIK Headlines 6 January
• PDK, LDK want to vote for Thaci as President on February 11 (Koha)
• Tahiri: Kosovo to get own dialling prefix in March (dailies)
• Establishment of Association/Community, a long process (Telegrafi)
• Serbian government doesn’t want to dissolve its parallel structures (Koha)
• Serb pilgrims set to visit Gjakova today (Kosovapress)
• Jablanovic: I will not join Serb pilgrims tomorrow (Indeksonline)
Comedy About KLA Sparks Outrage in Kosovo (Balkan Insight)
A short comic film about two KLA commanders has attracted condemnation and even death threats in a country where the independence struggle remains a sensitive topic. – See more at: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-s-top-comedy-show-on-kla-sparks-outrage-01-05-2016#sthash.S5UJsvJM.dpuf
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