Djuric: Vucic to visit Kosovo in next 20 days (RTS, Vecernje Novosti, Tanjug)
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will visit Kosovo in the next 20 days, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric announced during the weekend. Vucic will visit the Serb communities both north and south of the River Ibar and speak with Serb representatives to see “what, and how, is […]
Read More →UN Security Council to discuss developments in Kosovo today (RTK)
Today’s session of the UN Security Council will focus on the UN Secretary-General’s report on Kosovo covering the period from 16 October 2015 to 15 January 2016. Despite the fact it does not cover events that occurred in February, the report is quite critical towards opposition parties in Kosovo accusing them of employing violence both in the […]
Read More →Dacic to attend UNSC meeting on UN Chief’s Kosovo report (B92)
A regular meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Kosovo will be held in New York on Monday. Serbia will be represented by the country’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic. The session will discuss the latest report of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the work of the UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, and the […]
Read More →Kosovo has new president – and the fight continues (Deutsche Welle/Telegrafi)
Hashim Thaci is ascending to Kosovo’s highest office. National unity has unraveled since the country declared independence in 2008, and many doubt that Thaci can hold things together, Deutsche Welle’s Vilma Filaj-Ballvora writes. “Massive resistance to a legislature’s decision is not a sign of good things to come: Sharpshooters and special police units protected Kosovo’s […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 29 February
• Opposition thinking of challenging Thaci’s election (Koha Ditore)
• Djuric denies Serbian List MPs voted for Thaci (Koha)
• Several offices of the LDK attacked throughout Kosovo (dailies)
• UN SG Ban appeals for refraining from violence in Kosovo (Koha Ditore)
• First indictments of special court to be filed in September (Kosova Sot)
OSCE Broadcast 28 February
• LDK offices attacked in several Kosovo towns (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Opposition contests the way Thaçi got elected (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Djuric: Srpska List MPs did not vote in Thaçi’s favour (KTV)
• Jahjaga decreed the agreement on Special Court (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Media and civil society face challenges in accessing public documents (KTV)
• Inspectorate suspends three KP officers in the north (RTK2)
UNMIK Headlines 27 February
• Hashim Thaci elected President of Kosovo (dailies)
• Delawie and Jahjaga congratulate Thaci on his election (Koha Ditore)
• EU concerned with the way Thaci got elected president (Koha)
• Opposition parties pledge to continue protests (Zeri)
Belgrade Media Report 26 February 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Selakovic: Defence minister authorised for engagement of armed forces (Tanjug)
• Kosovo Assembly session interrupted (Tanjug)
• Stefanovic: Neighbors introduce quotas (TV Pink)
• Obradovic: Government to decide on ICTY order to arrest Seselj (Novosti)
• Zivkovic: Obviosly that opposition will not take part in elections on one list (Beta)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Another SIPA operation unannounced to the RS police (Srna)
• Imposition of first-instance verdicts for Karadzic and Seselj in March (Klix)
• Albanian President Nishani finishes his visit to Sarajevo (Radio Sarajevo)
• Ambassador of New Zealand to B&H expressing hopes for further NATO integration of B&H (Novo vrijeme)
• Interview with High Representative to B&H Valentin Inzko (EuroBlic)
• Gruevski: People will decide at elections (MIA)
• Nikola Poposki: Both Macedonia and NATO benefit from country’s Alliance membership (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Turkey’s ‘Soft Power’ Risks Backfiring in Balkans (BIRN)
• Increased police controls decided by Austria-coalition will worsen the crisis (New Europe)
UNMIK Press Release: UNMIK Chief encourages young women of Kosovo to speak up about challenges
UNMIK/PR/1821 | 26 February 2016 UNMIK Chief encourages young women of Kosovo to speak up about challenges Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) in Kosovo, Zahir Tanin, welcomed the women attending the 2016 Global Open Day on Women, Peace and Security in Kosovo by urging them to speak up about the challenges that they face: […]
Read More →Delawie: Opposition has interrupted a democratic process (Koha)
The United States Ambassador to Kosovo, Greg Delawie, today said he is again disappointed by the opposition parties who continue to interrupt the Assembly sessions by throwing teargas in the Assembly. “The oppistion showed today that there can be a debate in the Assembly. However, they are interrupting a democratic process. The US has faith […]
Read More →Tear gas halts Kosovo Parliament debate on new president (AP)
A parliamentary debate on the election of a new Kosovo president was disrupted Friday when two tear gas canisters were opened on the opposition benches, prompting lawmakers to leave the chamber. Lawmakers were debating on whether to anoint Hashim Thaci, foreign minister and a former guerrilla leader, as the country’s next president. http://news.yahoo.com/kosovo-elects-president-opposition-protests-091355801.html
Read More →Marić: Serbs in Kosovo institutions won’t be a decoration (KIM Radio)
Minister of Local Government Administration in the Kosovo government Ljubomir Marić said ahead of tomorrow’s session of the Kosovo parliament, during which the president of Kosovo should be elected, that no one should expect Serbs in institutions to only be there as decoration. Marić reflected on yesterday’s session of the Kosovo Assembly Presidency which was interrupted […]
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