Statement by Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of The Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK Security Council Debate on UNMIK
New York 29 February 2016 Mr. President, Excellencies, Today is the Council’s first meeting on Kosovo of 2016, and it takes place at a moment of significant developments, not least of which was the factious but successful election of a new President on Friday. This is a year in which Kosovo will face complex challenges, […]
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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic to attend UN SC meeting on Kosovo (Tanjug/Beta)
• Dacic: Serbia’s position strengthened In Kosovo (Radio Belgrade)
• Vucic: Kosovo MPs didn’t vote for Thaqi (Beta/RTS)
• Djuric: Serb List didn’t vote for Thaqi (Beta/TV Pink/RTS)
• Stevanovic, Schodder discuss migrants (Tanjug)
• Last parliament session on Thursday (RTS)
• Ivan Karic joins SPS (RTS/Beta)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Lecture from History: Independence Day of B&H, March 1st (Klix)
• Ivanic: Serbs and RS will never recognize 1 March as the so-called National Day of B&H (Srna)
• Bosniaks celebrating, Croats only as much as they have to, but Serbs are not (Srna)
• Patriarch Irinej: RS to justify aspirations of all Serbs (Srna)
• Indictment against Milan Mandic confirmed (Srna)
• Reconstruction of Executive Power in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton on Monday? (Patria)
• Analysis: Can SBB survive without the founder? (Faktor.ba)
• Macedonian-Greek border closed after 30 migrants got injured (MIA)
• Macedonian President is one of the most deserving people in the midst of refugee crisis (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• China’s Growing Ties With Serbia (The Diplomat)
• Bosnia eyes closure of radical Islamic centers over links to Syria militants (Reuters)
• Bosnia mulls courtroom headscarf ban for Muslim women (DW)
Church burglary near Prizren (KoSSev)
The Church of Resurrection of the Holy Mother in Pejčići village near Prizren was burglarized and robbed yesterday, informed the Eparchy of Raska and Prizren, and added that this Church is on the list of monuments of culture of special importance. According to the Eparchy, unknown persons broke into the Church by breaking the main entrance […]
Read More →Stojanović: No excuses for implementation of the Brussels Agreement (RTS, TV Most)
Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo Branimir Stojanović said to RTS that the time has come for taking responsibility and that there were too many excuses for not implementing what was agreed in the Brussels Agreement. Representatives of Serbs did not vote for Hashim Thaci to be elected as the president of Kosovo, however they did not […]
Read More →Nitaj: Kosovo Assembly violated voting procedures (RTKLive)
Senior member of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Muharrem Nitaj, said today that he believes that the Assembly violated the voting procedures in the election of the president. “I believe procedures were violated because one of the candidates voted as well. Also, most probably procedures were violated when the Assembly went on […]
Read More →Thaci: I will work with all political parties to overcome the crisis (Voice of America)
The newly elected Kosovo President, Hashim Thaci, in an interview with Voice of America said he will work with all political parties in Kosovo to overcome, what he called, differences between them. He added that his election, which was opposed by the opposition parties, was in accordance with Kosovo laws and Constitution, while denied having […]
Read More →President of the Serbian List: We’re just protecting our people (Vecernje Novosti)
“The MPs of the Serbian List did not vote for the candidate for president of Kosovo, but only participated in the Parliament session during which the president was elected, because we want to behave responsibly and protect our people,” said Slavko Simic, the president of the Serbian List. However, participation in the session gave the necessary […]
Read More →Kosovo presidential vote violence ‘extremely worrying’, says EU (EurActiv)
Scenes of violence at Kosovo’s parliament, in which opposition MPs released tear gas to prevent the election of a new president, were “extremely worrying”, the European Union said on 27 February. http://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/kosovo-presidential-vote-violence-extremely-worrying-says-eu/
Read More →Deda: Thaci’s election will be challenged before the Constitutional Court (Indeksonline)
Vetevendosje MP Ilir Deda said that Hashim Thaci’s election to the post of Kosovo president has only deepened the current political crisis in Kosovo. He said Thaci’s election will be brought before the Constitutional Court. “Let’s wait and see how this case goes and what political consequences it will produce. Nevertheless, it is clear that […]
Read More →Continuation of political crisis and how to overcome it (Koha Ditore)
In an opinion piece today, publicist Veton Surroi writes that the election of the president of Kosovo was a crucial moment for both the government and the opposition. For the government, the successful election of the president means that the ruling parties will remain in power and there will be no early elections. The successful election of […]
Read More →“Association/Community will not be established without removing parallel structures” (RTK)
Kosovo’s Minister without portfolio, Edita Tahiri, said yesterday that the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities will not be established without the removal of all parallel structures in Kosovo. She said at the time when the relevant authorities will start drafting the statute of the Association/Community, technical groups of Kosovo and Serbia will start working in Brussels […]
Read More →Maric: Additional funds for municipalities in northern Kosovo (Blic)
Kosovo Minister of Local Government Administration Ljubomir Maric said that the municipalities with Serbian majority in northern Kosovo might be closed in the case that additional funds from the Kosovo budget are not provided. Maric said that the budget circular by the Kosovo Ministry of Finance, delivered to the municipalities in northern Kosovo, indicates insufficient allocations […]
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