President could be elected on Monday (RTK)
Final preparations for the next Kosovo Assembly session are underway and, according to sources from the government, the session could take place as early as next Monday. Foreign Minister and candidate for the next president of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, is expected to meet with the US Secretary of State John Kerry in Tirana on Sunday and the most […]
Read More →Vetevendosje against initiative to rename Mitrovica municipality (Lajmi)
Vetevendosje Movement has reacted against a decision reportedly taken by Kosovo Minister of Local Government and Administration Ljubomir Maric to rename the southern part of the Mitrovica municipality to Mitrovica South. Vetevendosje said the decision “is yet another step towards factual partition of Mitrovica and of Kosovo.” Vetevendosje MP Aida Derguti said the Movement anticipated these problems […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 12 February
• Kurz: Opposition to renounce violence (dailies)
• Government seeks to elect new president before 17 February (Koha Ditore)
• Haliti: President must be elected in accordance with Constitution (RTK)
• Ymeri: Vetevendosje ready to run with a joint ballot (Epoka e Re)
• Haradinaj: Elections are not thirst for power (Epoka e Re)
• Viets: Liberalization of visas is close (Epoka e Re)
• Ombudsperson wants Serbia to pay back pensions to Kosovo citizens (Koha)
OSCE Broadcast 11 February
• US, UK and Norwegian ambassadors call for respect of Constitution (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Attack against KTV journalist condemned (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Schwendiman: Specialist Chambers will take some more time (RTK1)
• Rohan: Violence damages Kosovo’s image (TV21)
• Only 100 RAE members of Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje employed (KTV)
• Delawie: Marginalisation impedes democratic process and development (RTK2&KTV)
• Ombudsperson: Serbia is avoiding payments to Kosovo pensioners (Klan Kosova)
• VV: Maric’s proposal divides Kosovo (TV21 & Klan Kosova)
Kosovo Minister: Foreign Fighter Phenomenon’s Roots Not Only Socioeconomic (VOA)
Several hundred young people from the western Balkans have engaged in foreign fighter activity in Syria, a phenomenon of great concern for government and societies there. http://www.voanews.com/content/kosovo-minister-foreign-fighter-phenomenon-roots-not-only-socioeconomic/3187192.html
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