Coalition partners condemn fire-setting to car owned by LDK MP Beqiri (Koha)
The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) has strongly condemned the setting alight of the car owned by the party’s head of parliamentary group Ismet Beqiri. “This low criminal act is an attack directed at the institutions, legitimate representatives and against the democratic functioning of the Republic of Kosovo,” the LDK said in a statement. The […]
Read More →Tension in Kosovo after election of Thaci as President of Kosovo (KIM radio, B92, Politika)
The political situation in Kosovo after the election of Hashim Thaci as President has been rather tense. The Kosovo opposition, unsatisfied with Thaci’s election, but also with the agreement on the establishment of the Community/Association of Serb municipalities (ZSO), announced a new demonstration. The Kosovo opposition seek the opinion of the Constitutional Court; because procedures have been […]
Read More →Cvetkovic: There is no information that terrorist attacks in Serbia are being prepared (Vecernje Novosti, Novi Magazin)
Director of the Military Security Agency (VBA) Petar Cvetkovic said that there is no information that terrorist attacks in Serbia are being prepared or organized, but that does not preclude the possibility of individual actions. The threat derives from returnees from the battlefields of Syria and Iraq, bearing in mind that the majority of them have participated in […]
Read More →The violent prospects of a failing coalition (Prishtina Insight)
By Shpend Kursani While Isa Mustafa will be the mascot of future state violence, the magnitude it will take will depend on how much of it PDK wants to use against opposition parties and citizens. Before February 26, Hashim Thaçi desperately needed Isa Mustafa. Since February 26, Isa Mustafa desperately needs Hashim Thaçi. This is […]
Read More →Ivanovic’s lawyers are still waiting for a written judgment (KiM radio)
The EULEX panel of judges, which sentenced Oliver Ivanovic to nine years in prison, has not submitted a written judgment to his defense, stated his lawyer Nebojsa Vlajić. The deadline for submission of the judgment in the official form is 15 days, but according to the law, the court may request an extension of 60 […]
Read More →Djurić: Elections will be held in Kosovo, SNS will win (Kontakt Plus Radio)
Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Marko Djuric said that the Serbian parliamentary elections will be held on the territory of Kosovo and Metohija, adding that the Serbian progressive Party (SNS) will win in the elections. After the first pre-election rally of the coalition “Serbia is winning – Aleksandar Vučić,” he emphasized that all […]
Read More →Displaced Kosovo Serbs join parliamentary race (Balkan Insight)
A political alliance of displaced Serbs from Kosovo will compete in the April 24 polls as part of PM Aleksandar Vucic’s electoral list, hoping to secure more support from the authorities. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbs-from-kosovo-place-hopes-in-snap-elections-03-04-2016
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 7 March
• Ruling coalition without agreement on government reshuffle yet (Koha)
• Mustafa denies reports of a new Serb-majority municipality (dailies)
• “Kosovo will seek compensation from Serbia for last war” (Kosovapress)
• Veseli starts battle to take over PDK leadership (Zeri)
• Mustafa: Solving the political killings, priority for government (Zeri)
• Fire set to LDK Beqiri’s car (RTK)
• Demolli: Political crisis delaying creation of armed forces (Kosova Sot)
• Kosovo’s Ministry of Trade warns to block Serbian trucks (Koha)
• “Serbian elections will be held in Kosovo too” (Zeri)