Recognize Kosovo or Pay the Price (media)
Several news sites in Kosovo re-run an opinion piece by Marc Champion originally published in Bloomberg View. Eight years after Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia, five European Union states still refuse to recognize it. They need to relent. They are contributing to an economic and security sinkhole in the heart of the Balkans — […]
Read More →Two reasons why Thaci’s election is not valid (Koha)
An opinion piece by Andrea Capussela Thaci’s election is invalid because it breaches the rules established by the constitutional court in its judgment annulling the election of Pacolli, in 2011. That decision was wrong, and often absurd (see this essay). But according to article 116.1 of Kosovo’s constitution ‘Decisions of the Constitutional Court are binding […]
Read More →Drecun: We expect that Thaci will not be an obstacle to the establishment of the A/CSM (TV Most)
“We expect that Thaci will not be an obstacle and that he does not obstruct the formation of the Association / Community of Serb Municipalities (A/CSM). We expect that he, as a president, will constructively contribute to the stabilization in Kosovo, and in particular to improving the status of the Serbian people,” said Chairman of […]
Read More →“EU trying to force Serbia to give up on Kosovo” (B92, KIM radio, TV Most)
Russian Ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin said that there has been no specific progress after the Belgrade-Pristina agreement on normalization of relations. He also said that a majority in the EU was trying to force Belgrade to abandon its position on the Kosovo issue, “step by step, in negotiations for EU membership.” He noted that […]
Read More →Ambassadors stressed the need for the implementation of the Brussels agreement (TV Most)
At the meeting dedicated to the work of UNMIK and the situation in Kosovo, ambassadors of the UN Security Council member states pointed out the importance of the implementation of the Brussels agreement, and called on both sides to implement the agreement. They expressed concern over the violence in the Kosovo Assembly and in the […]
Read More →“UNMIK for the improvement of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina” (KIM radio)
Together with the EU and other partners, UNMIK is committed to improving dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina on all levels, from the central government to civil society, said the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and head of UNMIK Zahir Tanin. At the regular meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on […]
Read More →Simic: I expect formation of the court and the prosecution of responsible people (Kontakt Plus Radio)
President of the Serbian List Slavko Simić said that he expects acceleration of the process of establishment of the Special Court for war crimes committed by the KLA and prosecution of the persons responsible for atrocities in Kosovo and Metohija. “On Friday, at an extraordinary session of the Assembly in Pristina, we avoided a deepening […]
Read More →Interethnic incidents have dropped (Epoka e Re)
Head of the Administrative Office in Northern Mitrovica, Adirana Hodzic, assessed the situation in the north to be positive. She stated that inter-ethnic incidents have recently dropped in this part of Kosovo. In an interview for Epoka e Re, she claimed that the process of integration is on the right path, however, according to her, the process […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 1 March
• Anti-constitutional ratification of agreement on Special Court (Koha)
• Thaci pledges to finalise establishment of special court (Bota Sot)
• Special court’s first indictments by end-of-year (Zeri)
• Kuci and Hoxhaj to replace Thaci (Kosova Sot)
• Thaci resigns from three posts (Zeri)
• Opposition: Protests until government’s resignation (Zeri)
• Citaku: Serbia to apologise for crimes in Kosovo (Indeksonline/Telegrafi)
• Car of PDK parliamentary group chief damaged in Pristina (media)
• “Cases of Decan, Drenas and Fushe Kosove, not related to terrorism” (media)
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