Recognition of Kosovo – “separatists’ unfulfilled dream” (B92)
Serbia recognizing Kosovo “will remain the unfulfilled dream of Pristina separatists,” Marko Djuric has said. Reacting to statements by provincial officials, including the newly-elected President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, the Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija said that “Belgrade and Serbia want to have truly good and stable relations with Pristina and […]
Read More →SNS and SPS are ready for elections (KIM radio)
Although Belgrade has not sent a request to the OSCE to organize parliamentary elections in Kosovo, some of the parties have begun preparations for the election campaign. Officials of the Republic of Serbia claim that parliamentary elections will be held on the territory of Kosovo, but OSCE did not receive a formal request from the […]
Read More →Limaj: Tear gas was effective but we are looking at alternatives (Koha)
Leader of the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) and MP Fatmir Limaj said the opposition’s use of tear gas had its effect in the Assembly sessions and that despite their differences, opposition parties remain united in their actions against the government. “This regime continues to be the same. Its behavior is causing the deepening of the […]
Read More →KWN condemns sexual harassment committed by Mitrovica Municipal Assembly member (Koha)
The Kosovo Women Network (KWN) in a press release today condemned the sexual harassment of a 13-year-old by Mitrovica Municipal Assembly member Bekim Muja. “Sexual harassment is an act that should be punished according to the laws in force, and in particular should be taken very seriously when the victims of this criminal act are children. […]
Read More →Opposition MPs Salihu and Haskuka arrested (Koha)
Vetevendsoje movement MP Salih Salihu was arrested today by Kosovo Police for releasing teargas during the Kosovo Assembly session today. The news site reports that Salihu’s fellow party MP Mytaher Haskuka was also arrested for throwing water at the Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa.
Read More →Opposition: We will not stop (Koha)
The Kosovo Assembly session was interrupted today by the opposition MPs who released teargas as a sign of protest against recent agreements with Serbia and Montenegro. The Vetevendosje movement MP, Rexhep Selimi, said the teargas in the Assembly today showed that the opposition is still united. He said the opposition will not stop until achieving […]
Read More →Kosovo Opposition Disrupts Parliament Session With Tear Gas (AP/ABC News)
Kosovo opposition lawmakers have released tear gas to disrupt a parliamentary session to protest government deals with Serbia and Montenegro. A few minutes after the start of Thursday’s session, Speaker Kadri Veseli was obliged to suspend the session following the opening of a tear gas canister in the opposition seats. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/kosovo-opposition-disrupts-parliament-session-tear-gas-37540834
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 9 March 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Serbia follows moves made by Germany, Austria, Slovenia (RTS/Tanjug)
• Balkan route closed (Mondo/Tanjug)
• Why is Pristina launching the story on war reparations (Politika)
• Selakovic: I don’t know whether Seselj will be in The Hague on 31 March (RTS/Tanjug)
• Djordjevic, Li discuss defense cooperation (Tanjug)
• RIK delivers instructions for elections in Kosovo (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• B&H is on the path to NATO (Vijesti Srpske)
• Presidency of B&H in an official visit to Croatia (Klix)
• Croatia and B&H signing an agreement on European Partnership (Nezavisne)
• Dodik-Ferguson: To intensify implementation of reform agenda (Fena)
• SMS evidence: Campara instructs Azra Saric to frame Radoncic (Dnevni avaz)
• German parliamentarians sent a message to B&H (Klix)
• DSHV sees Serbian politicians’ claims as threat to ethnic Croats (Hina)
• Discussion on dismissal already on 23 March? (RTCG)
• Krivokapic: Prime Minister to rethink and accept opposition’s demands (Antena)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Slovenia, Serbia and Croatia move to close migrant route (AFP/AP/dpa/Reuters)
• Montenegro Extradites Serbian Wartime General to Croatia (BIRN)
• App Fuels Worries About Macedonia Voters’ Roll (BIRN)
“Millions set aside for Kosovo vanished from records” (B92, Insajder.net)
Based on official documents collected over the past year, several million euros “vanished from official records of two ministries over a 2-year period.” This is what the newly launched investigative journalism website insajder.net is reporting, adding its journalists submitted a request to 15 ministries under the law on free access to information of public importance, […]
Read More →Ahmeti: Orthodox church, evidence of Milosevic’s goals (Koha)
Pristina Mayor Shpend Ahmeti said in an interview for KTV on Wednesday that the Orthodox church in the yard of Pristina University must not be demolished but rather remain there as evidence of what former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic wanted to do in Kosovo. Ahmeti said the municipality of Pristina has not received any documentation […]
Read More →Thaci: We only violated dictator Milosevic’s laws (Telegrafi/Die Presse)
Kosovo’s President-elect Hashim Thaci has ruled out claims that he could have been involved in war crimes committed during the Kosovo conflict again. Serbian media are reporting that refugees are travelling through Kosovo to Central Europe. Is there a new refugee route here? We have no indication that refugees could be coming to Kosovo. We, Kosovars, […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 10 March
• PDK, long-term partnership with LDK (Koha)
• Mustafa: Thaci was elected president in compliance with Constitution (RTK)
• Vetevendosje to stick to its methods in today’s Assembly session (Epoka e Re)
• Maric: Association/Community without executive powers (Klan Kosova)
• Busek: It might be late for war crimes trials (Zeri)
• Kosovo has yet to meet all visa liberalization criteria (Koha)
• KDI: No progress in government’s transparency (Epoka e Re)
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