Reciprocity, not vassalage (Kosova Sot)
The paper’s front-page editorial argues that the decision of the Kosovo Ministry of Trade and Industry to introduce reciprocity measures against Serbia comes only after a series of concessions that Kosovo made toward its neighbor. According to the paper, Kosovo has not only failed to establish reciprocity vis-à-vis Serbia “but it has also turned into […]
Read More →Kosovo Assembly schedules plenary session for tomorrow (Kosovapress)
The Assembly of Kosovo has issued a press release announcing that the next plenary session will take place tomorrow at 11.00hrs. The session’s agenda also includes the review of the proposal for new members to the Procurement Review Body.
Read More →Kosovo and the US sign extradition treaty (Zeri)
Kosovo and the United States of America today signed an extradition treaty. The agreement was signed by the outgoing President of Kosovo Atifete Jahjaga and the United States Ambassador to Kosovo, Greg Delawie. Jahjaga said “this agreement will ensure that criminals who pose a threat to our countries will be brought to justice,” while Delawie […]
Read More →Interior Ministry: No one from Kosovo has gone to Syria in last eight months (Telegrafi)
Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa and Interior Minister Skender Hyseni said in a meeting today that the security situation in Kosovo is satisfactory. Mustafa said that thanks to coordinated efforts by security institutions in Kosovo, the number of the Kosovo citizens that decide to join terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq has significantly dropped, […]
Read More →SAA to enter into force on 1 April (Kallxo.com)
Kosovo’s Deputy Minister of European Integration, Ramadan Ilazi, said today that the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the European Union will enter into force on 1 April. “The SAA enters into force on 1 April this year. Its implementation period will be ten years and will be reviewed after five years,” Ilazi said. Meanwhile, […]
Read More →Dispute around the Status of the University of Pristina solved? (RTK2)
Drama on the proposals of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija on changing the status of the University of Pristina (North Mitrovica), that is, a merger of individual faculties within the University, what would make the University of Pristina (Serbian) a so-called integrated university, was partially completed yesterday. Director of the Office for Kosovo and […]
Read More →Trajkovic: Pristina University and SPC are crucial for the survival of Serbs in Kosovo (TV Most)
“For us, the most important thing is the firm position of government that diplomas from Pristina University will be relevant in Serbia, bearing in mind that the process of expelling the Serbs, unfortunately, is still going on,” told TV Most Rada Trajkovic from the European Movement of Serbs in Kosovo. She said that students would […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 29 March
• Constitutional Court does not suspend Thaci’s mandate (Koha)
• Haradinaj explains opposition’s differences (Zeri/Kosovapress)
• Grabovci: PDK, open for the AAK (Zeri)
• Konjufca: Opposition is at crossroads (Zeri)
• Political crisis does not affect work of special court (Zeri)
• Lunacek: Serbia cannot join EU without recognising Kosovo (RTK)
• Kosovo to sign extradition treaty with the US (media)
Belgrade Media Report 28 March
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic: Karadzic’s verdict must not influence fate of RS (RTS)
• Vucic and Patriarch talk about Republika Srpska (Tanjug)
• Vucic, Chepurin discuss Karadzic verdict, neutrality, NATO (Tanjug)
• Pak: Removing Kosovo from Constitution out of question (RTS/Tanjug/TV Pink)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija: University in Pristina important for survival of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)
• Sixth day of blockade at Merdare (RTS)
• Serbian Trade Ministry: Kosovo violating CEFTA (Beta)
• SPS condemns attacks of Albanians on SPS candidate in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)
• Gorani to take part in parliamentary elections (Novosti)
• RIK declares electoral list “For Free Serbia – Patrons (Tanjug)
• Anti-NATO protest in Belgrade (Beta)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Judgment – Result of international lobbies’ pressure (Srna)
• Cvijanovic: Reasoning of legal arguments broke under political position (Srna)
• Izetbegovic: Vucic should not worry about the RS’s position (Nezavisne)
• Dodik: Serbia demonstrated it is for reconciliation, others did not (Srna)
• Multiple reactions to the Karadzic verdict (Hina)
• Statement of the HR Valentin Inzko following the first-instance verdict in the Karadzic case (Fena)
• New details on Markale and Srebrenica are melting away stereotypes of Serb culpability (Srna)
• Kovac: Croatia to help Serbia fit into European standards (Hina)
• Luksic: We are ready to accept the obligations of NATO membership (RTCG)
• Raid in Montenegro hotels: 55 Russians taken for hearings (Dnevne Novine)
• Macedonian Interior Minister: No police operation undertaken, boosted police presence in Skopje-Kumanovo region (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Karadzic’s conviction and Serbia’s rights trend (TransConflict)
Read More →Jahjaga: War has not yet ended for raped women in Kosovo (Koha)
President of Kosovo Atifete Jahjaga today addressed the “Sexual Violence in Conflict and beyond” Forum, organised by the Foundation for the Wellbeing of the Society of the President of Malta, Ms. Marie Louise Coleiro Preca. This Forum was organised on the occasion of President Jahjaga’s state visit to the Republic of Malta. During her remarks, […]
Read More →Kosovo President in Malta (Times of Malta)
Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga arrived in Malta this afternoon and was later welcomed at San Anton Palace by President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca. http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20160327/local/kosovo-president-in-malta.607039
Read More →Opposition cannot find unity on the next protest (Lajmi.net)
The Spokesperson of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, Muharrem Nitaj, told the portal the date for the next protest will be decided during this week, and the possibility for the protest to take place this week or very soon after, is not excluded. “So far, there is no decision on the precise date […]
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