Blerim Dina elected chairman of the board of PRB (Koha)
Kosovo Assembly with 64 votes in favor, 10 abstentions and one vote against, today elected Besim Dina as chairman of the board of the Procurement Review Body (PRB). As members of the board were elected: Nuhi Paqarizi and Goran Milenkovic. Their mandate will last five years. The Assembly also elected Besnik Osmani as General Auditor. […]
Read More →Serbia to begin recognising Kosovo-issued diplomas (Kosovapress)
Officials from the cabinet of the Kosovo minister without portfolio and chief negotiator in the EU-facilitated dialogue with Belgrade, Edita Tahiri, said that authorities in Serbia are expected to begin recognising education diplomas issued in Kosovo as of 1 April. Arjeta Rexha, advisor to Tahiri, said that in the recent negotiations in Brussels the parties […]
Read More →Kosovo War Witnesses ‘Intimidated into Changing Stories’ (Balkan Insight)
Suspects were acquitted in war crimes cases in Kosovo last year because witnesses changed their stories in court, raising suspicions of intimidation, the Humanitarian Law Centre said in a new report. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/witness-intimidation-and-political-interference-in-trials-hlc-said-03-29-2016
Read More →Kosovo customs blocked shipment of Fehmiu’s books to Kosovo (TV Most)
The entire shipment of the second part of the biography of Bekim Fehmiu ‘Brilliant and terrifying’, which was published in Albanian by Samizdat B92, were stored in the Kosovo customs warehouse, while distributer, Rilindja AGE, was not allowed to take over the shipment. The Kosovo media published the information on the kind of “arrest” of […]
Read More →Dangerous intentions of Marko Djuric (Vesti)
Head of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric is not telling the truth when he says that somebody has planted the papers on the integration of the University of Pristina (relocated in North Mitrovica), without the stamp and signature and that he did not stand behind it. The truth is that Djuric initiated […]
Read More →Vulin: Violence against Serbs remain undiscovered (Blic)
Violence against Serbs in Kosovo is continuing, the culprits are never discovered and after it happens the violence is immediately forgotten, said the Minister for Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs, Aleksandar Vulin. During his visit to family Vucetic in Mitrovica north, Minister said that their six-year old son Borivoje is example of the life […]
Read More →PM Vucic to visit Kosovo on April 3 (B92, Politika, Tanjug, Blic)
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will visit Kosovo on Sunday, April 3. Head of the Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric made the announcement on Wednesday. “This is big and important news for all citizens, particularly for those in Kosovo and Metohija. The prime minister will visit Kosovo and Metohija on Sunday, April […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 30 March
• Opposition leaders agree to continue meetings (dailies)
• US snub Kosovo corrupt officials (Koha Ditore)
• Osmani: Veseli could send Kosovo to early elections (Zeri)
• Haradinaj: Border demarcation commission, unconstitutional (Koha)
• Arifaj: Facing special court will purify Thaci and KLA’s war (Epoka e Re)
• Ilazi: EC mission focused on demarcation and justice (Epoka e Re)
Kosovo man wanted by FBI may face extradition after accord with U.S (Reuters)
Kosovo signed an extradition agreement with Washington on Tuesday, clearing the way for a man suspected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of being an Islamist militant to be sent to the United States. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-kosovo-usa-extradition-idUSKCN0WV1ZK
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 29 March 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
It is obvious that we do not have a partner in Sarajevo (Politika)
Vucic: ICTY has not contributed to reconciliation (Tanjug)
Stefanovic: Seselj verdict will not affect political stability (Tanjug)
Ljajic: Solution for blockade of trucks this week (Politika/Tanjug)
Djuric: University in Kosovska Mitrovica to remain within Serbian jurisdiction (Politika/Tanjug)
Debate on disputable issues concerning the University in Kosovska Mitrovica (Novosti)
Ristic: Vucic and his associates wish to drown the University in Pristina into the education system of the so-called false state of Kosovo (RTV/NSPM)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
B&H experts studying Karadzic verdict for possible review of lawsuit against Serbia (Srna/ Hina)
Karadzic’s Defense to appeal to all Counts (Klix)
Izetbegovic not entitled to launch review of court case against Serbia on behalf of B&H (Srna)
Dodik: Lawsuit against those who were shooting at their own people at the Markale market should be reopened (Srna)
Candidate for the UN General Secretary: Genocide must not remain unpunished (Patria)
Orucevic’s Center for Peace offers a solution for Mostar (Patria)
Djukanovic visiting Brussels, meeting top EU officials (CDM)
Macedonia extends state of emergency on borders until December 31 (MIA)
State Election Commission: Names of disputed voters from site inspection to be publicly announced (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
Lunacek: Serbia cannot enter the EU without recognizing Kosovo (Independent Balkan News Agency)
Election Deal Talks to Resume in Montenegro (BIRN)
Ristic: Step toward closing the University (KIM Radio)
The Vice-President of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) Slavisa Ristic said that proposal of the Office for Kosovo and Methohija on the so called integration of the University of Pristina (UP), with the seat in North Mitrovica, is only a first step in the process of its final integration into the Kosovo’s education system. […]
Read More →Kosovo among priorities during election campaign? (KIM Radio)
Following a request sent by the authorized body of the Republic of Serbia to the OSCE to facilitate Serbian parliamentary elections in Kosovo, there are ongoing consultation in the OSCE about ways of facilitation of elections, whereas some Serbian political parties have already started election campaigns claiming that Kosovo is their priority. “What is important […]
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